Sunday, August 28, 2005

scenes from sunset junction



Man plays bike. (The F Train T was gravy.)


In addition to the main stages, bands cropped up everywhere.






Gravy Train protesters

A dancefloor erupts

Storefront flow

Posted by escapegrace at 11:34 AM

4 comments:

Satisfied '75 said...

nice shots. very "man on the street" reporting.

2:54 PM
Anonymous said...

Your pictures have the potential to be great, but they suffer from faces and details that are dark, too underexposed. Here is the answer:
The reason is that the background is too bright. The camera meter thinks that you want to record this brightness, and hence closes the aperture to give the right exposure for the bright area--eg the sky. But as a result, the faces in the picture will not get enough light and become underexposed. Here is what you do:
Examine the scene. If there is a strong mix of bright and dark, without strong areas of light like sky, beach, white walls etc--you are ok, just take the picture.
If the IS such a bright area, you angle the camera down so you only see the scene you want, eg the faces, and push the shitter release HALF WAY DOWN! The meter has now recorded the right exposure for the important parts you want. Then you straighten the camera and compose the picture and THEN push the release all the way down, taking the picture. It will make a huge difference. I will comment on your pictures onthe next comment.

3:13 PM
Anonymous said...

Pictures numbered sequentially from the top:
1. White house and bright hat cause underexposure in face
2. Perfect example: more than 50% of sky makes the camera starve the face for exposure
3,4,5 Examples of NO bright gackground, resulting in normal exposures
6.Bright wall--black faces.
Do you get the idea??!!
10. Bright sky,dark face

Try the technique next time and show me by your pictures that you will get better results!

One more trick: if it is important to capture and expression on a face, it can change in a fraction of a second. But your camera needs more than that to focus, calculate exposure etc. So here again: before the shot, you push the shutter release down half-way and hold it there, waiting for the right moment or expression. When it happens, you push the release--which will now be instantaneous because the camera has done all the preparatory work--and you get the unique right moment!

Good luck


Bert

3:25 PM
Anonymous said...

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7:42 AM

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