First Attempt at 'Street' Photography - Thailand

[Andy M]

Am currently in Thailand, and severely jet lagged. Unable to sleep, the girlfriend and I went for a walk in the local market at 5am.

The resulting shots:




















I was using my 5D & Canon 35mm f1.4 prime which I think worked really well together especially given that I was shooting at ISO 1,250(!!). The only downside being the 5D's noisy shutter - on a few occasions (as can be seen in the pictures) the person I was shooting heard/saw me before I could pap them

[beano500]

They're good - interesting subject and all. Love the fifth one, could possibly do with a bit more "punch", slightly more contrast, darken the corners to better frame the main subject, but an excellent candid!

[GetCarter]

Stirling stuff. No 5 for me too.

[Altrezia]

Cool photos - i really like the way they've turned out.

[badbeachbuggy]

Cool, I like 4,5 and 8 best

[mr noble]

Superbly crisp Andy! I love them. Very sharp for iso1250!!

Have you done anything else to them?

G


ps. Thats made me want a sigma 30mm 1.4 even more!

[Mastiff]

It made me want to go back to Thailand!!

No5 is a great shot.

[le gravy noire]

I like these.

[greg964]

great shots!
i like all of em

[Andy M]

Thanks for the comments

Post processing included tweaking: exposure, white balance, cropping (all done in Apple Aperture), and then they were pulled through Noise Ninja.

Am currently on an extremely slow internet connection, in an extremely smelly internet cafe, so can't see which one no.5 is but thanks again for the comments

[Zad]

They are definitely in the realm of 'proper' photography and not your usual tourist snap! Pic 8 (the girl buying something at a deep fried food shop I think) reminds me of the famous Edward Hopper 'Night Hawks' painting. I especially like the aura around the girl, it generates a slightly mysterious visual focus to the image.

[Andy mac]

No. 8 is the best in my mind!

[matthew_h]

I really like these Andy, they've got a real quality about them.

Lovely

[Andy M]

Thanks again

Am now back in my g/f's home village, and so am mainly shooting family shots. My favourite so far:



My g/f's elder brother, with his first grand child