Street - Steam!

[Lesley Jones]

The FTP problem seems to have gone. I've been cleaning litter trays and giving pills and injections for the past hour and a half, but I need a short break. This was taken in Borough Market on a freezing day in London with Ron

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Very good, liking the treatment very much, brings out the detail nicely!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Very nice. All the gazes are perfect. Such concentration...

 

[Brian Moore]

Great shot, Lesley. Would you mind posting the particulars of camera, lens and exposure values when you get a moment? (Oh, and what film, too.) Also, what's he cooking?

 

[Lesley Jones]

No problem Brian - I'll dig the details out later

I can tell you he wasn't cooking bubble and squeak. (Reference for Ron. He had asked me about this in an e-mail and then I found out they sold it at this huge market. We wandered around for ages, took a few photographs, but never found the bubble and squeak)

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Lovely timing, I like the DOF use and how it separates the subject from the people in the background

PP on the shot has really brought out the steam nicely

 

[Brian Moore]

I agree with Chris on the DOF and the PP steam.

 

[Lesley Jones]

Great shot, Lesley. Would you mind posting the particulars of camera, lens and exposure values when you get a moment? (Oh, and what film, too.) Also, what's he cooking?

OK Brian, I have the details now. This was digital, not film and I only have the one camera and lens. Sony A700 with the 16mm-105mm kit zoom. The ISO was 1000 because it was pretty dark (most of the market is under cover at the end of one of the London bridges), 1/60th at F/5.6. I don't do much in RAW apart from white balance, noise removal and preserving highlight and shadow detail. Tinkered with in CS5 using Color Efex and converted with Silver Efex. I never use the presets, just lots of control points

 

[Brian Moore]

OK Brian, I have the details now. This was digital, not film and I only have the one camera and lens. Sony A700 with the 16mm-105mm kit zoom. The ISO was 1000 because it was pretty dark (most of the market is under cover at the end of one of the London bridges), 1/60th at F/5.6. I don't do much in RAW apart from white balance, noise removal and preserving highlight and shadow detail. Tinkered with in CS5 using Color Efex and converted with Silver Efex. I never use the presets, just lots of control points

Thanks very much, Lesley. I appreciate you taking the time to post those particulars. I always find it interesting to know such information especially when the shot is interesting and technically challenging to capture well. (Which is of course what you have done! )

 

[Ronald Atchley]

Liked it before. Like it now. You can be as humble as you like
but I was right there and didn't see this. You should live on
the street. Hmmmm... Zooey the bag lady

 

[Lesley Jones]

The bag lady - I'm halfway there already Ron