Nightski

Taken at the local theater in the mall. ISO 400, 1/30 sec at f/2.8.
I am very much in the learning stages with this camera.

Playing around with the Fuji X100T

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RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Good timing.
Technically it is OK and a good start with your camera.
(down here there is no "photography" within most shopping malls".

Nightski

The only problem I have encountered at a shopping mall was when I was taking a shot of a kid bawling his eyes out because he did not want to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap. They thought I was horning in on their portrait business. I was using my 6D. Everyone else who was doing the same thing as me with their cell phone cameras and p&s's did not get confronted. I think I'll get away with more with this camera if I can learn to use the thing! LOL

Oh .. and then there was that one incident where the lady at the handbag kiosk thought I was trying to steal her designs. She was scary!

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Hi, Sandra, I do have to ask....
since the structural aspects of the scene have been focused upon, was this submitted for the interest of the architectural photographers,or...
does inclusion of the OOF human beings indicate that it was submitted for the traditional street photography interest, or was your interest predominantly concerning your learning how to use you new camera?

Nightski

It is a people shot, Dave. I found the hand reaching in to grab the bill was humorous and I found the expression of the girl rather interesting. She is looking sideways at the person .. she is not looking directly at the person as she hands over the money. Why? Is it because she doesn't like the person, is she annoyed with the person, or is she handing over money that she is not supposed to be handing over? It's a mystery. I like mysteries.

The girl is not sharp because I am having a bit of trouble with understanding how the focus works with the optical/electric viewfinder. I had it in manual focus because I can't figure out what the camera is focusing on when I have it in AF. I was not fast enough at manual focus to get this right. Graham is trying to help me, but I am a little slow at first when it comes to the technical.

Voss has really helped me zero in on my subject with a crop and a burn in the other street section. He has a great eye and is very intuitive when it comes to seeing what the photographer is after. You should have a look. He posted the edit for me after asking my permission .. which I very much appreciated.

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-371942-1.html

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Thank you Sandra,
It was good of Voss' to crop and help clarify your intent and to understand that you are in the "OK to crop" versus the " Never crop" school of Street Photography.
We'll certainly keep an eye on your progress...and good luck in learning to use your camera.

Dave

Nightski

While I am not against cropping at all, I do my best to frame up the picture in the field. It is pretty rare when I don't have to crop at all. I think as I gain more experience, I will get better at framing up exactly what I want in the field. I do not think that this applies to wildlife photography as much. If you are very close to an animal you are going to lack depth of field. This is because you do need a certain shutter speed to capture living things. Most of the time you cannot get close enough to fill your frame and less you have a crazy expensive lens. It is very rare that I get a shot where I don't have to crop up to 50% on an animal shot. I just posted a swan picture at 500 pics that was barely cropped.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

THANKS, Sandra,
I.agree. Thoughmy goal is full. Frame images, I freely crop as the image may dictate.

Best,
Dave

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

No matter how laudable the desire is to "get it right in camera", cropping has been used from almost day one in the history of photography. It is a legitimate and useful (almost indispensable) compositional tool.