Melbourne Candid Series #380 Springvale

 

Asian bakery store

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Melbourne Candid Series #379 Alowyn Garden

 

Strolling around the fountain 

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #378 Alowyn Garden

 

Enjoying the stroll in the garden

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #377 Alowyn Garden Yarra Glen

 

Everyone is a photographer. 

Melba Hwy Yarra Glen

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #376 Posing for a photo at Alowyn Gardens

 

He was posing for his young wife. Somehow, he had an unusual statue. 

Yarra Glen

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #375 Lillydale Melbourne

 

I was walking passing by this little cafe where the patron was enjoying a lovely breakie

Maroondah Hwy

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #374 King St Melbourne

 

Another group meet up 

As I get older, there are less people I still keep in touch...

Panasonic G9

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

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Melbourne Candid Series #373 Starstruck

 

A lot of stars have visited this store 

Panasonic G9

Leica 12mm f1.2

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Melbourne Candid Series #372 Touristy crowd

 

Market St, Melbourne

Panasonic G9

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

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Melbourne Candid Series #371 Alma Rd, Winsdor

 

Winter vibe through and through 

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #370 Fast food truck

 

It is pretty cheap so the queue is long. 

Victoria parade 

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #369 Swanston St, Melbourne

 

This is still a thing in our city

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #368 Punt Road, Carlton

 

Walking along the winter walk path 

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #367 King St, Melbourne

 

Checking for traffic 

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #366 Queen St, Melbourne

 

The casting shadow of grid on their faces 

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #365 Lygon Street Carlton

 

Lygon Street pub corner 

Rather bustling atmosphere in this dying part of town 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

I come across this argument in a local street photography forum "Edit or no edit" 

"If you post process, it doesn't mean that you haven't learned the equipment or your style. In fact some who post process know their equipment intimately knowing very well the bounds of the tools available to them.

Also, post processing predates digital by a long way. Are those who dodged and burned in the darkroom not real photographers, or photographers with extra skill sets?

If you take what you can get out of in camera jpeg as a strict constraint, that means that you have accepted the choices your camera's engineers made for prioritising highlights, shadows, saturation etc. Even if you're a 100% manual shooter, you have accepted that you're going to let the camera make a lot of decisions on processing for you.

If you shoot raw and post process, you are no less of a photographer because of it. If you choose an in camera preset or film sim, again you have accepted someone else's choices for final processing.

If you have files from 2008 in low light, they look noisy because digital cameras sucked at low light in 2008. If you feed those old photos into software in 2023 that can recognise sensor noise and correct it with a high degree of accuracy, it doesn't mean that you didn't know how to use a camera in 2008. You may have just accepted noise as a trade-off for a reasonable exposure.

If you have a camera released this year and push iso in a difficult situation to get the shot rather than not, knowing that software in 2023 can correct sensor noise really well, it doesn't mean that you didn't learn your equipment. It could just mean that you know enough to get the shot rather than not."

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Melbourne Candid Series #364 Birrarung Marr Market

 

The atmosphere of people 

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #363 Food truck

 

Birrarung Marr 

A cropped frame. I like it like this 

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #362 Queen Vic Market

 

It is a good location for street snaps!

Directional lighting always helps with mood

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #361 Queen Vic Market Vendor

 

Not a place for vegetarian

Sony a7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #360 Elizebath St, Melbourne

 

I attempted 135mm fixed focal length to do a trial candid shoot in street. Quite a different perspective. The folks in camera club often told me not to use telephoto lenses in street photography.

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #359 Fitzroy St, Melbourne

 

A peculiar expression

Fitzroy St, Fitzroy

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #358 Fitzroy St Fitzroy

 

Who says men cannot multi-task?

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #357 Brunswick St Brunswick

 

A little touch of post industrial feel 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #356 Young man

 

Walking along Fitzroy St with empty shops

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #355 Mural and person

 

Along the Sunshine Ave walk, this place is dangerous to visit at night

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #354 Fitzroy Street, Melbourne

 

Another delivery driver in the dying business

Fitzroy Street, Melbourne

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #353 Fitzroy Street

 

A cyclist on the road

I like the shadow

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #352 Fitzroy St

 

I used to love sharp images. As I grow older, I don't mind motion blur that much anymore. After all, I don't sell the photos anyway. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #351Fitzroy St, Melbourne

 

It seems mother and daughter going on shopping. 

Fitzroy 

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #350 Sunshine Avenue, Fitzroy

 

I recalled this chap tried to ruin my shot of the mural on the day. Ha

Sony A7RVI

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne candid Series #349 Cool car

 

The light was such a spot on moment.

Brunswick St 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #348 Brunswick St

 

She is walking her dog. The dog is scouting though. 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #347 Brunswick

 

She is walking next to an abandoned shop in Brunswick 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #346 Dockland

 

Another old photo from Dockland Wakeboarding event

Pentax K20D 

43mm f1.9 limited

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Melbourne Candid Series #345 Pentridge Prison

Quite an old photo. Taken on Film C41. 

Outside Pentridge Prison, Melbourne

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Melbourne Candid Series #344 Birrarung Marr Party

 

A candid street shot when I joined the party in Birrarung Marr

Pentax K20D

FE 31mm f1.8 limited

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Melbourne Candid Series #343 Dockland Wakeboarding

 

An old photo from archive. I remembered the moment quite vividly.

Pentax K10D

FA 43mm f1.8 limited

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Melbourne Candid Series #342 Dockland

 

Wakeboarding competition 

Pentax K10D

FA 31mm limited f1.8

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Melbourne Candid Series #341 Elizabeth St Melbourne

 

Scooter handicap 

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #340 Beach reading

 

He was actually reading a book under the sun. Playing with foreground and rear bokeh here.

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #339 Pier Street Port Melbourne

 

The walk along Pier St, Port Melbourne

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 

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Melbourne Candid Series #338 Princes Pier

 

It seems like an art

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 

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Melbourne Candid Series #337 Skateboarding at Princes Pier

 

At one of my strolling at Princes Pier

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8

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Melbourne Candid Series #336 NGV

 

Her dress echoes the brick walls

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #335 St Kilda Parade

 

A nice lunch near the glistening cafe

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #334 NGV

 Quite a nice vibe 

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4

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Melbourne Candid Series #333 National Gallery Victoria

 

Prospective outlook

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #332 Princes Pier

 

At Princes Pier

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #331 Art Gallery part 2

 

In front of NGV, I had to snap her twice for the prayer sign 

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

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