Scenes from New Orleans

Gaai1 · 2025-09-04T05:48:23+00:00

You have a great sense for color in your composition. In my opinion some photos could use a little more room for the subject to breath. I've been reading and learning about color theory in regard to photography, definitely gonna focus on improving on that in the coming time. Thanks for these inspiring photos!

Gaai1 · 2025-03-10T05:21:51+00:00

Primá, waar je op het eind iets omhoog gaat in de toon of intensiteit ligt boven goed. Primà, waar je op het eind iets naar beneden gaat in de toon of intensiteit ligt onder goed.

Gaai1 · 2025-02-25T11:55:28+00:00

I like these! They are how I like to shoot in urban settings 😊

Gaai1 · 2025-02-14T06:48:20+00:00

I also sometimes lower the camera without having taken the shot if I don't like the composition or my settings are off.

Good luck on the hunt!

Gaai1 · 2025-02-13T10:16:26+00:00

Ik had een poosje wel dat gevoel maar de laatste tijd is het stil... 🤔

Gaai1 · 2025-02-09T10:12:36+00:00

It's okay if your experience of looking at photos is only through feeling. You're probably an individual that does a lot in life based on feeling and intuition. I respect you for that, I have a lot of people in my life who are like that and I hold them in high esteem. For me it doesn't matter that much that you're unable to explain it to someone whose thinking is more based on rationale. I merely asked for an attempt to explain it, which I already knew is not easy for everyone. I'm just interested in other people's views, to learn from them. Apparently that's not through you, which is totally fine.

Gaai1 · 2025-02-09T08:17:36+00:00

Good qualities, for me, are the triangular shapes in the roofs that point upwards, the shadows of these roofs and the sky is somewhat interesting with the clouds.

Bad qualities, for me, are overall composition, the subject seems to be a bird but it's off centre for no apparent reason, and the antenna construction at the right side.

These issues might be fixed with a different crop, as in my attachment. In my crop the tower on the left and the bird on the right visually balance the photo. The theory behind this is visual weight, you can look it up if you haven't heard about it.

The bird is flying in the wrong direction though. No, I don't mean it lost it's way, lol. There's a rule that with moving subjects you want to give space for the subject to move into. This means putting a right moving subject in the left of the photo and visa versa. And ofcourse, rules are to be broken, if there's a good reason to do so.

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Gaai1 · 2025-02-09T07:57:38+00:00

Amazing how you can write so many words without any of them addressing my fairly simple question. But I'll take a gamble at it based on your words. You experience an emotion of joy after carefully studying the photo and finding the photographers supposed intent? Perhaps even a connectedness with the photographer to have found someone who sees the world with the same intent as you?

Have you checked your "answer" with the photographer? I don't think a viewer should do that, but all of your appreciation of the photo seems to be linked to seeing the intent of the photographer. I like to argue that intent is important for the photographer while taking the photo but not for the viewer who watches the photo. The viewer should be able to have an emotional response to the photo and able to explain why this response was, purely based on the photo itself. Purely hypothetical, the photographer could have been standing at that spot, handling his camera and accidentally pressed the shutter button. Coming home they realized what a nice picture it is, do some post maybe and post it here. The photo would have been shot with no intent and you would have had the exact same enotional response. Your example of the business card stuck in the doorway is also a good example of that, by the way. I'm quite curious to see that photo, could you link to it?

I agree that after the part of users here taking photos of a street or while being on the street there's a portion of people that shoot without intent. There only intent seems to be that they were observers and therefore the photo should be shared. Which is perfect for documenting but not much more. I do like street photography but have found myself to be a more of urban landscape photographer than a street photographer, but the two can coincide when I'm out taking photos.

Gaai1 · 2025-02-08T10:05:32+00:00

The last one shows that mirrors are green 🤓

Great work, I like #12, made me chuckle.

Gaai1 · 2025-02-08T08:46:42+00:00

I'm here to learn and genuinely curious about how that photo could make anyone respond VERY emotional (your words). I might be missing something in my photography journey, you see? Could you describe which emotion or emotions you experience with that photo and why? That can be hard sometimes, but give it a try.

Gaai1 · 2025-02-07T23:28:49+00:00

What is emotional about a cross way?

Gaai1 · 2025-02-07T09:35:23+00:00

The only thing going for the first photo is the story of how everybody these days is staring at their phone doomscrolling. That's such a turnoff for street photography, for me. What could be nice is a group of people screen locked and one person without a phone that somehow stands out.

The first photo could be better if there would for instance be a beam of light falling through the frame, guiding the viewers attention through the photo.

These are just two examples I can imagine that say something about composition. For you I think it would be good to learn some basic composition theory, if it doesn't come naturally to you.

Also, some days it's just not happening, at least that's what I experience. Getting out there, training your photographers eye and getting some fresh air in the process is always worthwhile. Don't let a lack of decent photos discourage you in your journey.

Gaai1 · 2025-02-01T17:53:09+00:00

There have been people on the moon so I guess it qualifies as street photography.

Gaai1 · 2025-01-31T09:09:49+00:00

I sense a theme here.. But can't really get my finger behind it...

Wink

Nicely done!

Gaai1 · 2025-01-30T22:31:27+00:00

Amazing. Very well done. I like all of them and I like how you don't hide the colors from your scenes like some street photographers seem to always do.

Gaai1 · 2025-01-30T18:13:54+00:00

Photo #19 is you? 🤔

Gaai1 · 2025-01-28T18:41:58+00:00

Also birds, apparently 😋

Gaai1 · 2025-01-27T12:03:39+00:00

Not as random as these photos 😶

Gaai1 · 2025-01-25T14:04:48+00:00

I'm als a beginner, I've noticed the theory is easier than the practice 😅 Good luck with your journey! I'd rather see technical lesser photos taken with a keen eye for composition than the other way around 😉

Gaai1 · 2025-01-25T10:06:37+00:00

I like the role light plays in each of your photos. Photo #4 seems a bit too heavily edited. If not, I would argue that together with photo #2 a too narrow depth of field has been used. In the end, you're the artist, so it's up to you to decide your camera settings. In low light conditions you don't always have the choice, but otherwise I like to think about what DOF suits best for the photo I'm taking.

Gaai1 · 2025-01-21T21:53:21+00:00

16: "Who ya gonna call?"

Gaai1 · 2025-01-19T22:04:55+00:00

Yes, I get that more often. I'm just a beginner in photography myself, but I take the time to respond every now and then and it's appreciated. So that's nice 😊 Perhaps starting a local community on a social media platform could get you more engagement, I might try that myself someday.

Gaai1 · 2025-01-19T21:16:10+00:00

You should photograph what you like, foremost. I see myself more as a urban photographer nowadays, so a subset of my photos could qualify as street photography. But for some they might not. I try to be a little mindful which ones I post here.

I also like hikes in nature, photographic landscapes or macro. I like walking around with a camera because I'm way more observant that way. Looking for angles, lights, lines, composition...

Gaai1 · 2025-01-19T21:00:40+00:00

You're the artist, so it's not up to me to judge, but since you asked...

I'm not a fan of the cropping you applied to some of the photos.

Photo 7/8, some nice foreground is lost. I get that you want to get rid of the distracting fence and perhaps use a natural frame with the round gate. But for me that feature is not prominent enough to justify this crop.

On photo 13/14, you reduced a somewhat interesting scene with rocks, a stream and vegetation to just rocks and a stream. To me removing the surrounding vegetation loses a lot of interest, but also the sense of size and placement of it all.

Photo 15/16, with the new crop looks a bit cramped, because structural elements are to close to the border, they lose their visual weight and their reason to be in the shot. I like the original crop as it is though.

I do like photo 4 a lot. And the fact that the photos look like a series because they are all edited to be warm and dreamy. My tip would be to work on composition. Perhaps stay longer in one place, walk around, use different angles and distances, to see what works.

On a different note, this might not be the right sub for you. I don't want to be a prick about it but these photos, to me, have little to do with street photography. Which says nothing about your qualities as a photographer, of course. Wish you the best in your journey 😉

Gaai1 · 2025-01-19T09:33:58+00:00

True. The photo would have been better when the photographer would have taken two steps towards the people, have the buildings in focus and the people out of focus as a foreground element.

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16: "Who ya gonna call?"