Urban Life

[Artie Fufkin]

I'm going with scene which sums up urban for me: Street signs, a security camera on a wall, uneven paving, a young woman with pram, a bus, an old lady, parked cars, shop signs, terraced flats, a fat woman lighting a fag, weeds growing out of gutters. All in one side street.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2631760403_618de5f587.jpg

Camera:TZ3
Exposure:1/400
Aperture:f4.7
Focal:20.9mm
ISO:100
Cropped in Picassa

exif here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artie-fufkin/2631760403/meta/

[bodoman]

I am sure that its missing something, cant quite put my finger on it though:laugh:
That says urban life to me alright, an excellent entry:smashin:

[iandrews]

Very good photo, and you have a lot happening and have captured everything well. Sums up a typical urban street.

Ian.

[mucca_D]

Its Urban for sure. nice interpretation:thumbsup:

How long (wait), or how many photos did you take to get this one?

[Twadger]

:rotfl: "a fat woman lighting a fag" your not keen on the neighbours then? :rotfl:

Good entry, says urban to me.

[Artie Fufkin]

How long (wait), or how many photos did you take to get this one?

I didn't take that many to be honest. It was more a case of waiting until the frame was filled properly...that took quite a while.

I knew I wanted one person walking towards the camera and I was also looking for a pram and there had to be a bus. The longest wait was for the "fat woman" - I needed someone to stop there so as to add interest to that area of the picture, obviously making sure that all the other elements were in place at the same time. The woman at the far end looking in the shop window is a bonus I hadn't noticed until I got home, as is the [just visible] seagull on the roof.

[gpa]

I am sure that its missing something, cant quite put my finger on it though:laugh:
That says urban life to me alright, an excellent entry:smashin:



He did, the bloke selling the big issue:grin:

Def Urban though.

[rizingstar]

Very busy shot, did they all sign the model release? :laugh:

Nice one :thumbsup:

[mucca_D]

The longest wait was for the "fat woman"

That has to be the funniest thing I have ever read about a photo:rotfl:

[johnaalex]

The longest wait was for the "fat woman"

Well, you what they say "it's not over until the fat...." :)

Nice picture and well on theme.

[senu]

Its a nice photo and bang on theme:grin:
but
I just think it is a bit too busy and lacks any one element to grab you
Just my opinion

[electrolyte]

This has a kind of Martin Parr feel to it (and that's a compliment). This is the kind of scene you could find in any urban environment in the UK. It's just a shame that as senu says it's a bit busy and lacking a focal point.

[Artie Fufkin]

Regarding the comments of it being "busy"...I agree.

However :grin: , it is exactly what I wanted to capture.

I specifically didn't want one focal point. I didn't want your eye drawn immediately to one person or object. My capture was to be an urban street. If you turn into such a street and are confronted by all this, your eye does flit all around. You take it in bit by bit, seeing this, then that, and oh look over there too.

It's not going to work for everyone, but I'm very happy with it :thumbsup:.

[Garf]

This has a kind of Martin Parr feel to it (and that's a compliment).

Being fairly new to this photography lark, I had to look Martin Parr up :blush: (I now remember him as the judge on the Channel 4 photography show earlier this year), and agree, this definitely has that feel to it - good stuff.

A slice of everyday life..

[Artie Fufkin]

I had to wiki Martin Parr too. His pictures do have an "Artie Fufkin" look to them, don't they :grin:.

[netronelson]

It has all the elements... I wonder what would happen to the dynamics if you dropped the height (or raised it, but that's more difficult) to closer to the ground level...

Then again, if you were aiming at a 'snapshot in time' of the everyman, then you got what you were after(!)

N.