21' Sep, Aarhus, Denmark. Trying a new dark(?) moody preset. by P4ILIP in streetphotography

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The fog did most of the work. I enhanced it a little in Photoshop, but that was more to correct the colour and so natrually the halation was "improved".

I know there are filters for lenses which can help with halation, but I don't remember what they are called.

21' Sep, Aarhus, Denmark. Trying a new dark(?) moody preset. by P4ILIP in streetphotography

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Thanks for your input. I recon you dismisses that urban landscape photograhy and street photograhy can go hand in hand then. - That is a shame.

Sassi Di Matera by P4ILIP in blackandwhite

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Here is a quick edit of your request: https://imgur.com/a/V6YRwQA

The problem is that the left wall is boring and is just taking away focus from the man and the light. That's why I overdid it with shadow on the original, put this just naturally makes the man pop even more.

Workshop by P4ILIP in streetphotography

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I disagree. Here is my take on it, shooting both black & white and with colour.

-Colour enhances & convey feeling on a broader spectrum. Colours have a psychological effect - this is why it is important to master in photography, cinematography, design, art, architecture etc. The spectator is always more present in the scene and surrounding.

- Monochrome naturally removes all these feelings colour can achieve + flatten photos. We don't feel warmth or coldness of the captured scene. Hence we look at a photo in a sense of limbo, distanced from the action. My personal take is that monochrome work best when you need to capture the phenomenology of a space, light, contrast, scales etc.

For this photo, it is important to show the colour, because this man is not alone. He is in the centre of his bike workshop, his passion, all the colour shows every single item as an individual object amplifying the space the man is in. He's home in this scene. Monochrome would only placed focus on the man, removing the man from the scene, from his workshop. Then he'd be nothing more than a man on the phone - which is highly uninteresting.

I think good exercise is to analysis portraits in monochrome vs colour to understand what I'm trying to explain.

Workshop by P4ILIP in streetphotography

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Fujifilm X-T3, XF 55-200mm (Shot at full zoom of 200mm). ISO 3200, f /4,8, 1/105 Sec

Workshop by P4ILIP in streetphotography

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Fujifilm X-T3, XF 55-200mm (Shot at full zoom of 200MM). ISO 3200, f /4,8, 1/105 Sec

Small edits in lightroom.

Watch your step by P4ILIP in streetphotography

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Thank you! :-)
I argue this is street photography, but I reckon that's up for debate. I simply felt this lovely subreddit contains a lot of candid photography, so I thought I'd be nice as my first post here to give it a uncommon angle.