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Something to be said for smartphones
On 25/03/2020 03:03, philo wrote:
On 3/24/20 11:19 AM, Ken Hart wrote: On 3/24/20 11:37 AM, nospam wrote: In article , philo wrote: Here, a barber has used a so called "pirate" outlet with an extension cord wired right in to the power lines. Although we made eye contact, my phone was just held loosely at my waste and he did not notice I was taking his photo. 'waist', and that's incredibly creepy and likely illegal. "Creepy" doesn't have a definition in law. As for illegal: the photo appears to be on a public street, where the individual has no expectation of privacy. Now, if Philo uses this photo commercially, he might need a model release. If he uses it in a journalistic context, probably not. Of course, Colombia may have different standards from the USA. I took thousands of shots like this and it would have been impossible to sneak such shots with a camera. of course it's possible. people have been attacked or arrested for doing such things. Arrested? What's the charge? I deleted that "no spam" guy a long time ago. He indeed is a troll I'm glad I remembered correctly! :-) FWIW, I feel as if I've been on holiday WITH you for the past few weeks! Thank you. :-D |
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Something to be said for smartphones
On 3/25/20 8:11 PM, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 05:47:46 UTC, Savageduck wrote: philo wrote: On 3/24/20 9:03 PM, Bill W wrote: On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:19:53 -0400, Ken Hart wrote: Of course, Colombia may have different standards from the USA. Or none at all. I sure wouldn't want to tangle with the legal system there, assuming there happens to be one where you get into trouble. And street justice from an angry subject of your photo? Good luck. How friendly does that barber look to you? Though he does not look to friendly we found that most Colombians are generally warm and caring. On the Metro, seats are *always* given to women and the elderly. I'm 70 and had to smile and refuse, a dozen times. As to the justice system, the police are everywhere and generally 25 year old men. More there to help than threaten. The crime rate is lower that most US cities and for the most part, petty. The used appliance store , at night just lets their stuff sit there a few feet from the sidewalk. There is now even a door on the building! Most people know of Medellin as the most dangerous place on Earth...and it was 25 years ago. The military went in and cleaned things up. Very family oriented here is a typical scene, father and son https://photos.app.goo.gl/hnLH8ZUd2Es6D9Jo7 man enjoying his beer https://photos.app.goo.gl/r2PUiRETRhjKwbLZ7 typical street scene https://photos.app.goo.gl/uq8fccdRzHQUc2ZT8 Hey. I have wheels. I'm hauling freignt. I can use the damn road https://photos.app.goo.gl/6QwdEwrXcirM4WfB6 It seems that clandestine, opportunistic, candid street photography with a smartphone does not lend itself to thoughtful framing, or composition. well of but sometimes holding a DSLR camera with a kit bag around your neck isn't the best way of getting a candid photo. Philo, I know that you could have done better with your regular cameras, or if you had taken a tad more care, and/or deliberation with your smartphone. After all the phone I.Q. Is certainly good enough. That could also affect the type of picture you wish to take regarding the end result. Yep. Whenever I pull out a real camera it attracts a lot of attention...even if I'm just holding it. Virtually everyone there was carrying a smartphone so never noticed me other than that there was a gringo in their midst. So much sun there, my skin turned brown very fast and we dressed to blend it. We knew we were getting the hang of it when people actually came up to us and asked directions. The streets are such a twisted mess and with so few signs, even the natives get lost. I loved that because I can get lost in my own home town. Occasionally I just pretended I was talking. |
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Something to be said for smartphones
On 3/25/20 2:45 PM, David wrote:
On 25/03/2020 03:03, philo wrote: On 3/24/20 11:19 AM, Ken Hart wrote: On 3/24/20 11:37 AM, nospam wrote: In article , philo wrote: Here, a barber has used a so called "pirate" outlet with an extension cord wired right in to the power lines. Although we made eye contact, my phone was just held loosely at my waste and he did not notice I was taking his photo. 'waist', and that's incredibly creepy and likely illegal. "Creepy" doesn't have a definition in law. As for illegal: the photo appears to be on a public street, where the individual has no expectation of privacy. Now, if Philo uses this photo commercially, he might need a model release. If he uses it in a journalistic context, probably not. Of course, Colombia may have different standards from the USA. I took thousands of shots like this and it would have been impossible to sneak such shots with a camera. of course it's possible. people have been attacked or arrested for doing such things. Arrested? What's the charge? I deleted that "no spam" guy a long time ago. He indeed is a troll I'm glad I remembered correctly! :-) FWIW, I feel as if I've been on holiday WITH you for the past few weeks! Â* Thank you. :-D Thank you, that was my intent. Since most of us are all pretty much shut in...I am going to continue to post my photos on Facebook |
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Something to be said for smartphones
Whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 05:47:46 UTC, Savageduck wrote: philo wrote: On 3/24/20 9:03 PM, Bill W wrote: On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:19:53 -0400, Ken Hart wrote: Of course, Colombia may have different standards from the USA. Or none at all. I sure wouldn't want to tangle with the legal system there, assuming there happens to be one where you get into trouble. And street justice from an angry subject of your photo? Good luck. How friendly does that barber look to you? Though he does not look to friendly we found that most Colombians are generally warm and caring. On the Metro, seats are *always* given to women and the elderly. I'm 70 and had to smile and refuse, a dozen times. As to the justice system, the police are everywhere and generally 25 year old men. More there to help than threaten. The crime rate is lower that most US cities and for the most part, petty. The used appliance store , at night just lets their stuff sit there a few feet from the sidewalk. There is now even a door on the building! Most people know of Medellin as the most dangerous place on Earth...and it was 25 years ago. The military went in and cleaned things up. Very family oriented here is a typical scene, father and son https://photos.app.goo.gl/hnLH8ZUd2Es6D9Jo7 man enjoying his beer https://photos.app.goo.gl/r2PUiRETRhjKwbLZ7 typical street scene https://photos.app.goo.gl/uq8fccdRzHQUc2ZT8 Hey. I have wheels. I'm hauling freignt. I can use the damn road https://photos.app.goo.gl/6QwdEwrXcirM4WfB6 It seems that clandestine, opportunistic, candid street photography with a smartphone does not lend itself to thoughtful framing, or composition. well of but sometimes holding a DSLR camera with a kit bag around your neck isn't the best way of getting a candid photo. Who said anything about using a DSLR for candid street photography? There are cameras that are not as conspicuous as a DSLR such as the Fujifilm X-Pro, X100, and X-E series cameras which are well suited to the purpose. However, there have been plenty of very good, even great, well composed, candid street shots captured with a variety of cameras which are not exactly inconspicuous, including Speed Graphics, TLRs, SLRS, and DSLRs. Philo, I know that you could have done better with your regular cameras, or if you had taken a tad more care, and/or deliberation with your smartphone. After all the phone I.Q. Is certainly good enough. That could also affect the type of picture you wish to take regarding the end result. It is always the photographer who controls composition, framing, and intent regardless of camera used, and neglecting thoughtfulness in the process of capturing an image gives you sloppy results which might, or might not be fixable with post processing. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Something to be said for smartphones
On 26/03/2020 01:32, philo wrote:
On 3/25/20 2:45 PM, David wrote: On 25/03/2020 03:03, philo wrote: On 3/24/20 11:19 AM, Ken Hart wrote: On 3/24/20 11:37 AM, nospam wrote: In article , philo wrote: Here, a barber has used a so called "pirate" outlet with an extension cord wired right in to the power lines. Although we made eye contact, my phone was just held loosely at my waste and he did not notice I was taking his photo. 'waist', and that's incredibly creepy and likely illegal. "Creepy" doesn't have a definition in law. As for illegal: the photo appears to be on a public street, where the individual has no expectation of privacy. Now, if Philo uses this photo commercially, he might need a model release. If he uses it in a journalistic context, probably not. Of course, Colombia may have different standards from the USA. I took thousands of shots like this and it would have been impossible to sneak such shots with a camera. of course it's possible. people have been attacked or arrested for doing such things. Arrested? What's the charge? I deleted that "no spam" guy a long time ago. *He indeed is a troll* [Edit: 'nospam' *IS* a *TROLL*] I'm glad I remembered correctly! :-) FWIW, I feel as if I've been on holiday WITH you for the past few weeks! Â*Â* Thank you. :-D Thank you, that was my intent. No worries! :-) Since most of us are all pretty much shut in...I am going to continue to post my photos on Facebook That's good news! If you also want to 'play' on Usenet, you are invited to join MY Usenet group, where folk just will not believe that I'm actually in charge! ;-) (Group added to this post) -- David Group Moderator ACW |
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Something to be said for smartphones
On 3/25/20 9:30 PM, Savageduck wrote:
Whisky-dave wrote: On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 05:47:46 UTC, Savageduck wrote: philo wrote: On 3/24/20 9:03 PM, Bill W wrote: On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:19:53 -0400, Ken Hart wrote: Of course, Colombia may have different standards from the USA. Or none at all. I sure wouldn't want to tangle with the legal system there, assuming there happens to be one where you get into trouble. And street justice from an angry subject of your photo? Good luck. How friendly does that barber look to you? Though he does not look to friendly we found that most Colombians are generally warm and caring. On the Metro, seats are *always* given to women and the elderly. I'm 70 and had to smile and refuse, a dozen times. As to the justice system, the police are everywhere and generally 25 year old men. More there to help than threaten. The crime rate is lower that most US cities and for the most part, petty. The used appliance store , at night just lets their stuff sit there a few feet from the sidewalk. There is now even a door on the building! Most people know of Medellin as the most dangerous place on Earth...and it was 25 years ago. The military went in and cleaned things up. Very family oriented here is a typical scene, father and son https://photos.app.goo.gl/hnLH8ZUd2Es6D9Jo7 man enjoying his beer https://photos.app.goo.gl/r2PUiRETRhjKwbLZ7 typical street scene https://photos.app.goo.gl/uq8fccdRzHQUc2ZT8 Hey. I have wheels. I'm hauling freignt. I can use the damn road https://photos.app.goo.gl/6QwdEwrXcirM4WfB6 It seems that clandestine, opportunistic, candid street photography with a smartphone does not lend itself to thoughtful framing, or composition. well of but sometimes holding a DSLR camera with a kit bag around your neck isn't the best way of getting a candid photo. Who said anything about using a DSLR for candid street photography? There are cameras that are not as conspicuous as a DSLR such as the Fujifilm X-Pro, X100, and X-E series cameras which are well suited to the purpose. However, there have been plenty of very good, even great, well composed, candid street shots captured with a variety of cameras which are not exactly inconspicuous, including Speed Graphics, TLRs, SLRS, and DSLRs. Philo, I know that you could have done better with your regular cameras, or if you had taken a tad more care, and/or deliberation with your smartphone. After all the phone I.Q. Is certainly good enough. That could also affect the type of picture you wish to take regarding the end result. It is always the photographer who controls composition, framing, and intent regardless of camera used, and neglecting thoughtfulness in the process of capturing an image gives you sloppy results which might, or might not be fixable with post processing. Sorry but I think you should have framed your comment with a little more thought Not ****ed at you but gee whiz. I know you are a decent guy and not a troll, but when one is walking quite fast in a crowd of people there is no such thing as the luxury of stopping even half a second to compose...especially when the camera is at waist level. By taking literally thousands of shots and deleting most of them afterwards, I did improve my aim a bit though. Finally...you obviously missed my point that these photos were taken with no intent to display them mounted and framed. They were there to give my friends back on Facebook a good feel of what it was like to walk (quickly) down the streets of Medellin. |
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On 3/26/20 10:54 AM, David wrote:
On 26/03/2020 01:32, philo wrote: On 3/25/20 2:45 PM, David wrote: On 25/03/2020 03:03, philo wrote: On 3/24/20 11:19 AM, Ken Hart wrote: On 3/24/20 11:37 AM, nospam wrote: In article , philo wrote: Here, a barber has used a so called "pirate" outlet with an extension cord wired right in to the power lines. Although we made eye contact, my phone was just held loosely at my waste and he did not notice I was taking his photo. 'waist', and that's incredibly creepy and likely illegal. "Creepy" doesn't have a definition in law. As for illegal: the photo appears to be on a public street, where the individual has no expectation of privacy. Now, if Philo uses this photo commercially, he might need a model release. If he uses it in a journalistic context, probably not. Of course, Colombia may have different standards from the USA. I took thousands of shots like this and it would have been impossible to sneak such shots with a camera. of course it's possible. people have been attacked or arrested for doing such things. Arrested? What's the charge? I deleted that "no spam" guy a long time ago. *He indeed is a troll*Â*Â*Â* [Edit: 'nospam' *IS* a *TROLL*] I'm glad I remembered correctly! :-) FWIW, I feel as if I've been on holiday WITH you for the past few weeks! Â*Â* Thank you. :-D Thank you, that was my intent. No worries! :-) Since most of us are all pretty much shut in...I am going to continue to post my photos on Facebook That's good news! If you also want to 'play' on Usenet, you are invited to join MY Usenet group, where folk just will not believe that I'm actually in charge! ;-) (Group added to this post) OK. I added it but am not active much on Usenet anymore...but due to the shut-in have increased activity |
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philo wrote:
On 3/25/20 9:30 PM, Savageduck wrote: Whisky-dave wrote: On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 05:47:46 UTC, Savageduck wrote: philo wrote: On 3/24/20 9:03 PM, Bill W wrote: On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:19:53 -0400, Ken Hart wrote: Of course, Colombia may have different standards from the USA. Or none at all. I sure wouldn't want to tangle with the legal system there, assuming there happens to be one where you get into trouble. And street justice from an angry subject of your photo? Good luck. How friendly does that barber look to you? Though he does not look to friendly we found that most Colombians are generally warm and caring. On the Metro, seats are *always* given to women and the elderly. I'm 70 and had to smile and refuse, a dozen times. As to the justice system, the police are everywhere and generally 25 year old men. More there to help than threaten. The crime rate is lower that most US cities and for the most part, petty. The used appliance store , at night just lets their stuff sit there a few feet from the sidewalk. There is now even a door on the building! Most people know of Medellin as the most dangerous place on Earth...and it was 25 years ago. The military went in and cleaned things up. Very family oriented here is a typical scene, father and son https://photos.app.goo.gl/hnLH8ZUd2Es6D9Jo7 man enjoying his beer https://photos.app.goo.gl/r2PUiRETRhjKwbLZ7 typical street scene https://photos.app.goo.gl/uq8fccdRzHQUc2ZT8 Hey. I have wheels. I'm hauling freignt. I can use the damn road https://photos.app.goo.gl/6QwdEwrXcirM4WfB6 It seems that clandestine, opportunistic, candid street photography with a smartphone does not lend itself to thoughtful framing, or composition. well of but sometimes holding a DSLR camera with a kit bag around your neck isn't the best way of getting a candid photo. Who said anything about using a DSLR for candid street photography? There are cameras that are not as conspicuous as a DSLR such as the Fujifilm X-Pro, X100, and X-E series cameras which are well suited to the purpose. However, there have been plenty of very good, even great, well composed, candid street shots captured with a variety of cameras which are not exactly inconspicuous, including Speed Graphics, TLRs, SLRS, and DSLRs. Philo, I know that you could have done better with your regular cameras, or if you had taken a tad more care, and/or deliberation with your smartphone. After all the phone I.Q. Is certainly good enough. That could also affect the type of picture you wish to take regarding the end result. It is always the photographer who controls composition, framing, and intent regardless of camera used, and neglecting thoughtfulness in the process of capturing an image gives you sloppy results which might, or might not be fixable with post processing. Sorry but I think you should have framed your comment with a little more thought Not ****ed at you but gee whiz. I know you are a decent guy and not a troll, but when one is walking quite fast in a crowd of people there is no such thing as the luxury of stopping even half a second to compose...especially when the camera is at waist level. By taking literally thousands of shots and deleting most of them afterwards, I did improve my aim a bit though. Finally...you obviously missed my point that these photos were taken with no intent to display them mounted and framed. They were there to give my friends back on Facebook a good feel of what it was like to walk (quickly) down the streets of Medellin. OK! I understand your intent, sorry if we were engaged in a misunderstanding. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 3/26/20 2:04 PM, Savageduck wrote:
philo wrote: On 3/25/20 9:30 PM, Savageduck wrote: Whisky-dave wrote: On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 05:47:46 UTC, Savageduck wrote: philo wrote: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hnLH8ZUd2Es6D9Jo7 man enjoying his beer https://photos.app.goo.gl/r2PUiRETRhjKwbLZ7 typical street scene https://photos.app.goo.gl/uq8fccdRzHQUc2ZT8 Hey. I have wheels. I'm hauling freignt. I can use the damn road https://photos.app.goo.gl/6QwdEwrXcirM4WfB6 It seems that clandestine, opportunistic, candid street photography with a smartphone does not lend itself to thoughtful framing, or composition. well of but sometimes holding a DSLR camera with a kit bag around your neck isn't the best way of getting a candid photo. Who said anything about using a DSLR for candid street photography? There are cameras that are not as conspicuous as a DSLR such as the Fujifilm X-Pro, X100, and X-E series cameras which are well suited to the purpose. However, there have been plenty of very good, even great, well composed, candid street shots captured with a variety of cameras which are not exactly inconspicuous, including Speed Graphics, TLRs, SLRS, and DSLRs. Philo, I know that you could have done better with your regular cameras, or if you had taken a tad more care, and/or deliberation with your smartphone. After all the phone I.Q. Is certainly good enough. That could also affect the type of picture you wish to take regarding the end result. It is always the photographer who controls composition, framing, and intent regardless of camera used, and neglecting thoughtfulness in the process of capturing an image gives you sloppy results which might, or might not be fixable with post processing. Sorry but I think you should have framed your comment with a little more thought Not ****ed at you but gee whiz. I know you are a decent guy and not a troll, but when one is walking quite fast in a crowd of people there is no such thing as the luxury of stopping even half a second to compose...especially when the camera is at waist level. By taking literally thousands of shots and deleting most of them afterwards, I did improve my aim a bit though. Finally...you obviously missed my point that these photos were taken with no intent to display them mounted and framed. They were there to give my friends back on Facebook a good feel of what it was like to walk (quickly) down the streets of Medellin. OK! I understand your intent, sorry if we were engaged in a misunderstanding. Whew, glad you did not get ****ed at me but I had a great thought. It would be cool to just set up a huge view camera and see what happens !!! Looking back now....the entire two months we were there, I only saw one actual camera being used. We made it it point however to stay far away from places tourists would go. |
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On 26/03/2020 19:11, philo wrote:
On 3/26/20 2:04 PM, Savageduck wrote: philo wrote: On 3/25/20 9:30 PM, Savageduck wrote: Whisky-dave wrote: On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 05:47:46 UTC, SavageduckÂ* wrote: philo wrote: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hnLH8ZUd2Es6D9Jo7 man enjoying his beer https://photos.app.goo.gl/r2PUiRETRhjKwbLZ7 typical street scene https://photos.app.goo.gl/uq8fccdRzHQUc2ZT8 Hey. I have wheels. I'm hauling freignt. I can use the damn road https://photos.app.goo.gl/6QwdEwrXcirM4WfB6 It seems that clandestine, opportunistic, candid street photography with a smartphone does not lend itself to thoughtful framing, or composition. well of but sometimes holding a DSLR camera with a kit bag around your neck isn't the best way of getting a candid photo. Who said anything about using a DSLR for candid street photography? There are cameras that are not as conspicuous as a DSLR such as the Fujifilm X-Pro, X100, and X-E series cameras which are well suited to the purpose. However, there have been plenty of very good, even great, well composed, candid street shots captured with a variety of cameras which are not exactly inconspicuous, including Speed Graphics, TLRs, SLRS, and DSLRs. Philo, I know that you could have done better with your regular cameras, or if you had taken a tad more care, and/or deliberation with your smartphone. After all the phone I.Q. Is certainly good enough. That could also affect the type of picture you wish to take regarding the end result. It is always the photographer who controls composition, framing, and intent regardless of camera used, and neglecting thoughtfulness in the process of capturing an image gives you sloppy results which might, or might not be fixable with post processing. Sorry but I think you should have framed your comment with a little more thought Not ****ed at you but gee whiz. I know you are a decent guy and not a troll, but when one is walking quite fast in a crowd of people there is no such thing as the luxury of stopping even half a second to compose...especially when the camera is at waist level. By taking literally thousands of shots and deleting most of them afterwards, I did improve my aim a bit though. Finally...you obviously missed my point that these photos were taken with no intent to display them mounted and framed. They were there to give my friends back on Facebook a good feel of what it was like to walk (quickly) down the streets of Medellin. OK! I understand your intent, sorry if we were engaged in a misunderstanding. Whew, glad you did not get ****ed at me but I had a great thought. It would be cool to just set up a huge view camera and see what happens !!! Looking back now....the entire two months we were there, I only saw one actual camera being used. We made it it point however to stay far away from places tourists would go. Hi Philo :-) May I presume upon you to tell Savageduck that you and I are friends on FB and that over many years we've had no 'falling out'? Explain, too, that I bought your, and your wife's, signed books and complied with your request to pay you only AFTER I'd received them. Folk like Diesel claim I wouldn't ever pay for services rendered! ;-) Savageduck has me blocked and will not accept my genuine apology. :-( I really liked him and wanted him to be a Usenet friend. I'm not quite sure if it was simply because of using his real Christian name on one occasion when I was somewhat frustrated with his responses. -- David |
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