markskelly

One in an angoing series of candid street portraits. Ratings, comments

appreciated. Thanks, Mark.

Fantastic. Very surreal. Excellent light.

There's a great mood to this one. I originally thought it was IR! I like the way the beach is so stark white, and the sea so deep black. It brings attention to the wave. The upload is a bit small, though. You should post a higher res version.

Really nice light here. Good metering too. It appears that it just barely fit the dynamic range of your camrea. The highlights held and the shadows have some detail. Must have been a really bright day. Very dimensional too. good shot.

Another in an ongoing series of candid street portraits from Times Square. All

of these are taken under existing light with only slight curves/hue/sat

tweaking. Ratings/comments on this picture, any of the others in the folder, as

well as the series as a whole greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mark.

Thanks for the comments! Yeah these are very tough. It's dark, the subjects are moving toward me rapidly, I'm zoomed in-handheld, ISO 800, lens wide open, and hopefully a fast enough shutter to stop any blur. Maybe it all comes together, maybe it doesn't. On this one, however, I don't really mind the soft look of it.

Great portrait. Excellent folder.

Great color and shapes also. I really like the variation in the shape of the land. I'd like to see more of the misty trees in the background. Perhaps a play between the crisp bright green in the foreground, and the muted soft green in the background. Overall, great shot.

Nice shot. Those are most likely mercury lamps. I like the way they give things an otherworldly look to them.

 

Some photos of mine that are under similar light:

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1360603

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1310341

One in an ongoing series of candid photos of people walking in Times Square.

Ratings/comments appreciated.

This is one of a series of candid street portraits that I'm photographing in

Times Square. Ratings/comments appreciated.

IMHO, the purple tone on right is a bit distracting. Nice shot and tonality otherwise.

Nice color pallette.

Nice brushstrokes, what kind of lens is that?

Striking. Very nice.

I like the photo, but not the frame. Try it without it. My 2 cents.

Dark tones look really washed out and desaturated.

Really nice. I love the way the beak color matches the fish.

Well balanced. Nice tonal range. Waterfall shots are common, but this has a lot more to it than a mere objective representation, it's almost an abstract. Nice shooting.

Very nice.

Really like the composition. The person in lower left creates dimension and scale, also gives my eye some direction to go after looking at the structure on right. I would like to see a bit more detail in the dark underside of the roof. Overall, very nice.

Seems way too dark here.

Really nice color. Would like to see strong blue on right larger or shifted left. Seems on the edge somehow.

Thanks for the comments! I agree that the eye areas are looking a bit dark in a lot of these, and that the streetlights are sometimes in odd spots. I'm sticking to the philosophy of candid, unaltered shots without any additional light. I'm still working out the details of the best places for me to stand. I just might be able to address these and other things, simply with a better usage of the existing light at the locations themselves. Tune in at a later date if you're curious about how things have worked out.

 

This is one from an ongoing series of street portraitures that I'm working on.

It's a combination of finding the right light, and then waiting for interesting

people to walk through the space. Any ratings/comments appreciated.

Thanks, Mark.