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[nikonFILMuser]

A Club Judge would slate this as 'too Busy' -- what  do YOU think ? 

Using the NIKON gear I have 'Taken Over' from my Wife, here are tests on the FE2 loaded with my 02/2007 outdated Fuji ACROS 100 processed in my Home-made MICROPHEN 1+3 this time for 11.5 mins @ 20oC.

Here on last frame I used the Nikkor 28mm f3.5 lens at FULL APERTURE, waist level, guess focus, and 'Auto Exposure' 

 

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[krag96]

If that's typical for that street at that time of day, no.  I wouldn't say it's too busy.  Two things I do find distracting are the woman in the center and the empty window in the left.  I would like to see the signs behind her and the empty window doesn't fit with the activity.  A few steps to the right might have solved both.

 

Over all, I like it.

 

I still have my Canon F1n film camera.  It had various view finders you could change out, they made a waist level view finder for it, did Nikon have that option also? 

[nikonFILMuser]

krag96 : Thanks for you Input --- the 28mm lens got a lot in !   My Pentax LX can have waist level finders but I don;t think NIKON did them for any of their models , but I;m NOT a 'NIKON EXPERT' 

[krag96]

Your 28mm lens is fine, that was my only wide angle lens with my Canon F1n, I didn't use it much though, I didn't understand or like wide angle photography in those days.  Now that I'm getting the hang of it, I find my self using a 20-35mm f2.8 lens a lot.  I really like ''street'' photography, shots like this one, sometimes the people make the shot, sometimes the scene with the business's, buildings, or maybe the cars.  I was thinking if the young man with the dog were in the same place with some street lighting at night, he would have made a great photo all by himself, just some guy and his dog hanging out or waiting on someone.  You have a good shot, maybe crop the left a bit, some dodge and burn on the upper right would improve it a great deal.  Too busy?  I would say no, if that's the way it was...that's the way it was. 

[Merco_61]

Nikon F to F5 (the pro bodies) had interchangeble finders. 
 

The sign behind the head is a bit distracting, but the window on the left really doesn’t add anything as the weak reflection makes it neither a compositional element nor negative space.

 

I agree with krag96 that a step or two to the right would have made for a stronger photo, maybe combined with cropping out the window.

[nikonFILMuser]

Thanks all - I may CROP as suggested and put it into Brentwood & District Photographic Club Print Comp when Club starts again after the Summer Break, in September -- see what a Club Judge says !!