On the boardwalk today (9)

I spent sometime on the boardwalk on the beach at 30th street (Miami Beach) today:

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NIKON D80    ---    300mm    f/5.6    1/1600s    ISO 100

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NIKON D80    ---    270mm    f/5.6    1/640s    ISO 100

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NIKON D80    ---    300mm    f/5.6    1/125s    ISO 100

The Look

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NIKON D80    ---    270mm    f/5.6    1/125s    ISO 100

The Stretch

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All with D80 and 70-300 at around 200mm. Some crop and a big crop on the last one.

 

I am surprised that in almost one full day after posting, I have had not one comment!

{RANT}
Having put the "request C&C" icon I expected at least some comments and criticisms, especially the latter. How else will I learn what am I doing wrong?

Street photography is hard as it is. I have some doubts as to the quality of the work. If I knew what - if anythinig - was wrong with them, I'd be able to learn and try to fix it or improve.

Obviously I cannot ask for more than volunteer comments. Nobody is paid to do criticism. I do offer praise and C&C online when I feel a photo needs some improvement. At least I try to be helpful. Unfortunately my photos do not seem to be of much interest to the community at large.

Maybe I should not try my hand at street photography and go back to birds. At least when I was shooting birds (ex. Merritt IV) I did get some C&C.
{/RANT}

There. I feel better already.

 

The "look" is an interesting story. The lady with the black head cover and the long dress and baby carriage is an Orthodox Jew. She gave her a very disapproving look while walking by. :smile:

The boardwalk was crowded and I had to reject several shots as too busy. That was one of my doubts. Maybe I should go on a less-busy day and try to catch more subjects individually. Thanks.

 

All of these were shot with my el-cheapo 70-300 at between 160 to 220mm or so. The young lady was this guy's girlfriend. They embraced a couple of times. She was smoking a lot and yapping a lot. I was too far to hear anything so I don't know.

Do they work? Is the conversion tonality OK?

One of my main question sis about DOF. In some of them you can see the DOF in the fence posts. Should I have used more or less of it?

 

Yes Biggs. All with a monopod set at eye level.