patmalone51 Loc: Washington, DC., Montgomery County, MD

I took a fascinating and challenging workshop this past weekend in San Francisco with a very creative photographer originally from Poland, now based in Vancouver, named Olaf Sztaba. Here are a few of my shots, and more are on on my flickr album here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/53535718@N06/n27m99

These are all minimally processed in Lightroom - no Photoshopping - and become creative with use of reflective surfaces like car windows and doors, water puddles, plus composition, and old-fashioned human vision. My pix were far from the best in our group.

Olaf has a website at http://olafphoto.wpengine.com.

I have never done anything with street photography before - I lean more toward landscapes, flowers and birds - but I really like the genre. It's not the same as travel photography - very few iconic images that tell you what city you're in - but it gives you a real chance to stretch your creative eye wide open.

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whwiden

I like the first two the best. I find the third photo a bit of a gimmick with the heavily tilted perspective. I like the thought behind the fourth photo, but I would call it a near miss. All of them have merit as showing an attempt to do something different and expand from simple snap shots. I like the geometry in the first two. Both work for me. I would, perhaps, give a slight edge to the second shot for the primary colors. It works as a color shot, but probably not in monochrome. i think the first shot also needs color. You might experiment with the monochrome street shots as another effort to stretch yourself. Thanks for sharing.

repleo Loc: Boston

Great pictures. Great web site too. Thanks for posting.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Very nice

photodoc16

Pat,
You have a good eye for graphics. Striking images. If this is your first "street" work, I say keep at it. More trips to a city are needed. How did you balance the dynamic range in the photo looking up at a pedestrian crosswalk (I think) in the tall atrium with many windows?
Thanks,
Photodoc16

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Nice set. I find the last two images most interesting.

patmalone51 Loc: Washington, DC., Montgomery County, MD

thanks. the pedestrian walkway is in the SF MOMA museum. shot at f8 aperture priority and 1/640. just had to take down the highlights a bit in lightroom.