Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/18
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Nathan,
I think you picked your shots well here. The first two do a nice job
of capturing the atmosphere of the event through a variety of elements:
clothing, facial expressions, and body language. The other shots work well
because of one or two of these elements, but, IMHO, only these two shots
combine all of these elements effectively. I like the way you use the wide
open aperture in the 1st, 4th, and 7th alternates, at least, I think you
are shooting wide open. Very nice bokeh--it's in shots like this that I
can really see the difference between my old collapsible Summitar and a
modern lens.
Regards,
Michael Gerard
geeman1066@earthlink.net
Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> The Street Parade is a huge street party held in Zurich every August. It
> is quite rave-oriented, but during the day all the gnomes of Zurich let
> their hair down and come out dressed in all kinds of ways. For many
> local transvestites, this is the one opportunity to flaunt their habit
> and be applauded for it. Last year, the weather was gorgeous and about 1
> million people turned out, allowing me to take shots like this:
> http://www.wajsman.com/33.jpg. This year, in contrast, the weather was
> awful, it rained for two days straight, including the day of the event,
> and so I decided to shoot B&W to make the best of it.
>
> As the main picture shows, the rain did not stop people from dressing up
> and partying:
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32.jpg
>
> Somehow, I am attracted to pretty dancing girls and vice versa; must be
> my Leica...
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt1.jpg
>
> The temperature was no more than about 10C/50F, but some people were
> still feeling the heat...
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt2.jpg
>
> A couple of cute Dominican girls:
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt3.jpg
>
> Funky hairdos are de rigeur at the Street Parade:
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt4.jpg
>
> and these two guys are working on theirs:
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt5.jpg
>
> Anytime you have hundreds of thousands of people drinking lots of beer,
> you have to deal with the consequences. Since this is Switzerland,
> peeing behind the nearest tree is not comme il faut, hence the city set
> up these makeshift urinals:
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt6.jpg
> (there were also proper toilets for the shy types)
>
> Finally, a very young participant enjoys a treat at the Stadelhofen
> train station:
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt7.jpg
>
> All pictures taken with M6, 50mm Summilux on Ilford Delta 400.
>
> The complete PAW index is at:
> http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm
>
> and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
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