Assignment 28 - In the streets - Congrats rslhc

[Sheiky]

The topic is called "In the streets" and here's a small description by CLS:

"Street photography is an area of photography that fascinates me. I often see street photos I really like but I just can’t seem to take any good ones myself. I was thinking that if each of us in this international forum brings our camera out in our streets, there could be a nice collection of international moments, places and people. Street photography is not easily defined and the subject can be interpreted in many ways - show us your own version of street photography."

The following entries have been selected as finalists:

Name: David Eccleston
Motivation: A photo that raise questions: “What is a little girl doing on her own in the big city?”, “Where is she going?”, “What is she thinking of?”



Name: ddt0725
Motivation: The image tells how people's lives can take different directions. How did they end up here?



Name: rslhc
Motivation: This is a really cool and graphically appealing mixture of blacks and colorful lights.



Name: Ham
Motivation: A nicely composed shot of a beautiful alley with the baker placed in the right part of the frame - simply beautiful.


Good luck finalists! The poll will be open for 2 days!

[DavidEccleston]

A few 'street photos' showing the busy bustling nature of Downtown Ottawa, and Parliament Hill.

Juicy, the mostly black Aussie is Zuni's brother. Juicy, the alternate Magda you'll see below, and Wanda all flew from Poland to Mexico. Then, somehow, in broken English, managed to hitchhike and camp their way up the west coast of the US, then across Canada to Ottawa, where they stayed with us for a week or so. They went back to the US for another week or two of travels before finally flying back home to Poland. Brave girls, and a very well socialized dog.

My entry is 'A Girl and her Mouse'.


A girl and her mouse by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Zuni training an alternate Magda. by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Bella training Juicy by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Bella training Juicy by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Bella training Juicy by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Parliament Hill by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Centennial Flame by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

[thekingb]

Here's my submission for now. "Street" in this case is a frozen river!


More traditional ones.

[ham]

Daydreaming and Paper-planes


Where's she going?

Neither is my entry.

[ddt0725]

This is a photo I took of two homeless men down by Lake Michigan. The man on the right had found some discarded food and was trying to build a fire to warm it. It was freezing outside and very, very windy so he wasn't having much luck. The man on the left stopped to chat a bit and then walked up to me asking for change. Apparently, the man with the food was unwilling to share his meal.




I took this when I had just started out in photography with my Rebel and kit lens. It was so cold outside that I was shaking uncontrollably and the photo is quite blurry! It was taken in .jpeg and then edited afterwards, I had no clue what RAW was all about at that point! I suppose it isn't exactly the best photo to submit for an assignment but it is a shot that made me discover the power of street photography!

[Raid]

Hi Denise

It's clear you have always had a photographers eye, well done.

Tony

[ddt0725]

Hi Denise

It's clear you have always had a photographers eye, well done.

Tony

Thanks, Tony!

[Sheiky]

Oh wow, great shots so far already! Also great stories with the photos.
I love to compete on this one, but since it's way different than the things I normally take pictures of this will be quite a challenge for me.
I must say that I'm a bit out of my comfort zone when taking photos publicly, but at least I have to try

[Dr Croubie]

ps, @ denise, I love that shot. I wouldn't really have noticed the blur if you hadn't pointed it out, but it adds even more to the character of the shot (I can feel you shivering along with them)

[clemmb]