[Leica] Amsterdam Pride 2006

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

I like the first and third for the compositions and the spectators 
anticipation.

Jim, "I'm not gay, I'm just moderately happy" Hemenway


Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> By now, many major cities in North America and Europe have their annual 
> gay pride events, but the one held in Amsterdam the first weekend of 
> August ranks among the biggest and best in the world. One of the unique 
> features is that the floats of the parade actually float, since they are 
> on boats floating down the city's canals. This past Saturday the weather 
> was gorgeous, not too hot but sunny and warm, the beer was cold and 
> cheap, and we went to see the parade with our friends Felix and Stefan. 
> We also had an excellent vantage point, since Stefan (also a keen 
> photographer) and I squatted on a seemingly abandoned boat, so we had 
> the view from water level.
> 
> I took somewhere between 300 and 350 pictures, which I whittled down to 
> 217 by eliminating the obvious mistakes such as focusing errors and the 
> like. Editing from there was really hard (the saying about the 
> photographer being his own worst editor probably applies here), and I 
> ended up with the 54 images I show here. I also tried something 
> different regarding processing. Usually I adjust each image 
> individually, but this time I decided to use the automation of the 
> various tools to get the gallery on the web quickly. So I converted the 
> selected images using the automatic settings in Photoshop Element's RAW 
> converter, then applied the sharpening filter to the images in bulk, and 
> finally converted the lot to JPEG in one go using Photo Mechanic. So 
> every image is uncropped, and the color balance, levels etc. is whatever 
> my Powerbook thought it should be. The results are here:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/1749820
> 
> WARNING: due to the nature of this event (and the good weather), there 
> is a fair amount of exposed flesh and other lewdness in this set of 
> images. Do not open if you are easily offended or if your boss is 
> looking over your shoulder ;-)
> 
> Nathan
>