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Description Street Art During my recent stay in Melbourne, I had the good fortune and pleasure in meeting up with Dave Porteus The-Egg :iconthe-egg: for a photo-shoot around the back streets and lanes near the Queen Victoria Market. Dave introduced me to the vibrant street art culture for which Melbourne is well known. We visited several alleyways in which big, bold and brash images painted on brick and concrete walls assaulted the eyes with their colourful characters and compositions. In those couple of hours, I learnt more from Dave about street art and how to photograph it and its environments than I could possibly have imagined.Β Many thanks for such a wonderful shoot, Dave.
Dave is a master of HDR and low light photography, two images from our adventure are shown below. This is not the place to give a full blown account of High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography; suffice to say that the technique which involves the blending (tone-mapping) of severally images with different exposures allows detail
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Comments: 17

mayat-s [2015-03-05 07:42:16 +0000 UTC]

great

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Okavanga In reply to mayat-s [2015-03-06 07:33:53 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks!

David

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Scooby777 [2015-03-02 02:39:17 +0000 UTC]

Love the geometric lines and strong contrast, David!

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Okavanga In reply to Scooby777 [2015-03-02 07:31:35 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks for that, Sheri - that is the key Β - contrasts in light and shade, but more importantly in the shapes and textures.

Cheers

David

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Scooby777 In reply to Okavanga [2015-03-03 02:53:03 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure, David!

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LindArtz [2015-03-02 00:30:16 +0000 UTC]

Nice!

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-03-02 07:34:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Linda. As The-Egg will testify, it took us some considerable effort get our shots here. I was nearly run down by a car backing out from a space behind me, then we had all sorts of traffic passing, and finally a student who dawdled across the frame just as we were about to shoot. So, this and Dave's shoots of same were nearly not taken.

David

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2015-03-02 20:48:13 +0000 UTC]

P.S. Nice work that guy does! The Laundromat photo really caught my eye! I really enjoy architecture, both interior and exterior; so a new watch for me there, thanks!

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-03-03 07:31:30 +0000 UTC]

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2015-03-02 20:44:47 +0000 UTC]

Well I'm glad you stuck with it.....Although I had myself a giggle, after having learnt you are impatient...I'd have given anything to see the look on your face when that student walked in the way! Even more to hear what went through your mind! !!!!

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-03-03 07:34:02 +0000 UTC]

Yes, patience has to be an ourtward virtue when photographing, but I reserve the right to fume Β and curse inwardly!!

David

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2015-03-03 18:14:31 +0000 UTC]

Β !!!!Β  (hubby is currently having a nap; I had to literally muffle my laughter to keep from waking himΒ ! )

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-03-04 07:30:18 +0000 UTC]

Good - I wouldn't want to be the cause of any disruption to a manly snooze!

Cheers

David

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schafsheep [2015-03-01 21:22:33 +0000 UTC]

beautiful!

Β 

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Okavanga In reply to schafsheep [2015-03-02 07:35:35 +0000 UTC]

Blowing my own trumpet here - I agree!

Many thanks.

David

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The-Egg [2015-03-01 17:43:21 +0000 UTC]

This shot in particular is just wonderful! I love all of the patterns here, and the black and white really draws your eye to them. Well done!

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Okavanga In reply to The-Egg [2015-03-02 07:36:39 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks, Dave. Given the slight difficulties we had in getting our shots here (see reply to Linda above) I think we both did well!!

Cheers

David

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