I’ll start this off with a photo I took a few days ago.
I wanted to capture a photo from inside one of the Miami Beach trolleys, and got a lot of feedback on my first attempt. Several objectives:
- Show the wooden inside of the trolley (most important)
- Show a pleasant scene outside the trolley (important)
- Include the driver in the photo. (In retrospect, very important)
I tried sitting in the front, middle, and rear of the trolley. The only images I liked were when I was up front. The exposure was difficult, until this last shot where sunlight from my left helped light up the inside of the trolley. The driver still didn’t show up, so I used the PhotoLab tools to help make him show up better.
I almost got what I wanted, but I’m concerned that the driver does not look “natural” to me. Maybe that is partly because of the bright sunlight coming into the trolley from the left side. At this moment, the trolley was going “West”, and for all my other photos the sun was behind us as we drove North, not helping with the inside lighting. In my photo, the driver’s face looks like the color of the wood that the trolley is made from. It’s the best photo I’ve taken so far, but I don’t think it is finished. With PhotoLab, I was able to bring up the speedometer and other controls, and get some details into the shadow areas.
Any advice?
Leica M10, Voigtlander 28mm lens.
L1004582 | 2022-11-03.dng (24.2 MB)
L1004582 | 2022-11-03.dng.dop (15.4 KB)
