India gallery: STUNNING WORK!!!

[roanjohn]

WOW!!! First and foremost, this is not my work........this is a gallery I found in Pbase.com. Whoever is this photographer is AMAZING!!! His style in street photography leaves me in a state of shock and awe............truly a very inspiring gallery!!!

I would just like to share his work............And as proof that its not the camera...........he uses a Rebel...............imagine that!!!

Be prepared:

http://www.pbase.com/maciekda/india2&page=all

Ro1

[tim]

Those are great pics!

[retro]

It is encouraging to see work like that from a Rebel and some good glass. Thanks for posting!

[E-Photographer]

It is encouraging to see work like that from a Rebel and some good glass. Thanks for posting!
This shows once again that the real limit is the photographer, more than the camera. :)

[PhotosGuy]

...And as proof that its not the camera...........he uses a Rebel...............imagine that!!!
Oh, well... if it's not a black Rebel, they're probably not worth looking at!






:wink:

[amitnike]

lol.... i agree black rebel is a black rebel ...anyways this gallery has some of the bets pics i have even seen of indian street scene .... the places he has visited are the most colorfull in india .. i wan go those places soon.. its STUNNING

[roanjohn]

Oh, well... if it's not a black Rebel, they're probably not worth looking at!






:wink:

Actually, from his other photos, I think he actually uses the BLACK rebel!!!

...........this explains a LOT!!!

Ro1

[sugargirl342]

Those are some amazing pictures!! I really liked the close up pictures. The older lady with the special earings is a great picture!! Great Job to the one who took these!

Megs

[OviV]

Amazing pictures. He is a persistent one to return after having all his equipment stolen on a previous trip.

Ovi

[roanjohn]

Lets discuss his style..........do you think he uses fill falsh on his outdoor portraits?? How does he acheive those wonderful catchlights on his subjects eyes?? Most of these photos were shot with the subject very close.....I wonder if he talks to them and take thier photos or he just snaps away.

Any ideas??

Ro1

[D4VE]

Lets discuss his style..........do you think he uses fill falsh on his outdoor portraits?? How does he acheive those wonderful catchlights on his subjects eyes?? Most of these photos were shot with the subject very close.....I wonder if he talks to them and take thier photos or he just snaps away.

Any ideas??

Ro1

Must use some sort of fill flash/lighting on some of those close portraits, but its done sooo well.
I hope he 's a pro! because his photos are like pro photographs. I think a wide variety of very nice lens' for sure.
Extremely good and encouraging work there!

[amitnike]

ok heres an indian perspective ..His pictures are an inspiration to me for sure . i bet he must be talking to em.. some of these shots looked as if the subjects were posing for him ..rural India.. wr most of the pics are from ... any person wud be happy to get clicked by a westrner or anyone carrying a camera ...( the places he has visited are frequented by many western tourist ). flash.. yes fill flash in some for sure

everything said and done.. this guy is the one of the best i have ever seen . He surely is a pro.

[roanjohn]

............he also sticks to landscape mode almost all the time.......

Ro1

[Curos]

............he also sticks to landscape mode almost all the time.......

Ro1


Wow, whats up with that i wonder. I assume that mode produces more saturated images...but hmm, I'll have to try it soon.

[Vita Rara]

I don't think Ro1 is referring to a mode on the camera, but to the orientation of most of the photos. At least that's my take.

Mark

[roanjohn]

I don't think Ro1 is referring to a mode on the camera, but to the orientation of most of the photos. At least that's my take.

Mark
..........ooopssss!!! now I see how that could be taken the wrong way....but yeah, I mean landscape orientation.........or horizontal........

Ro1

[Vita Rara]

Lets discuss his style..........do you think he uses fill falsh on his outdoor portraits?? How does he acheive those wonderful catchlights on his subjects eyes??

I think he tries to position some source of light behind him reflecting in the subject's eyes. If you look closely you will frequently see his silhouette in the subject's eyes. I don't think that effect could be achieved using flash.

Most of these photos were shot with the subject very close.....I wonder if he talks to them and take thier photos or he just snaps away.

He seems to favor his 17-40 and his 50mm prime. Given his frame filling style I think he's talking to people. It's hard to get such composition without the person cooperating with such short lenses. (Even factoring in the 1.6x crop factor.)

Very interesting work to look at.

[roanjohn]

Vita - I agree........In most of these portraits, he uses the light background to create catchlights in his subjects eyes........have to practice this. He puts his subjects in the shade and he probably asks them to look up (to the sky) - hence the catchlights.........he takes the photo from above.......There is one photo though where he used fill flash to compensate for the sun.........In any case, he captured some very wondeful emotions......

.......Also, his exposures are perfect!!! probably uses RAW :p

Ro1

[filtonkingswood]

Does'nt get much better than this does it? If I had taken ten of those I would have been proud as punch!

[Stipica]

Yes, indeed, very nice work....!

May I contribute with my own work:
http://www.pbase.com/sgrgic/india

Also, it is very amazing that of the whole India we stumbled on few very same persons! Check this out!
His photo:
http://www.pbase.com/maciekda/image/35022886
And my version:
http://www.pbase.com/sgrgic/image/37236597

[jgbeam]

WOW!!! First and foremost, this is not my work........this is a gallery I found in Pbase.com. Whoever is this photographer is AMAZING!!! His style in street photography leaves me in a state of shock and awe............truly a very inspiring gallery!!!

I would just like to share his work............And as proof that its not the camera...........he uses a Rebel...............imagine that!!!

Be prepared:

http://www.pbase.com/maciekda/india2&page=all

Ro1

Thanks for this link. This guy should be working for National Geographic!

Jim

[JulianoL]

This guy has some top notch galleries. What I found interesting is his settings/technique:

From his site:

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My Canon is set to parameter 1. I adjust ISO all the time depending on the available light.

I don't use special filters, no polarizers. I have simple UV filters on my lenses only just to protect them...

- cropping?

I don't crop pictures, all pictures taken with Canon 300D and Canon G3 are original, original compositions.

- post-processing?

yes, in Photoshop7, but I am almost a complete amateur in that matter... before posting pictures here what I do is - resize, then sharpening - using Luko's method from TrekEarth, then auto-contrast, auto-colors (if white balance was not correct - like if the picture was reddish...) adjustments. If I am not satisfied with auto results I adjusts those parameters manually (using levels, curves, contrast, brightness, color balance functions).

sometimes i burn or dodge locally. I use burning to preserve highlights while adjusting levels and contrast.

I don't saturate colors in PS - colors produced by Canon 300D are satureted nicely enough.

anyway, I try to do as few adjustments as possible.. most of the time the whole post-processing takes me less than 1 minute...

- exposure

most of the time I underexpose pictures to preserve highlights. This is because the dynamic range of Canon 300D is not so great... that's why I have to brighten them a bit in PS later.
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More here:
http://www.pbase.com/maciekda/profile

I think I should review my workflow. ;)

[roanjohn]

Julianon!! Thanks for that !!! I was too engrossed in his work, I didn't even bother to check his profile.............WOW!!! And he is a shy person!!!

..............I will definitely need to build my confidence to take candid pics like these.

Ro1

[MilesG]

some absolutly amazing photos there! excellent work, keep it up