Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan - I agree. Nice reporting. Dick >Nathan, >A good slide show, almost like I was on the bank watching the spectacle go >by. > >Don >don.dory@gmail.com > > >On 8/7/06, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> 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 >> >>-- >>Nathan Wajsman >>Almere, The Netherlands >> >>SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! >> >>General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >>Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>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 >> >>Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information