The Pictures of Mike Rotch (now with added development)

[Mike Rotch]

In just this shot or the lens in general?

Just this shot; because I had to crop it it lost some of it's natural vignette as well as softness on the other side of the image. Oh well.

@Cano, it feels like there should be a burn.gif image after your comment .

 

[Boffin]

Big fan of the new direction. The street stuff is properly strong. 👍

The highlights come off as quite strong recently though, is this intentional?

 

[Cano]

Just this shot; because I had to crop it it lost some of it's natural vignette as well as softness on the other side of the image. Oh well.

@Cano, it feels like there should be a burn.gif image after your comment .

Lol no, I never meant it in a bad way. It's just that, there's much more left to interpretation in two persons walking oin the rain than in some guys trying to catch a Hummer limo.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Big fan of the new direction. The street stuff is properly strong. 👍

The highlights come off as quite strong recently though, is this intentional?

Cheers mate, I'm working hard to try and avoid cliche's on the street - it's killing my hit rate, but it's a nice challenge.

As for the highlights, I've been looking at a lot of high contrast B&W stuff online lately which I quite fancy. I have probably pushed my presets further then normal by a touch as a result; so I probably am still looking for the sweet spot.

 

[Boffin]

Cheers mate, I'm working hard to try and avoid cliche's on the street - it's killing my hit rate, but it's a nice challenge.

As for the highlights, I've been looking at a lot of high contrast B&W stuff online lately which I quite fancy. I have probably pushed my presets further then normal by a touch as a result; so I probably am still looking for the sweet spot.

Yeah a lot of darkroom stuff I have done in my studies has the same effect with the right filter and exposure, so it is certainly not unrealistic, but I just noticed there was a shift from a few more midtones a few months ago. 👍

 

[Mike Rotch]

Industar-69 28mm​

 

[TB]

An N. Dakota shirt in Australia? 👍

 

[Azuremen]

An N. Dakota shirt in Australia? 👍

Well they are both desolate wastelands, right?

Echoing others, some strong stuff going on here. Making me want to get out on the street and maybe start my portraits of strangers project back up.

 

[Mike Rotch]

@Azuremen Thanks for the positive feedback 👍

@TB - I was almost going to title it N. Dakota .

 

[Mike Rotch]

Fujian 35mm 1.7​

 

[Cano]

Cool. Very casual.

 

[35mm]

Nicely done, indeed. 👍

 

[Mike Rotch]

Somewhat agonized over the B&W vs colour version, but gut said colour!

Industar-69 28mm​

 

[nobuffalo]

I'm pretty sure I don't need to see a bw version to say that color is the better choice. 👍

 

[Boffin]

Colour! 👍

 

[Mike Rotch]

There is more colour coming, but for now...

Voigtländer 35mm f2.5​

 

[Mike Rotch]

Fujian 35mm f1.7​

 

[Mike Rotch]

Fujian 35mm f1.7​

 

[35mm]

Interesting high perspective... Are you that taller than him?

Anyway, you do make that CCTV lens shine. Well done! 👍

 

[Mike Rotch]

Interesting high perspective... Are you that taller than him?

Anyway, you do make that CCTV lens shine. Well done! 👍

Is that high, everything looks like that to me

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated

 

[35mm]

You are that tall... I'll be damned.

Is that high

The answer's yes:

Fujian 35mm 1.7​

You pretty much tower all of them humans!

 

[Mike Rotch]

Fujian 35mm f1.7​

 

[Mike Rotch]

Voigtlander 35mm f2.5​

 

[Mike Rotch]

Voigtlander 35mm f2.5​

 

[TenEightyOne]

Fujian 35mm f1.7​

Shots like this... I love. If I can be constructive (and this is only my opinion and probably wrong), shots like this;

Industar-69 28mm​

...don't take my eye anywhere and don't do anything for me. The small brick-surrounded window beyond the chap is actually the point that my eye keeps resting on and it just doesn't, I dunno, work for me. That's only for me, ignore me at your leisure

Still love a lot of them!

 

[Mike Rotch]

Still love a lot of them!

Thanks for stopping by mate Any and all constructive feedback is welcome. 👍

 

[Mike Rotch]

Fujian 35mm f1.7​

 

[Shaun]

Enjoying a splash of colour to mix it up a bit. 👍

 

[Mike Rotch]

^

Fujian 35mm f1.7​

 

[Cano]

Spontaneous. Love it.