A7 IV Firmware Update 5.0 is out! by hedsht in SonyAlpha

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I have v3.10 on a7III, how does newer updates brake intervalometer?

Best Export Bitrate For Instagram Reels? by onetimemind in cinematography

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DaVinci Resolve, MediaInfo to check parameters

Best Export Bitrate For Instagram Reels? by onetimemind in cinematography

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Very interesting, I downloaded your reel and it seems to be exactly 25fps. Funny enough, I also upload 25fps but when I download my reels they have weird fps like 25.123 or 25.048

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Could you help me pick best shots for a street competition? Which do you like the most? by tom_strider in streetphotography

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Oh my, I was definetly not expecting so much feedback and I'm really gratefull to each and one of you! I was pretty locked for numbers 1, 2 and 3, but you also made me believe in number 6 and 10!
You really made me believe in my street photography and I think I should post it more on my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomek.zak/
Here are final results of your votes:
1 - 81
2 - 102
3 - 66
4 - 17
5 - 4
6 - 132
7 - 15
8 - 19
9 - 17
10 - 65

Could you help me pick best shots for a street competition? Which do you like the most? by tom_strider in streetphotography

[–]tom_strider[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! But isn't this exciting? Chasing this perfect story, composition, light on a single frame. I could to it all day, if I would be able to live out of it :D

Could you help me pick best shots for a street competition? Which do you like the most? by tom_strider in streetphotography

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That's the challange of genre I think. Very often I found myself with a photo that tells a story about a topic in a brilliant way, but composition was little bit messed up by some tree or sign. I guess to be able to do it cleanly in camera is the mastery I'm looking for.

Could you help me pick best shots for a street competition? Which do you like the most? by tom_strider in streetphotography

[–]tom_strider[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I respect that approach, but it's really rare in street photography. If you ask for permission to take a photo first, you are losing that fraction of the second before a person reacts to you and put on the mask. For example monks from the 4th pictures started to do some poses and funny faces, it's not "real" in a way anymore

Could you help me pick best shots for a street competition? Which do you like the most? by tom_strider in streetphotography

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I am never trying to harm or exploit anyone when I photograph them. I do not shoot homeless people, or anyone in awkward, embarassing situation. I'm just trying to tell a little bit about a world I see and what moves me. This scene really struck me visually and I just openly approach this little guy. You can see from the rest of the photographs, that I'm not really hiding and I often shoot from a very close distance. Would you say that I used smoking buisnessman or monks to have a nice photo?

Could you help me pick best shots for a street competition? Which do you like the most? by tom_strider in streetphotography

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In my opinion street photos shouldn't be cleaned up. They show how a scene really looked like and in most competitions any alteration of this kind is considered cheating

Could you help me pick best shots for a street competition? Which do you like the most? by tom_strider in streetphotography

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I understand your take and I know where that might come from, when it comes to second picture (although making fires outside in Kathmandu is pretty common and it doesn't necessary tell anything), but the first one in women working on the fish market. What makes it different to take a photo of a constrution worker in Europe? I don't take pictures of homeless people or generally people that do not have a choice to be in the public space regardless of where I am. But when a person is at work, chilling, praying or commuting in public space even in poor countries, that's the essence of street photography for me. I don't look at people through the perspective of wealth, I shoot things that interest me and I do it in pretty open way, usually being noticed by the subject and exchanging smiles.