Oval Balconies: I know I'm posting a lot of these images as singles rather than in a group; but some of them I think people will want to comment on as single images rather than in...

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

I know I'm posting a lot of these images as singles rather than in a group; but some of them I think people will want to comment on as single images rather than in large group. So forgive that I'm robbing the bandwidth lately.

This was taken from the High Line again. This time an 85mm lens shot wide open at f2 and 1/500sec shutter speed. There was a bit more grain than I liked so I toned it down in Light Room noise reduction. Thanks for indulging me.
Erich

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Wonderful, I could never get that sharp a shot at f2

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Curmudgeon wrote:

Wonderful, I could never get that sharp a shot at f2

I think I got lucky and got the focus spot on for this one. It helped that the building was parallels to the film plane so that dof was not an issue even at f/2. Thanks for taking a look. This is one of my favorites from yesterday's trip, and I did not even have to wait weeks for some lab to get me my negatives back! Win-Win!
Erich

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Good eye, Erich!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

ebrunner wrote:

I know I'm posting a lot of these images as singles rather than in a group; but some of them I think people will want to comment on as single images rather than in large group. So forgive that I'm robbing the bandwidth lately.

This was taken from the High Line again. This time an 85mm lens shot wide open at f2 and 1/500sec shutter speed. There was a bit more grain than I liked so I toned it down in Light Room noise reduction. Thanks for indulging me.
Erich

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

Really enjoyed your monochromes in the recent sets you've posted. You make a lot of use of leading lines and sometimes I do the same - but I don't realise until after, so it's more luck than skill.

Do you actively see these 'lines' when your composing or do you research first? Just curious.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

UTMike wrote:

Good eye, Erich!

Thank you for the compliment. Appreciated.
Erich

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Manglesphoto wrote:

Thanks

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

John N wrote:

Really enjoyed your monochromes in the recent sets you've posted. You make a lot of use of leading lines and sometimes I do the same - but I don't realise until after, so it's more luck than skill.

Do you actively see these 'lines' when your composing or do you research first? Just curious.

I am involved in a local photography club where we are encouraged to enter into competitions. Judges make a huge deal about leading lines, so I've trained myself to see them. Sometimes they are a real help in composition. (The Manhattan Bridge with the woman walking and the school bus to her left comes to mind). Other times I don't worry that much about them.

When we learned composition, we learned all kinds of rules concerning placement of horizon, rule of thirds, leading lines, odd number of elements and so forth. I think the more familiar we become with these rules, the more times we see opportunities where these can be broken. I do think it is important to know the rules and to practice them; but as we get more experience, it is important to know when the rules can become limiting factors. It is a very good question and it might even merit its own discussion. Maybe a "show us your examples" thread about rules of composition. Thank you for bringing it up.

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

I’m glad you decided to post one at a time. Sometimes people will post endless amounts of shots. Almost if they can’t decide which ones to post. One or two at a time the viewer can take some time to analyze the photo.
It appears you had a pretty successful time in The City. A lot of construction has been going on in the city. There is a definite building style going up now as opposed to the pre World War II. This shots represent new construction.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

I noticed that there are a lot of new building that I don't recall having seen before. I don't get into the city enough to be an authority on this matter. I did notice that there was a lot of construction with sidewalks blocked off and such. Great day in town and I did get a lot of keepers. Some more interesting than others.
Erich

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

That's a great pattern shot!

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

jaymatt wrote:

That's a great pattern shot!

Agreed. As soon as I saw it, I changed to a slightly longer lens than the 35mm that I was using and took it with an 85mm which got me in just close enough to give me that patterns with no distractions creeping in on the side. Thanks for taking a look.
Erich

R.G. Loc: Scotland

The photos that you are posting are very different in character so they deserve their own post. The repeating pattern of the balconies is given extra interest because of the unusual use of those shapes, plus it gives a glimpse into the living conditions of the inhabitants and draws attention to the closeness of those habitats. An unusual close-up of an unusual scene.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

R.G. wrote:

The photos that you are posting are very different in character so they deserve their own post. The repeating pattern of the balconies is given extra interest because of the unusual use of those shapes, plus it gives a glimpse into the living conditions of the inhabitants and draws attention to the closeness of those habitats. An unusual close-up of an unusual scene.

You can't look at this photo without wondering who lives in those apartments. That is why it is neat that you can see the different furniture selections on the various balconies. Thanks for taking a look and commenting.
Erich