September 2011 Photo Challenge
  • ChristopherChristopher
    Posts: 2,143
    September's X100 Photo Challenge is: "Street B&W"

    The Fujifilm FinePix X100 is naturally inclined to shoot street photography, the compact size, fast lens, and nearly silent shutter provide many unique opportunities . For our second X100 Enthusiasts Photo Challenge we're going to capture a black and white street photograph, something featuring a unique every day moment within our local world. Carefully capture a street scene in the timeliness of black and white, and explore the capabilities of your camera in photographing life around you. Explore the built in B&W filters of the X100, or push it further with black and white post processing.

    The Rules


    1. Your photo submission needs to be your own work, taken with a Fujifilm FinePix X100.
    2. You may only submit one photo per challenge.
    3. Your photo must not have been taken before September 1st, 2011.
    4. Briefly explain the settings and technique you used to capture the image.
    5. Post your photo here in this discussion, no larger than 1280 pixels wide (640 pixels wide is ideal). You may link your submission to a larger version on your website, Flickr, Photobucket, etc. if you want.

    Try to have your submission posted before the end of the month! There is no exact end date, but we'll be moving on to a new photo challenge in October, so don't wait too long! If you need help posting your photograph to the discussion, read this handy guide.

    Enjoy these challenges? Share your comments and ideas for future assignments in our Photo Challenge discussion.
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  • ManveruManveru
    Posts: 117
    waitingWaiting

    f/3.2, 1/200sec., iso-800, spot metering. Taken originally in provia, processed in photoshop for b/w and some cropping. The dog was very intent in what he/she was doing that he/she only looked at me once then returned his/her gaze to the shop's doorway. ッ
  • mybedheadmybedhead
    Posts: 9
    Captured this in Bangkok, Sidewalk Food Stalls from fresh fruits to grilled chicken we got all ISO 800 EXPOSURE BIAS -0.33 F4 S1/1700 MODE APERTURE PRIORITY
    bangkok sidewalk
  • seaton carewseaton carew
    Posts: 223
    Can i here snoring? and where has Charlie bugged off to?.
    Is it you or me even him.
    F2.8
    200 iso
    1/350 sec.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/seaton_carew/
  • DennisHolzbergDennisHolzberg
    Posts: 30
    Yachthafen
    F2, 3200 ISO, 1/6 Sec.
    Wasn't that easy to get i sharp, because the boat i was on was slowly shaking
  • fiskadorofiskadoro
    Posts: 22
    Young & Old

    1/220, f/4.0, ISO 800

    Just shot from the hip, everything auto. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL.
    My Flickr Photos
  • CandyAppleCandyApple
    Posts: 5
    20110904_Monterey_02

    F4.0, 1/80, ISO 200

    Took this picture while visiting Monterey, CA this weekend. I was inside the Ghirardelli store and I saw this guy in his ice-cream suit working outside of the store. I loved the moment. This was shot in B&W and I adjusted the contrast in Lightroom.
  • apreviteaprevite
    Posts: 3

    at a county fair shooting from the hip.
  • mesutmesut
    Posts: 36
    fishmarket
    from istanbul beyoglu , flower passage
  • brg513brg513
    Posts: 1
  • jayjay
    Posts: 7
    Your text to link... - Flickr link

    F2.0
    ISO 200
    1/150

    Processed in lightroom play a little on a curve tone and add some grain to achieve a film look. I really like their expression and the hand that sticking out touching the girls hip. Took this picture in San Francisco.

  • pandoraefretumpandoraefretum
    Posts: 3
    img src="DSCF0107_640x400"
  • pandoraefretumpandoraefretum
    Posts: 3
    Rome Airport 7th Sept.2011
    ISO 800 F2 1/60th (P mode)
    I had a couple of hours to kill making a connection in Rome when I spotted this scene just as my flight was called. I placed my hand luggage down in front of my subject, unzipped my X100, took it out of macro, and carefully made adjustments... actually never really looked through the viewfinder. It is a striking scene, and I like the way the laptop is plugged into the wall socket (which I only noticed when I got home, downloaded it and really observed the scene!) This shot works well in colour too... which you can also view in my "street photography" flickr set. Some distortion editing in LR3.
  • s13n1s13n1
    Posts: 8
    I havent really done much street shooting with the X100 yet, this one was one handed as i walked by and had to be rotated and cropped a little.

    Reading
  • MattikkMattikk
    Posts: 4
    x100 street bw
    1/125 - F5.6 - ISO200
    http://mattikk.net
  • mattmabermattmaber
    Posts: 2,724
    @Mattikk i like the composition on that
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  • EddieqEddieq
    Posts: 10
    Street 1

    First street shot, taken from a moving car. Still loving the x100
  • chippieschippies
    Posts: 15
    G-g-g-g-g-

    Had to fire the flash on this one, but it was just too strange not to take a picture. This was taken at a Decentralized Dance Party. The theme was strictly business. Yep, these are business ghosts.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/nklip/
  • markpowermarkpower
    Posts: 25
    A Day Out

    1/1000 - f8 - ISO 200 - RAW, edited in Lightroom & Silver Efex Pro
  • LillebjornLillebjorn
    Posts: 15

    Saturday Boys 1



    Saturday Boys 1

    Shot in Oslo, Norway

    1/80 - f/2.2 - ISO 200 jpg No editing
    www.lillebjorn.no - flickr - myspace music - facebook - twitter
  • skyhemingskyheming
    Posts: 1
    Day 006 - Shopping Carts on 365 Project

    1/1000s, f2.8 - ISO 400, edit with Photoshop CS 5
  • muzzymuzzy
    Posts: 76
    1/1250 f/2.8 ISO 400
    I like the way the shadow echoes the dogs head in this one.
    RM_X100_-3.jpg
    "To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life."
  • cosinaphilecosinaphile
    Posts: 1,063


    NIGHTWATCH...WITH DOGS night shot no flash ISO 4000 F2 1\60
    i shoot with the ricoh gxr and m mount module with adapted glass
    i shoot with the samsung ex1 and the ricoh gx 200
    i shoot with the ep1 and gf1 with adapted slr and rf glass
    i shoot with the x100 and the x10
  • cosinaphilecosinaphile
    Posts: 1,063
    SHOT IN THE SOUTH BRONX
    i shoot with the ricoh gxr and m mount module with adapted glass
    i shoot with the samsung ex1 and the ricoh gx 200
    i shoot with the ep1 and gf1 with adapted slr and rf glass
    i shoot with the x100 and the x10
  • Mark2000Mark2000
    Posts: 42


    Miller's East Coast Deli. f/2, 3200ISO
  • PalleSchultzPalleSchultz
    Posts: 26
    Aarhus Teater September 2011

    f9.0 - ISO 800
    Say hello to my little friend - X100 ;)
    http://www.palleschultz.dk
  • karmakarma
    Posts: 1
    hello first contribution here ...



    f2

  • anefanef
    Posts: 12
    Mattikk said:

    x100 street bw
    1/125 - F5.6 - ISO200



    nice composition!
    http://www.andreastsonidis.com/
  • mattmabermattmaber
    Posts: 2,724
    Set to Shutter Priority: 1/500s and ExpComp -1/3 (do the -EC also with my D90 to try and gain some shutter speed, you can save shadows in pp but not highlights) the x100 decided A would be 2 and ISO 640.
    I USUALLY go with Aperture priority, but Im trying Shutter priority ATM to try and avoid blurry subjects.
    Also set to the fastest burst which is what I'm trying atm to get a series of shots as I walk by someone.
    Southsea had their Albert Road - Southsea Fest that day and I spotted him whist on a wander, he looked interesting standing outside the fruit machine shop so I got a few shots as I walked past, I didn't notice the graphic of the girl in the window till I got it in Aperture. But then these are some of the nice unexpected surprises in street photography which counter the probably more frequent missed moment as the elements you spot diverge as you approach them or a just fading as you spot them - I had a few of those today.
    Mirroring by Matthew Maber (MatthewMaber)) on 500px.com
    Mirroring by Matthew Maber
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  • tuk217tuk217
    Posts: 5
    img src="DSCF0342-bewerkt" alt="" />

    1/180, F2,8, iso 400
  • janrzmjanrzm
    Posts: 21
    Journey of Life
    If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking. - Buddhist Proverb

    Journey of Life

    1/1300 - f/2.8 - ISO800
    My Flickr | www.aperturepriority.co.nz | Facebook | Twitter
  • mattmabermattmaber
    Posts: 2,724
    @janrzm - very nice
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  • LillebjornLillebjorn
    Posts: 15
    I find @fiskadoro "Young & Old" my favorite "street B&W" so far
    (and then: I did live in Evanston :-) )
    www.lillebjorn.no - flickr - myspace music - facebook - twitter
  • 9dap9dap
    Posts: 18
    "Wait for Someone"


    CameraFujifilm FinePix X100
    Focal Length23 mm
    Shutter Speed1/150 sec.
    Aperture4
    ISO/Film200
    Copyright: Jaturapat Pattanacheewin

    Taken originally in colour, processed in Aperture for b/w. I took this photo because It's interested blackground so the gloomy face on a poster and the lady passing is a lady with an attitude. :)
    My Portfolio: http://www.9dap.com
    My Googgle +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100454739783658783958/posts
  • VihervaaraVihervaara
    Posts: 1
    My "opening" post here...

    "Turku By Yö"

    TurkuByYö
    X100
    ISO3200
    1/30
    f/2

    Orginally color used LR3 to conv. B&W

  • Call_me_JCCall_me_JC
    Posts: 111
    Daily Card Game in the City Park


    ISO-400
    1/100s
    F8
    X100 B&W
    Light post processing using Capture NX2
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/59761229@N07/
  • flapshotsflapshots
    Posts: 16


    Say hello to Louis Mendes.
    Famous NYC street photographer who just hangs around street corners with his old Polaroid.

    I was in New York for a very short 48 hours and was lucky enough to bump into him so I stopped, pointed at him then pointed at my camera, he nodded with a slight grin and then simply looked straight in the middle ok the lens, I pressed the shutter and that was it.
    Was over in 4 seconds and is one of my favorite shots from that short trip.

    Next time I go to NYC, if I see him again, I'll take another shot but I'll also ask him to shoot me.
    http://fredericlaporte.zenfolio.com/
  • mattmabermattmaber
    Posts: 2,724
    @flapshots love it. you on flickr?
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  • OrwellOrwell
    Posts: 8
    -->Vihervaara Great...I love the illuminated apartments!
  • OrwellOrwell
    Posts: 8
    --> Flapshots...Great pic. And the reflection of yourself in the upper right corner looks good with the x100 :-)
  • OrwellOrwell
    Posts: 8
    Silver Backs

    I was walking down Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes during a bright sunny day in september when these two women came walking. Shot from the hip.

    1/8000
    f/8
    ISO400
    PP with Silver Efex Pro

    /N
    Sweden
  • THX1138THX1138
    Posts: 13
    @flapshots

    Care to share the settings on that great looking shot?
  • ChristopherChristopher
    Posts: 2,143
    @flapshots that's a really great shot, what are the odds you'd run into another famous street photographer during your NYC visit! Very cool!
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  • dmoruzandmoruzan
    Posts: 3
    Right way?

    Right way?
    ISO: 200, exposure: 1/200 s, aperture: f/5.6, RAW

    Bucharest street photography.
  • stockografiestockografie
    Posts: 114
    Reading the Newspaper

    Reading the Newspaper

    ISO: 800, exposure:1/18 s, aperture f/4, RAW

    Taken at Stuttgart main station
    I saw this guy and as I was walking by I took this picture. This is why the train in the background is blurred.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotostocki/

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  • absglltabsgllt
    Posts: 1
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnospix/6179065532/in/photostream

    Your text to link...


    Taken in London's Chinatown.
    ISO 800, 1/150, F2.8
  • rosselliotrosselliot
    Posts: 6


    I really liked this couple of women (mother/daughter, I believe). I was showing a friend around Brussel and hitting up the touristy places. There are no shortages of Asian tourists in all of europe, and I think it's GREAT that their culture is very interested in traveling the world so extensively...and so interested in documenting it very well. They are so often (constantly) camera-in-hand....so we have this in common, too! :)

    This mother/daughter pair was taking pictures near the Grand Place, taking turns taking pictures of each other and then retreated to this corner to review them. That's when I got my friend to stand in front of me (facing me) and I snapped this picture over her shoulder. haha Keep it stealthy ;)

    It's my favorite picture from today...mainly because of the way it reminds me of the two people in it and their dynamic.
  • MgrogersMgrogers
    Posts: 35
    Married

    Boardwalk in Asbury Park, NJ. I was quite far away when I saw the Bride. I moved as quickly as I could to get as close as possible. This shot is just before they left.

    ISO 200, f 5.6, 1/500
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mg_rogers/
  • stfchungstfchung
    Posts: 1
    Shot in Paris, France, processed with Aperture and Silver Efex Pro
    1/100 f.16 ISO 3200
    dead and alive
  • thetalldudethetalldude
    Posts: 1
    This Picture was taken on the 20th September 2011 in New York City, 1/125 sec./ f2.0, 200 ISO, almost no post processing, only the color was taken out. img src="The Hug" alt=""The Hug"" />
  • kaiomurzkaiomurz
    Posts: 9



    Two friends share a tender moment on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
    This is a great example of how the camera is so discrete. I was maybe 8 feet away from them when I took this picture. I don't think i could have pulled that off with a DSLR.
    Settings: f/9, 1/250, ISO 200. Shutter speed priority. 0 exposure comp. Multi-segment metering.
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