Lloyd
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Yes. These are great shots, and an interesting undertaking as well.David, Excellent Color,Sharpness,Feel & Set!
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Yes. These are great shots, and an interesting undertaking as well.David, Excellent Color,Sharpness,Feel & Set!
This really is some masterful work, Bishop. :salute:A little time, morning light and roses way beyond bloom. Question for you all...how many of you have kept your spouse from getting rid of an arrangement of flowers because of a potential image you have planned?? ;^)
Matt: Rayyan hit the nail squarely on the head.Matt: I think this is a glorious shot.
You my friend have consistently displayed the ' knack ' of bringing to the viewer photo captures that are around them. That is a hallmark of a great photographic eye.
' there is nothing to photograph ' people say. They travel far and wide to capture postcards. They could have saved the money and bought the postcards at home.
' nothing to photograph '.
To them I say...See what Matt does. Learn from him. If you can emulate
even a little of what he shares with us..then you are getting started. Study what Matt does
is the best advice I can give anybody wanting to be a better photog.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful city with us.
Rayyan: This one made me smile for sure! You have a gift, my friend. Heart, Art and Discretion... a perfect combination.Venice: Recently.
Rayyan, you take photographs of others, why not mine. Question. Fight. Run.
Ayesha, I said, I have taken thousands of photographs of you all over the world.
Rayyan, she said, I am always a part of something in those photographs.
Not true, I said, squeamishly.
Ayesha, I said. I do not want photographs of you. But About you. You make the place what it is for me. Without you the place would be barren. By capturing your person, I capture the spirit of the place!..
Fight postponed..for now.
These really are wonderful shots, Osman. These two in particular. Thank you for sharing this amazing city of yours with us.It's relatively easier for me to become unseen in the streets with a Leica M, compared to the larger DSLR's. Despite my bulky figure, I can usually blend in the crowd this way.
The weather was wet, sky overcast, just a lazy Saturday in spring.
M8 with 28'cron.
Best,
Osman
Freddie goes home:
Taking grandma to the bazaar:
These are beautiful b/w images, John. A timeless quality to them.50mm Lux ASPH -
+1 from here too!These are beautiful b/w images, John. A timeless quality to them.
Osman: These are great! This last one is masterful! I love the colors and her position in the frame. Thank you for sharing! :thumbup: :salute:It's relatively easier for me to become unseen in the streets with a Leica M, compared to the larger DSLR's. Despite my bulky figure, I can usually blend in the crowd this way.
The weather was wet, sky overcast, just a lazy Saturday in spring.
M8 with 28'cron. Best, Osman
Freddie goes home:
Taking grandma to the bazaar:
He's evidently very satisfied with himself, probably for good reason:
Return from shopping:
Just wanted to share a quick one from today. My brother's wife, and their oldest grandchild. (That's my brother in the background).
M8, 28 Cron @ f4 (pretty much straight out of the camera other than a slight WB correction):
rayyan: Thank you, but, you are much too generous with your compliments.Matt: I think this is a glorious shot.
You my friend have consistently displayed the ' knack ' of bringing to the viewer photo captures that are around them. That is a hallmark of a great photographic eye.
' there is nothing to photograph ' people say. They travel far and wide to capture postcards. They could have saved the money and bought the postcards at home.
' nothing to photograph '.
To them I say...See what Matt does. Learn from him. If you can emulate
even a little of what he shares with us..then you are getting started. Study what Matt does
is the best advice I can give anybody wanting to be a better photog.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful city with us.
rayyan: Terrific photo. And, as you said, we've seen many other equally beautiful photos of your beautiful wife!Venice: Recently.
Rayyan, you take photographs of others, why not mine. Question. Fight. Run.
Ayesha, I said, I have taken thousands of photographs of you all over the world.
Rayyan, she said, I am always a part of something in those photographs.
Not true, I said, squeamishly.
Ayesha, I said. I do not want photographs of you. But About you. You make the place what it is for me. Without you the place would be barren. By capturing your person, I capture the spirit of the place!..
Fight postponed..for now.
Powerful Gaze! Nicely Documented Rayyan!
rayyan: +1, +1. You'd be a great guide to see real places and real people! :salute:Powerful stuff, Rayyan. Again, you draw us in with your image and words, and provide a reminder of our need for real humanity. Thank you.
Don: : Beautiful photo. Makes me happy that despite our ravenous ways, we still have places like that to photograph.Decided to experiment with a different approach to my processing and came up with this..
"Just a tree" Leica M9 Summarit 90mm
Don
knorp: Had to google "solex". Interesting. Nice photos; better looking then the average biker gang.ladies solex club on tour ...
Lloyd: Thank you.Matt: Rayyan hit the nail squarely on the head.
John: +1. What Lloyd said. Like discovering them in an old magazine.These are beautiful b/w images, John. A timeless quality to them.
Lloyd: Excellent capture. Dynamic and balanced. The line of the columns and your brother lead right to your sister-in-law and their grandchild. DOF, composition, smiles, pp - :salute: Belongs on their wall (and yours)!Just wanted to share a quick one from today. My brother's wife, and their oldest grandchild. (That's my brother in the background).
M8, 28 Cron @ f4 (pretty much straight out of the camera other than a slight WB correction):
Rayyan, your shots and narrative not just shows your mastery in both fields, but your skill in blending into different cultures. I know this does not come automatically by reading, guides or deeper sources, but from the heart. And a big thank you for presenting the city I love so dearly and my citizens in a heart-warming way.Istanbul..the Anatolian side...
I love the Lonely Planet guides. Ayesha loves the Frommer's guides.
I read them all. I make notes. never carry them.
Now I know which places to avoid like the plague. They recommend. I avoid.
They want me to stay there, I stayed at the Asian side of the Bosphorus. Why?
Ask Osman....
Good breakfast, banks of the Bosphorus....
Rayyan, I am going to Eridene after breakfast. To see Sinan Bin Abdul Mennan. Known to others as Koca Sinan. I shall know him later..for 2 weeks.
Me , I was going to somewhere you will never find in your Barnes and Nobles.
I knew the place, not its name. nobody stopped there; no tourists, no locals.
Except those that were there. Those looking for work. The Unemployed.
I spent the whole morning there. Heard a lot of stories. made friends.
Better than the tourist hordes.
Stay on the Asian side; What does NG or Frommer's know?
Both structures/sites are over 100 years old; the big building is the Decatur Baptist College built-in 1897-1898. The university still exists, but I think the building is a museum now. The gas station was opened around 1929 and there is a small inn behind, built in the late 1880-1890's. I couldn't get any images of the inn because it faces east and the sun was setting.These are beautiful b/w images, John. A timeless quality to them.