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<p>Oh, I let that for the viewing stage. You realize that people still have to fill in a lot of blanks, make their own connexion for a piece to work. At least that's how a lazy bum like me like to see things. :)</p>

<p>Nice site. I would prefer if the folders in the gallery use an event based naming scheme. That would ease my navigation a lot. The link to subtense and clickpic do distract me somewhat.<br>

Great pictures, I think the 5D and 17-40L won't disappoint you once you mastered digital printing.</p>

<p>IMHO your equipments are more than adequate for street photography. But since you mentioned that you are interested in photojournalist style of photography I would suggest a wide to normal selection for your lenses.<br>

Choice of film would depends on light condition and the kind of activity you want to capture and your own aesthetic preference. I would suggest any high ISO film if you want to freeze motions though. You might want the 1600 or 3200 ones on your first outing. Just until you figured out your own need.<br>

To get started, I would suggest you go to some public place where there are a lot of people and just mingle with them, places where you'll think something of interest to you might happen.</p>

<p >>> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3937630">Ton Mestrom</a> <a href="../member-status-icons"><img title="Frequent poster" src="http://static.photo.net/v3graphics/member-status-icons/3rolls.gif" alt="" title="Frequent poster" /> </a> , Oct 19, 2009; 01:47 p.m.</p>

 

<p>>>Allen, by all means. I suppose you've got an idea how to stimulate people ä few more words >>than usual" beyond the occasionally "nice photo" comment (however much appreciated).</p>

 

<p>The photo review thread can do just that.</p>

<p>Reading your comment makes me think of "Christmas at Doel" as a photographic project.<br /> Looking at those early pictures makes me think that the village plight might be better depicted visually using colour instead of b&w. But that's just my two cents on the matter.</p>

<p>A UV filter is something I highly recomend when shooting under the equatorial sun.<br>

Dry cabinet would be a great thing to have, but you could get away with a cooler box and silica gel. I read somewhere that wrapping your lenses and camera with newspaper could reduce the chance of fungus growing in your equipments. I forgot the URL but its from someone who went to SE Asia in the 80's. IMHO, sunlight is the best way to protect your equipment from humidity. Meaning, take them out and use them regularly.<br>

There's little variation in sunrise and sunset time in the equator, but the light do change considerably throughout the years due to the sun travel in the equinoxes. At this time of the year you'll get dramatic morning light around 07.30 to 08.30.<br>

Have Fun, shoot alot and may the exposure be with you.</p>

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<p>Gotta loves that equatorial sun. What time was the picture taken? My guess is around 2 PM local time.</p>

<p>And what will happen if suddenly everyone get so excited and each created a thread on the same time?</p>

<p>I look at the site and looking at the pictures reminded me of the first time I tried to do a documentary. Abysmall results and I was only saved by a lucky shot. LOL. The thing is, eversince that I couldn't stressed the importance of doing preliminary research for documentary. I still go blank, like when I shoot street, but I know the rudimentary shots I need to make the documentary happened.<br /> I actually enjoy reading DS Meador account of the festival and can't help but to feel somewhat disapointed that he didn't have the picture of the driver of the truck in his pictures. But there might be a gallery which I missed to spot. I also find a lot of interesting things that he mentioned in his writing that I can't find in the picture, e.g. the mystical aura that the village have, the fact that it's a religious and secular occassion (it will be great to see a picture of a pious elder person contrasted with a happy go lucky self indulgent mall rat. LOL), the suppose crowds of thousands that follow the statue, etc. But there is always a chance that DS Meador did take all those shots I wished to see, but he decided that they are not that interesting to show because the article has mentioned the thing they depicted and the other pictures are much more interesting for the viewer to see.<br /> Oh, gee, somebody just text me IRL and there goes my train of thought. Nice pictures and nice reading though, keep going!</p>

 

<p>I could see the possibility in the above location just after the sun has set. Right now it has nothing in it, but later on you'll bound to ended up with fanciful play of motions and light and colours. But that would mean using a tripod and a long shutter speed.</p><div></div>

I like the smaller size groups ideas, small fuctional unit appeal to me, eventhough it might mean setting it up someplace else.

 

Maybe the blog feature in this site would accomodate just that? Doubt it though. Can PN accomodate this at all? I need to explore the site more to answer that.

 

For a good and meaningful discussion to happen we need more than just pictures to talk about, we need a good moderator to keep the conversation in focus. The discussion could be opened for view by the public at large eventhough only members of the small sized groups could join in the discussion, that way people know what a good photo discussion is.

 

Now, who will build and maintain this particular baseball field at the centre of a corn field so we could all use it?

I have a lousy internet connexion here and not enough credibility to start it, the best I can do is hop in the ride and be a good passenger along the way.

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<p>I'm doing "Afternoon on the Park" partly as a mean to have something solid going. I just can't stand the idea of simply going into the street and shoot at anything I found interesting. This way I can say to myself that I'm doing something, eventhough in the end I might not go to the park at all and shoot at some place else.</p>

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