The Weekly Street Photography Thread #6 25/04/2025

It looks like a very busy kitchen!

Wow! There are so many facial expressions to analyse. Nice shot.

Rain is a blessing for us, luckily we have no shortage of it here :)

A very nice environmental portrait.

Yes, a crop might work.

I think my reading here is different. For me, the real deal is the handshake. I'd rather see it isolated without the attraction of the woman or others.

A very nice colour palette and light.

Agreed. The eye contact is very important here.
I like the repetition of the line going up the shoulder to the cap and then down the face and hands and is then repeated in the paper bag. Consider making this line more prominent by cropping the left hand border close to the arm/shoulder of the subject?

Shot 1. The foreground swirl of movement conveys the action while the trumpeter is very important because he explains the movement. The railing across the top seems unnecessary but I'ddefinitely keep the musicians in the window, top right. Cropping off the railing would also give them more prominence.
The almost monochrome tones gives an appropriate olde worldly mood to the traditional event.
Shot 2. The gent with his hands over his ears tells us that these things are real and are being fired. I'm surprised this is legal but hey, the grins tell us everyone is enjoying themselves.

Agree.
I tried lowering the saturation of the dress, and the image changes completely, just in the way you suggest. The woman in red almost turns a dynamic, collective scene into a portrait. A beautiful portrait, by the way...

This was taken in Mathoura, India. The female friends/family of the bride to be were absolutely letting their hair down with a street party. The men were prudently keeping their distance.
It has been an accident, but thinking about it, I reckon I could put together a series of girls on the town in different countries.

Yes, our readings are different, but I appreciate your viewpoint! The upcoming handshake was my main deal too but I liked all the supporting characters. ( I am known for my messy, overpopulated compositions that violate the rules of whatever genre of photography I'm shooting at the time.) Of course there was no way to isolate anyone of them in a scene of people moving in opposite directions, even if I'd wanted to. My main regret about the Lady In Red was that she blocked the little English bulldog behind her. My regret about Lord Vader was that he blocked Tonya and Dorise who were playing wonderful music on the opposite curb. You can't even see Tonya's roller skates for his cloak. But that's street photography for you.