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The Art of Photography => Street Showcase => Topic started by: plugsnpixels on September 27, 2020, 01:41:18 am

Title: The window people of Wurzburg
Post by: plugsnpixels on September 27, 2020, 01:41:18 am
Back in 1985 I was part of a college trip to Europe on the way to an archaeological dig in Jerusalem. These photos were taken in Wurzburg, Germany.

It appears I took these “human studies” from a hotel window as I watched the locals going about their business. And one of them was watching me!

Photos attached include the original or similar frames as well as some artsy post-processing.

If anybody knows the guy with the camera, I'd love to see the photo of me he took ;-)
Title: Re: The window people of Austria
Post by: plugsnpixels on September 27, 2020, 01:41:41 am
 The neighborhood is shown in the colorized street scene.
Title: Re: The window people of Austria
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 27, 2020, 06:02:36 am
Drop the "artsy" processing and tight crops. The full-size image of the old lady explains what otherwise looks like a stain/crack on the facade and makes a good street photography.
Title: Re: The window people of Austria
Post by: plugsnpixels on September 27, 2020, 12:36:32 pm
Thanks Slobodan. I seemed to have been intrigued by this... We discovered European cities shut down at 5 or 6pm so I guess I was bored!

I also colorized one of the Camera Man photos.
Title: Re: The window people of Austria
Post by: plugsnpixels on September 27, 2020, 01:49:36 pm
Apologies to Austria! This was actually taken from the Hotel Strauss in Wurzburg Germany! You can see the days (sample attached) were just a blur...

You can see the pigeon house at right and rooftop windows at left.

A quick pic of the original contact sheet.
Title: Re: The window people of Austria
Post by: RSL on September 27, 2020, 03:23:55 pm
Drop the "artsy" processing and tight crops. The full-size image of the old lady explains what otherwise looks like a stain/crack on the facade and makes a good street photography.

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