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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: afx on June 21, 2015, 21:40:14

Title: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: afx on June 21, 2015, 21:40:14

From a local street fair...

#1
(http://images.afximages.com/photos/i-q88kb8K/0/L/i-q88kb8K-L.jpg) (http://images.afximages.com/photos/i-q88kb8K/0/O/i-q88kb8K-O.jpg)

#2
(http://images.afximages.com/photos/i-SsQKK5Z/0/L/i-SsQKK5Z-L.jpg) (http://images.afximages.com/photos/i-SsQKK5Z/0/O/i-SsQKK5Z-O.jpg)

cheers
afx

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on June 21, 2015, 21:53:05

Even sober I would have trouble pronouncing that name, Andreas :D "Lederhosen" - we are in Bayern?

Excellent documentation of all the excitement, by the way.

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: afx on June 21, 2015, 22:04:37

Quote from: Bjørn Rørslett on June 21, 2015, 21:53:05

Even sober I would have trouble pronouncing that name, Andreas :D "Lederhosen" - we are in Bayern?

Yes Bavaria. In Vaterstetten, street fair yesterday.
Even as a native, it took me a moment to find the right spelling ,-)

Quote

Excellent documentation of all the excitement, by the way.

thx
afx

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: Erik Lund on June 21, 2015, 22:19:33

I prefer #1 since there are more of the event/crowd covered.

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: elsa hoffmann on June 21, 2015, 22:34:16

I also prefer no 1 - and like the BW conversion !

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: afx on June 21, 2015, 22:52:12

While #1 is better coverage, I found the girl in the bow of the whip interesting...

cheers
afx

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: Sash on June 22, 2015, 11:58:19

I will be honest with you. I think this shot might be stronger. Proper separation of subjects is important in this kind of shots, especially regarding the main subject.  The fact that the guy has two hats and some spare limbs is a bit unfortunate. By moving two steps to the right and taking a lower position you could separate him, place him on a nicer dark background with his hat on a contrasting bkgd of the roof, add a bit of more dramatic perspective and also reveal the other guy.  It could have made the shot stronger.

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: afx on June 22, 2015, 12:05:09

Thanks Alexander,
I absolutely agree.
Typically I would go down on my knees to reduce the effect of my 2m..

But I had to shoot over the crowd and could not move as freely as I wanted.
I have other shots with main actors more isolated from each other, but the feel less appealing to me as the background becomes even more prominent.

cheers
afx

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: Gary on June 22, 2015, 18:07:05

I'm always looking for optical drama ... I would have tried using a longer lens and shoot tight, trying to get the whip crossing the face, the maybe low and wide shooting up. Then going long again and attempt to capture selective expressions of the children (fingers in the ears of the first image). But, it is always easy to make suggestions from the comfort of my chair as opposed to being confined by by the actual situation and equipment at hand.

How do you enunciate "Goaßlschnoizer"? 

Title: Re: Goaßlschnoizer
Post by: afx on June 22, 2015, 20:13:10

Quote from: Gary on June 22, 2015, 18:07:05

How do you enunciate "Goaßlschnoizer"?

Sorry, no idea how to write the pronunciation.

cheers
afx