A Few from Rio de Janeiro

[David_Manning]

Looking at a few shots from my recent Rio adventure. Fuji X100:

[David_Manning]

And, of course, my favorite missed-focus shot...

[kmallick]

Originally Posted by David_Manning

liked all of them. but this one is a particularly brilliant composition.

[rbelyell]

dave, such wonderful shots on so many levels. your framing, luck of the scenes, taking advantage of same, freaking great camera etc. love them! love rio as well, one of my best adventures. sure you had a blast. and the food...omg.
tony

[fotomeow]

I love the film-like grain-ification of your digi shots

[bobkatz]

Wow¡¡¡¡¡love them all¡¡¡¡
Thx for share...

[paulfish4570]

that one of the Christ above neighborhood is killer, as is the portrait of the coach. these are not touristy photos. were you there for something other than vacation?

[David_Manning]

Thanks very much guys. I have lots and I'm still editing. From the outset, I thought I'd do b&w, but a few scream "color!"

Paul, I was there for four days for work...I'm an airline pilot. I didn't want to sit around the pool and get a sunburn...so I went on an adventure!

[paulfish4570]

good on you, david ...

[David_Manning]

Only other camera was an iPhone 4S, and I made a couple of great Hipsta shots with that thing. I almost chose JUST my Contax T3 (for stealth), but the light in many of the areas of the favela was very low, and I wouldn't have been able to shoot slide film (which is what I would have shot the rest of Rio with).

On top of the favela I could've used my 28 or even a 24 (which I don't have), and a 50 would have been nice for the closer portraits I made. At the end of the day, though, I don't know how many subjects would have patiently waited for a lens change. I opted for immediacy and content, not perfect focal length or crop. Hell, even my favorite shot above, the two boys, isn't in focus...it happened too quickly. I still like it though...maybe just because I was there, I don't know.

No problems with just a 35 fov. My co-shooter, a local originally from Paris (he's an RFF member) shot only an M8 and a 35 (so he was looking at closer to a 50 for, I think). I haven't seen his shots yet, but he seemed to make it work.

[David_Manning]

Here is my iPhone 4S Hipstamatic shot, which I quite like (taken from the top of Sugarloaf):

[boomguy57]

Originally Posted by David_Manning

Looking at a few shots from my recent Rio adventure. Fuji X100:

Wow, really good shots, David...that second one in particular. Very well done.

Let's see more!

[boomguy57]

Originally Posted by David_Manning

Only other camera was an iPhone 4S, and I made a couple of great Hipsta shots with that thing. I almost chose JUST my Contax T3 (for stealth), but the light in many of the areas of the favela was very low, and I wouldn't have been able to shoot slide film (which is what I would have shot the rest of Rio with).

On top of the favela I could've used my 28 or even a 24 (which I don't have), and a 50 would have been nice for the closer portraits I made. At the end of the day, though, I don't know how many subjects would have patiently waited for a lens change. I opted for immediacy and content, not perfect focal length or crop. Hell, even my favorite shot above, the two boys, isn't in focus...it happened too quickly. I still like it though...maybe just because I was there, I don't know.

No problems with just a 35 fov. My co-shooter, a local originally from Paris (he's an RFF member) shot only an M8 and a 35 (so he was looking at closer to a 50 for, I think). I haven't seen his shots yet, but he seemed to make it work.

I've never been personally, but from shots I've seen it can be tight in the favelas, and a 50 would be too long in some cases. If you only carry one focal length, 35 seems like the one to take to Rio.

However, slide film would be great for shots like the one from your Hipsta-phone

[David_Manning]

[j.scooter]

Wonderful pictures!
Thanks for posting

[BobYIL]

Loved-them-all.. More please..

[River Dog]

Good work, well done on not being a tourist and getting into the places.

[CK Dexter Haven]

Well-done, friend. I recognize all those locations. Nice stuff, especially the Christo peeking out of the clouds. And that Hipstamatic! Can i Tumblr it?

[ramosa]

some cool captures. really like the one of the woman (with her arm strong in diagonal) and the one of the huts in foreground and mountain background. what a great place to shoot, reminding of me david alan harvey's work in latin america, etc.

[boomguy57]

More great stuff!

[David_Manning]

Thanks guys...still editing. I'm really a b&w guy, but so many of these scream "color."

[daveleo]

hi there

I'm not familiar with your other work (I promise to catch up on that), but this stuff is really really nice.
The cross on the hill in the fog is wonderful ! !
The only one I don't like is the first one because, IMO, the clouds are too dramatic.

I am imagining that the iphone color picture would look fabulous in grayscale, and (if there isn't already a w/nw phone-pic thread) you should kick one off with that picture.

[David_Manning]

My opinion about my own work (oh this should be good...

I think the first one looks digital because I over-sharpened it. I like the image, but it looks fake. In all honesty, that's what the clouds looked like. Maybe I'll have another look at the RAW and try the b&w conversion again.

[jmanivelle]

Great photos David,
what gear will bring next time? You did get smashing shots with the X100 and it is so small and light my M8 felt like a brick !!

my 2 centavos:
M8 + summilux 35 pre ASPH

wired by careca2013, on Flickr


morning chat by careca2013, on Flickr


morning call by careca2013, on Flickr

Cheers
Jean-Marc

[jippiejee]

Great photos! Still trying to decide where to go this summer, now Rio sounds like a fine option, even though 'scary place' echoes through my head unfortunately. Do you think it a safe place to travel?