I've been trying to get this type of shot for weeks now... ;D
Either I end up with someone who doesn't look right, there are too many people on the escalator or there are people coming downstairs... or, everything is perfect and I blow the framing or focus... Not sure if this is "it" or not, but it's the best I've managed, and it's all I can think of for this week's Street Photography Now challenge which is:
"Look closer to home" originally set by Lars Tunbjork
(this is the subway stop I get off on my way home from work each day)
you got a break here..no one coming down the stairs..good composition and it fits the theme well. I tried to get a shot of someone recently without anyone noticed and it would have worked out except the darn flash went off and blew my cover..
@beachradish hmmm... i hadn't thought of that, but i do see what you mean... and i am such a sucker for that kind of light (a number of the photos i've faved have that kind of light too, i just realized :D)
@northy thats the worse part...it didn't even turn out..because I was trying to be discreet and not point the camera right at him, I sort of held it up while I was looking in a different direction...total flop...
@38mm hmmm... no, i didn't consider that... hmmm.... in this one i literally had nano-seconds before he stepped off the escalator (he was a-motoring up the stairs)... but even if i had had the time, i don't think it would have occurred to me... i just tested out a portrait crop and i didn't like it as much... i think for the same reason i preferred @emmaroobers shot from july 3rd in landscape rather than portrait... i tend to like things better when the focus isn't entirely on the person... weird?
@ruthmouch@emmaroobers tx... i hadn't actually intended to change my profile pic... i had been thinking of putting up a selfie and tested that one out... but then thought i had deleted it and reverted back to the penguin... oops! (and it's mostly - but not always - still showing as a penguin on my puter???)
I think this one you already know what you want to achieve.... As for me, for elevator shots, I like to use slow shutter speed (1/4 sec or longer, up to a few secs) and deep DOF. Usually I also put the camera on the escalator pointing downward and use wide-angle lens. There are a lot of cool escalator shots around 365.
You might like this, one of my fav escalator shots
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasleuthard/7604275360/in/photostream
With the subject walking towards the light, it does make you wonder what is up there.
that escalator shot on flickr is tres cool! :)
fav :)