The people of Whitstable

[ionian]

A series of photos concentrating on the people of the seaside town of Whitstable, Kent, U.K.

My PC is still out of action so all processed with the iPad.

All c&c welcome.


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#2



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#4




#5




#6




#7




#8




#9




#10




#11

[Cantab]

An enjoyable set of photos, all viewed on an iPad so they felt at home!

I was curious about #9. It looks like a derelict something or other but I'm not sure what.

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[rpcrowe]

Very nice slice of life!

[pnodrog]

I may have to go and buy an iPad - I have heard about them but I did not know they could do such a good job of editing photographs.

You better take some credit as well...

[ionian]

I was curious about #9. It looks like a derelict something or other but I'm not sure what.

It's the end of a short pier - people were crabbing at the end of it. It seemed a popular spot, there must have been a fair few crab in the area.

[IzzieK]

I may have to go and buy an iPad - I have heard about them but I did not know they could do such a good job of editing photographs.

You better take some credit as well...

Paul -- I have an iPad -- I don't know what to do with it...this is one possibility since I use the Fire for my kitchen to prevent wastage of printing recipes for my cooking. Although these shots are all nicely processed, I can see it being utilized more in the future by future generations that has younger kids nowadays like Simon...

Anyway Simon, life and times of the Whitstable community looks good and relax...#9 environment looks unsteady and need leveling, if there is a leveling option on your iPad...I wonder what the ladder is for?

[ionian]

Anyway Simon, life and times of the Whitstable community looks good and relax...#9 environment looks unsteady and need leveling, if there is a leveling option on your iPad...I wonder what the ladder is for?

Ahh good spot. It was a wobbly structure but not that wobbly! The ladder takes you down to moored boats at high tide.

Paul - I have done more and more jpeg shooting and iPad processing in the last month or so. I use a load of different apps as there isn't one that I've found does everything perfectly. What it does do is let me carry one small bag with M43 camera, 4 lenses and iPad and I have a whole mobile camera and processing unit in a tiny bag. This means I'm shooting a lot more and able to upload photos to the web shortly after taking them in as a finished version.

[Geoff F]

Good shots, Simon.

She looks rather fierce in #1. A smile would have made a nicer scene than that unwelcoming glare. But nothing you can do about it now. Rather ironic considering the sign isn't it.

#2-5 are fine.

Unfortunate light angle on #6 but you have done all that is possible.

#7 is spoilt for me by that bit of out of focus foliage on the right. I would crop it out.

#8 is virtually the same as #2. Not really sure what is the difference.

#9 & 10 are good.

#11 is another case of having to accept imperfect light angle but the sky is fairly small so it does still work OK for me.

[ionian]

Good shots, Simon.

She looks rather fierce in #1. A smile would have made a nicer scene than that unwelcoming glare. But nothing you can do about it now. Rather ironic considering the sign isn't it.

#2-5 are fine.

Unfortunate light angle on #6 but you have done all that is possible.

#7 is spoilt for me by that bit of out of focus foliage on the right. I would crop it out.

#8 is virtually the same as #2. Not really sure what is the difference.

#9 & 10 are good.

#11 is another case of having to accept imperfect light angle but the sky is fairly small so it does still work OK for me.

Thanks Geoff. 2 & 8 are the same, exactly the same. I was just testing you out

Here's the pic I should have posted as 8:


I quite liked the juxtaposition on #1 - the sign says "public welcome" but her face does not!

The light was very changeable, and the flat light profiles at least made the scenes easy to expose. Thanks for the comments, I enjoyed this shooting-to-a-theme thing, and it saved getting the same pics as everyone else. I've got some time off over the next month and want to get out and build my street portrait collection. I need a bit more bravery in getting up close.

[Geoff F]

That one is nicely framed.

I tend to prefer backing off a little with Street Photography shots so it looks more like a general street scene plus a few people going about their daily business.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice set Simon

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Simon,

As said separately, I replied in this thread a few nights back but somehow lost it all upon posting (hate it when that occasionally happens).

So, let's see if I can remember what I wrote, or come up with new thoughts ...

#1 - yes, you seem to have quite a reaction there shame, I'm sure she's lovely when she smiles

#2 - one of my favourites; lots to look at, nice sky. I did wonder about taking a small slither off the left hand side?

#3 - I find the dark breakwater on the left attracts my attention, so again, I might suggest a small crop?

#4 - Nice colours and sign writing, I think it helps having the chap passing out front, even if he is going out of frame, that fits really.

#5 - probably my least favourite, due to their relative positions, but the sky is good.

#6 - quite a building! Sky looks interesting, but very difficult to expose for. Again the human interest is helpful.

#7 - I think I'm with Geoff on this one, that oof foreground foliage on the right rather detracts.

#8 - see #3

#9 - Looks like you'd be underwater from this shooting position a few hours earlier/later! It leaves me wondering what they're all doing up there; crabbing you say?

#10 - Another where I noticed a good sky, with a typical UK seaside scene below.

#11 - This one I'd rotate anticlockwise if mine. I always wonder how some of these shops stay in business!

#12 - or #8 by another name - I think there's a bit too much of the plain bushes on the left hand side.

Sorry, I'm not sure how useful my odd thoughts are, hardly worth the wait

Cheers, Dave

PS I will take out a camera sometime this week, I promise.