Free Palestine rally

Bashar · 8th August 2012, 10:14 PM

Comments and criticisms always welcome. All on a D700+50mm

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4) I think a tighter crop would also work on this shot, but I still prefer it wide.

Thanks for looking!

beLarge · 8th August 2012, 11:02 PM

#1 has a lot of promise, maybe a black and white?

If you are interested in protests and stuff I really recommend you check out some of the stuff on the News Photo Journalism Group on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/news__australia/

BeastHouse · 8th August 2012, 11:09 PM

Just looks like a buch of lefty greenies to me... nothing technical about them... but thats coming from a landscape photographer...

xhanatos · 8th August 2012, 11:24 PM

convert to black and white. add grain. needs to be griitttty!

Bashar · 9th August 2012, 9:12 AM

Thanks guys. I'll give the b&w conversion a go tonight.

jumpy · 9th August 2012, 9:23 AM

I'll be honest. To me, the images don't evoke emotions or tell me a story which is what this sort of photography should be. For example, how does #2 fit into it? Been to the scuba mardi gra? The guys in #1 look pretty happy about the whole situation. 3 and 4 are the better of the set, wide is good for some context IMO.

switchblade327 · 9th August 2012, 10:30 AM

#1 looks like an outdoor concert..
#2 looks homeless/without clue
#3 clichéd protester - that said, about the only one that looks like protesting
#4 waiting for the rock star...

^catalyst · 9th August 2012, 12:03 PM

Push 1 and 4 one stop.

Think about this too, if you hadn't told us what these pictures were of how would we know it was about Palestine? You can only just see an obscured banner in the back ground.

P.S Free Palestine.

Taceo Corpus · 9th August 2012, 12:29 PM

Without the context of the thread title I wouldn't have had any idea what was going on. If you were going for a photojournalistic angle I'd suggest finding some more ways to establish context. I think it would have been interesting to see #4 with the banners in the plane of best focus, rather than the crowd.

Bashar · 9th August 2012, 9:19 PM

Converted to B&W, added some grain. Whaddya reckon?

I agree with your points about context. I didn't really take many shots with posters and banners clearly seen, my plan was simply to shoot whatever caught my eye. So it kinda became a bunch of random shots.

I'll keep that in mind for the next time. Thanks for your input

Dropbear · 9th August 2012, 9:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeastHouse

Just looks like a buch of lefty greenies to me... nothing technical about them... but thats coming from a landscape photographer...

Yeh.. It's photo journalism I guess, but the whole rent-a-crowd scene is not my thing

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Taceo Corpus Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 2,758	Without the context of the thread title I wouldn't have had any idea what was going on. If you were going for a photojournalistic angle I'd suggest finding some more ways to establish context. I think it would have been interesting to see #4 with the banners in the plane of best focus, rather than the crowd. __________________ Travel & Photo Blog: http://www.dfcowell.net

8th August 2012, 10:14 PM	#1
Bashar Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 205	Free Palestine rally Comments and criticisms always welcome. All on a D700+50mm 1) 2) 3) 4) I think a tighter crop would also work on this shot, but I still prefer it wide. Thanks for looking! Last edited by Bashar; 9th August 2012 at 9:11 PM.

8th August 2012, 11:02 PM	#2
beLarge Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brisbane Posts: 296	#1 has a lot of promise, maybe a black and white? If you are interested in protests and stuff I really recommend you check out some of the stuff on the News Photo Journalism Group on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/news__australia/

8th August 2012, 11:09 PM	#3
BeastHouse Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 256	Just looks like a buch of lefty greenies to me... nothing technical about them... but thats coming from a landscape photographer...

8th August 2012, 11:24 PM	#4
xhanatos Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,782	convert to black and white. add grain. needs to be griitttty! __________________ My Flickr Reuters Photo Blog

9th August 2012, 9:12 AM	#5
Bashar Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 205	Thanks guys. I'll give the b&w conversion a go tonight.

9th August 2012, 12:03 PM	#8
^catalyst Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: 10,053	Push 1 and 4 one stop. Think about this too, if you hadn't told us what these pictures were of how would we know it was about Palestine? You can only just see an obscured banner in the back ground. P.S Free Palestine.

9th August 2012, 9:19 PM	#10
Bashar Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 205	Converted to B&W, added some grain. Whaddya reckon? I agree with your points about context. I didn't really take many shots with posters and banners clearly seen, my plan was simply to shoot whatever caught my eye. So it kinda became a bunch of random shots. I'll keep that in mind for the next time. Thanks for your input