Bangkok streets (1 prime) for critiques

[tyasa81]

Hi guys,

This is for you guys, Captivated, Eyad, SK66, kirbinster.. thanx for all your inputs... i started a share your shots thread... and thought i'll bring one of 3 here for more in depth critiques... shot all the streets with a 24 in the end..

what do you think about this one? it is a bit busy but somehow i still feel like i like it... captures a bit of the hustle and bustle of the people praying... is it too busy or is that what street is? capturing all the essense..

#1 - praying at 4 face budha


Camera Nikon D7000
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/2.0
Focal Length 24 mm
ISO Speed 100

if anyone interested with the sys - Bangkok streets snaps (1 prime lens)

[BexJarratt]

I'm no pro with the camera, I'm just giving my opinion as a photograph viewer and fairly new hobbiest.

I like the concept and the composition of the people praying leading a line into the picture. I think however it would benefit greatly from a less busy background - blurred out more beyond the people praying.

I'm sure somebody more experienced will correct me if my theory is wrong here, but I think that your focus point is too deep within the frame, and therefore because about 2/3 of the depth of field is behind this point too much of the background is too clear, even at F2!

I think that if you had focused a bit closer to you it would have reduced the overall depth of filed and could have pushed the background people outside of the range of focus. You would need to be careful not to focus too close and lose the range that would keep both the front and back prayers in focus.

[sk66]

Without Buddha in the image it kind of looses it's "connection".

[tyasa81]

BexJarratt, thank you for your view... i dont think you are wrong.. it's just that at that focal length, it seems that the dof is still pretty deep... but once you get close you'll start having crazy lovely bokeh... which is why i love it...

Originally Posted by BexJarratt

I'm no pro with the camera, I'm just giving my opinion as a photograph viewer and fairly new hobbiest.

- no reason why i should value your comment any less... in fact i would like your view very much as a person who haven't been to the place with a "clean slate" so to speak and how they feel about the photos... thank you very much... please voice out your opinion freely coz it's exactly what i seek..

sk66, that's what i fear other than the busy background... so i took another photo of the budha to go with this as a context... the budha in question is inside that housing on the right and require quite a bit of angling to see it and the people who pray to it.... unless i shot from the people's back..

here's the accompanying shot of the budha..


does that make the original any different to view? or should you always go with a whole story in 1 photograph?

[graciousness]

Buddha needs to be in that first shot, sk66 is right. Having that accompanying shot doesn't help with the story. They just look like individual tourist photos. I can appreciate how difficult it would have been to take the photo as per your description, though, but perhaps the view of buddha with people's back turned away from you would have made a much more interesting photo.

Sorry I haven't got anything technical to say - I'm a beginner and can only comment what my eyes see

[tyasa81]

thank you graciousness... appreciate your critique... agree should've try the people's back angle you mentioned...