Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for taking the time to shoot and show. The "Pride" parade in Atlanta is not nearly so large although the particiapants would be interchangeable. Nice collection. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/15/05, Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote: > This year's Amsterdam Pride boat parade through the canals of the city > took place on Saturday August 6th. For the unitiated, this is one of the > biggest gay events anywhere in the world, and is especially important in > Amsterdam since the city is keen to cultivate its image as a liberal > place where everyone is welcome. > > I went to the parade last year and was frustrated because it was > extremely crowded and I only had short lenes with me, since I was > shooting with my Leica M outfit. This year the weather was not as good, > so the crowds were a bit smaller, and I had my Canon DSLR with a 200mm > lens, which allowed me to not only get close-ups of people on the boats > but even of people on the opposite side of the canal (I was at > Prinsengracht, for the locals). I took about 300 pictures, which I have > been post-processing and editing all week, and here is the result: > http://www.fotocycle.dk/indexpride05.html > > It was frankly very hard to edit it down to these 47 images, because > this event is so diverse, with so many wacky and wonderful people > around, both among the spectators and on the boats. > > HEALTH WARNING > I must warn you that depending on your jurisdiction and other > circumstances, not all of these images are "boss-safe". > > Enjoy! > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >