What’s Your Preference?

Haeretik · #1 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008, 03:43 PM

This shot was from my threesixtyfive set a couple weeks ago... (pasted description and how I made the image from my flickr photo page description).

When tootdood selected "busy, busy, busy." for threesixtyfive as·sim·i·lat·ed wed.nes.days for today, I was like "ummmmm....", and freaked a bit... taking a picture in the most crowded spot I could find? So I wandered around at lunch and tried a few shots but none of them really worked. Then this idea hit me... the lunch rush had died but I think it worked out for the better.

As for the song choice, I think this image totally conveys it... and this version is FAR better than the original Tears for Fears rendition.

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
...
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World
Mad World

It is a Mad World out there... the endless hustle and bustle, always more to do at work, always somewhere to go and something to do... never enough time to just sit back and relax and enjoy this thing we call life. Sometimes I seriously wonder if we were better off in the days before these huge technological advances, I mean sure, you can do things faster, but that just means we can now cram what would have been a week of work a few decades ago into a single day... and are expected to just do that much more in that much less time.

Watch the video, I promise you won't be disappointed. Better yet, listen to it if you haven't heard it before while viewing this image on black... then watch the video. And for an added bonus for you gamers out there, the good old Gears of War trailer featuring the song.

This composition is actually composed of 9 images, I took an image of myself against the wall during a lull in traffic and then snapped a few more of people as they walked by using a slower shutter speed. Felt a bit creepy with the camera sitting on a ledge, my remote in my hand tucked under my arm snapping as people went by... interesting thing is - only a couple people noticed, the rest didn't even give a glance sideways. Also used the TTV - 1938 Kodak 35 layer, once in screen layer mode set to 50% opacity and then once in multiply layer mode.

threesixtyfive : onehundrednine : mad world

shutternut · #2 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008, 04:01 PM

really great shot! I wish I knew how to do everything you did to make a shot like this. You're right too - it matches the song perfectly. I love this shot - nice job!

Haeretik · #3 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008, 04:28 PM

Thanks for the comments shutternut, glad you liked it

Taallyn · #4 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008, 04:43 PM

Neat image, and good post work on it.

So far I can't bring myself to photograph strangers in the street.

Haeretik · #5 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008, 04:47 PM

Thanks Taallyn... heh yeah it's a bit weird, met up with a couple other flickr guys last week to do some "real" street shooting, got a few shots (you can view them here)... it's got potential that's for sure, I read an article somewhere that had a few rules for street photography, the first? Get over it. Harder said than done... thought I'd bookmarked it but can't see to find it atm...

Found it, lol turns out I still had it open, just not bookmarked yet!

http://2point8.whileseated.org/wow-footer/ and
http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/...t-photography/

slyder0244 · #6 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008, 09:26 PM

really cool shot i've always wanted to try to do this with a crowd of people walking by blurred and just one person standing there in focus and you pulled it off nicely and i love that song mad world by gary jules

southernbelle · #7 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008, 09:28 PM

Very, very cool shot! I love the creativity!

bane · #8 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008, 09:34 PM

What a shot! This is an excellent piece of work...

It should be used as cover for the music

FocalFrenzy · #9 (**permalink**) 04-15-2008, 01:27 AM

Impressive! Looks like your hard work and planning paid off in spades. Thanks for sharing this. Now I've got to give this a try.

Haeretik · #10 (**permalink**) 04-15-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by slyder0244

really cool shot i've always wanted to try to do this with a crowd of people walking by blurred and just one person standing there in focus and you pulled it off nicely and i love that song mad world by gary jules

Thanks, had to do 9 shots and merge them together to get it to work though... wasn't busy enough, and I dunno if I trust my camera even that close unattended in a large group of people!

Southernbelle and bane - thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by FocalFrenzy

Impressive! Looks like your hard work and planning paid off in spades. Thanks for sharing this. Now I've got to give this a try.

Have at 'er - would like to see the result!