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, My oh my, looks like a lot of fun! leo On Aug 7, 2006, at 4:48 PM, 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 > > -- > 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