Vintage Toys

[HufflepuffBR]

Okay...

First of all: that's the first time I post on this forum, so please be patient.

I taked this after lunch some days after I bought my new camera, a FujiFilm FinePix S2950. Me and a coworker were walking on Centro Velho (Old Center) of São Paulo (Brazil) on a region with many outlets with uncommon business, like selling vintage toys and specialized music stores. I saw this toys on a showcase and I thought I could make a good shot. I need to confess: I used auto settings, just thinking on composition and framing. I used Macro mode focusing on the tramcar and on the fireman hat, It inspired me somewhat my childhood, when, even having Videogames and so on, we liked more to play fireman and cops & robbers, and so on. I didn't used any special filter and no flash, as it would only make the photo worse. The photo had no Photoshop (or better, GIMP, as I'm a Linux user) and no post-processing. I think I failed a little on framing (the space between the glasses of the showcase looks not good), but I think the general result was very okay in my level.

Tech details:

• Camera: Fuji FinePix S2950
• Original Resolution: 14MP [Fine Mode]
• ISO: 400 (auto)
• Aperture: f/3.1
• Exposition: 1/60s
• Focus Distance: 5mm (Macro Mode)

[JudiRose]

I'm also a new photographer, so take this with a grain of salt. I like the photo in general and love the vintage toys, but I think the support rod in front of the hat is distracting and also I think it would look better for the background to be not-so-focused; more bokeh. I see what you mean about the glass, too.

I hope someone with more experience chimes in!

[HufflepuffBR]

About the "support rod": there is no one. This is the gap between the glasses on the showcase.. Unfortunately there's no better angle for the shot... The fireman hat was expose that way literally (it was "cutted" by the gap...)
About bokeh... Maybe I'll try some GIMP on it... I used Macro so I could not "unfocus" the background, AFAIK.
Thanks about the comments and I'm glad you liked my photo.

[Grace E Armstrong]

Originally Posted by HufflepuffBR

About the "support rod": there is no one. This is the gap between the glasses on the showcase.. Unfortunately there's no better angle for the shot... The fireman hat was expose that way literally (it was "cutted" by the gap...)
About bokeh... Maybe I'll try some GIMP on it... I used Macro so I could not "unfocus" the background, AFAIK.
Thanks about the comments and I'm glad you liked my photo.

It may not be a support rod, but regardless of what it is, it does take away from the image in my honest opinion. I think if you were to tinker with this image in photoshop for a nicer colour effect it would make a nice printout. I do like the peice, and I love how there is more vintage in the background. if only there weren't that glass gap. :\ oh well.

[oneidapj]

The part of this shot that bothers me, is those purple boxes of ??? It looks like it says perola da sorte. What is that? I searched and I think it means lucky pearls. Anyway, it just doesn't belong with the subject of vintage toys. My opinion, of course. Otherwise, great shooting.
Thanks