The Railway Station Boys

The 'Railway Station Boys' hang out and seek 'work' helping

passengers with their luggage at a major metropolitan train station

in a not very well-to-do country. Photo taken after sunset at high

ISO. Your ratings and critiques are invited and most welcome. If

you rate harshly or very critically, please attach a helpful and

constructive comment; please share your superior photographic

knowledge to help improve my photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

A very interesting shot... Regards

Thanks.

 

This one is slightly more complex than may appear at first.

 

At first, it's just one boy's interesting look.

 

But on closer examination, he's looking at the photographer and the boy behind and beside him is talking with the third boy, right who is approaching (nearer than appears because this is taken with a 12~24 mm Nikkor DX lens, a very sharp and very wide angle lens on a DX style digital camera.

 

And thus, the foreground, center, leads to the middle ground, left, and that leads farther to the distance, right, and if one is looking carefully and somewhat interested, then the eye can wander from the major subject to the rearward and more minor subjects, which give depth to this photo (and a reason to keep looking more than if it were a snapshot).

 

That's my view of it.

 

Maybe that's what you found interesting.

 

I've been meaning to post this for a long time, but my software just couldn't seem to handle the B&W tones, but I gave it a third try, and for it as good as it will ever be for an after-sunset shot.

 

Best back to you.

 

John (Crosley)

 

This image is copyright 2007, John Crosley, all rights reserved.

Good capture . Excellent use of wide angle

Thanks.

 

This always was one of the two best on this particular shoot -- the other one was a shoo-in and this is more subtle, but very 'human' with elements of good composition (at least from my 'street photographer's' viewpoint).

 

You are always welcome here, as criticism, even notice, by respected photographers, as yourself, is always appreciated -- even if you want to pan a photograph, as I do take criticism seriously and that doesn't just mean 'good photo' type, but all types (so long as the criticism is fact-based or shows honesty.)

 

Thanks again.

 

John (Crosley)

Very nice and interesting photo John. I dont find it easy to take "street-shots",it looks easy,but to take an interesting photo isnt. You succeeded with this picture.

I make the most unlikely 'friends' and 'acquaintances' as I photograph, from the famous to the not ever going to be famous, from, say Aloise Ruf (who puts his name on modified Porsches in his German factory, so they'll go from 0 to 62 in 3.2 seconds and sells to wealthy aficionados around the the world his meager but outstanding output) to the very black (and very amiable) JimmieJam of LA's Century Boulevard and its south central semi-urban ghetto, who hawks his t-shirts boulevard-side with a bullhorn.

 

And these boys.

 

Look at the boy in the photo; he's happy to be photographed.

 

I use wide angles for in-your-face photos such as this, and teles for use across city streets, or distances. One makes me very visible, for others I'm unknown. I'll be sitting in city traffic, spy a scene between cars next to me at a red light, lower my passenger window, and When the blocking car starts out at the green light, then in two seconds focus and fire four frames of a likely scene as I did yesterday -- scenes nobody every will get or see again -- all entirely unique to me.

 

I do it all for viewers like you, Ellen, and to please .

 

Thanks for noticing and letting me know about it.

 

John (Crosley)