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Title: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: 02Pilot on June 20, 2015, 11:39:04 PM: After the worst of the winter recedes, and especially after a rough winter season, New Yorkers crawl out of their tiny, overpriced apartments, blink a few times, and proceed to live completely outdoors as much as humanly possible for the next several months. I don't live in the city, but I know it well enough to figure that there's photographic opportunities to be had while everyone is still transitioning into summer mode, so off I went.

I've been working on themes of negative space and isolation within urban settings for a while now, and I've also been increasingly interested in graphical compositions, all of which you'll see below. Everything shot with a Leica IIIc and Summitar on HP5+ developed in Caffenol C-H(RS).

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/555/18948535032_5aed8ef341_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uSqciS)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/296/18766228708_8f6c221d0f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uAiPZo)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/517/18331326924_15eddbb697_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tVSQQL)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/503/18953877625_6256361a75_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uSTztx)
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: 02Pilot on June 20, 2015, 11:41:17 PM: (https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/455/18948536382_647f0b240b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uSqcH9)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/386/18948532352_25048cbbce_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uSqbvE)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/383/18766197370_e942421d83_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uAiEF5)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/474/18333245883_ff0266cd51_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tW3Fhg)
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: 02Pilot on June 20, 2015, 11:42:57 PM: (https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/302/18956822521_f248d1483d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uT9ETB)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/291/18766225968_c10afd6ebd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uAiPb9)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3844/18766197930_0e3a44aeca_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uAiEQJ)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/351/18767684739_f104bffaf1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uArhPn)
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: imagesfrugales on June 21, 2015, 12:28:35 AM: Fine series, thanks for showing.
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: Indofunk on June 21, 2015, 03:59:43 AM: Excellent work! I love the theme!
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: 02Pilot on June 21, 2015, 01:57:42 PM: Thanks guys.
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: Adam Doe on June 23, 2015, 05:33:33 PM: Some excellent work here. I love the shot of the legs sticking out and the perspective on the row of bicycles is a fresh take on a very familiar subject.
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: 02Pilot on June 23, 2015, 07:16:42 PM: Thanks, Adam. I always try to shoot from unusual perspectives when I can - the High Line along the West Side (from which several of these shots were taken) is really good for this. Next time I'm there I want to take a longer lens.
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: Indofunk on June 23, 2015, 08:51:34 PM: I finally looked at these on a decent monitor and they're absolutely fantastic. Excellent theme and perfectly executed.
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: 02Pilot on June 23, 2015, 11:25:31 PM: Thanks - I know from my own experience that a good screen can make a big difference. I'm going to order a set of prints to see how they look in that format - I'm hoping they translate well....
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: calbisu on January 13, 2016, 11:00:14 AM: Very fine compositions 8)
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: macfred on January 13, 2016, 09:13:31 PM: It's always a great pleasure to look at your photographs - excellent in every way ...
Composition, exposure, processing and presentation - great !
My favorites are the first and third from the second set ( people on the fire exit stairs and Artichoke Basille's Pizza) and the fourth from the last set (people in a park).
Thank you for sharing !
Title: Re: Late Spring in Manhattan
Post by: 02Pilot on January 13, 2016, 09:58:54 PM: Thanks very much for your kind words. I've been actively working on composition in street shooting, so I was happy to see it noted; I was pleased with how this set came out.