Thanks for the comments. So far my favorite, Dancers, seems to be yours
also. But the first Masks shots is my second favorite. You would
understand if you saw my office - most available space on the walls is
used for my collection of masks from around the world.
Both Dancers and Contrast were quick reaction shots. I tried a second
take on each to adjust focus and composition, respectively. The Dancer
girl looked away, someone moved into the field of view on the other
shot. I had more time with the Dogs - they weren't going anyplace!
I followed Kostas' friend from the Contrast shot but she went into too
large a crowd and I wasn't able to get another reasonably clear shot of
her. Sorry Kostas, you'll have to use your imagination, but her face
was even more striking.
Like all of us, I anticipate hostile reactions from photo subjects. I
don't expect them, but I anticipate them. The Indian gentleman cooking
Pokara (?) and his two friends nodded politely as I walked over,
watched the process for a moment, took a couple of shots, thanked them
and started away. "Wait here", one of them said. "We have something for
you." He went to their booth, got a paper plate, came back and fished
out several of the goodies from the boiling oil. Handed me the plate
with a "here, try them." Delicious! And nice to meet hospitality where
I might expect hostility.
Stan
On Aug 23, 2005, at 6:02 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Nice set of pictures Stan.
I liked the people best - Contrast and Dancers,
although Cooking put me right there.
The masks don't do much for me.
Contrast is really good, worth a 2nd & 3rd look.
Regards, Bob S.
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[Contrast] My favourite too. Can you correct it in Photoshop to show us
the black lady's face as well?
Kostas (cheeky mode :-)
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I like "dancers" out of this set. great shot!
Godfrey
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"dancers" is a great shot. it would probably be great in B&W too.
rg
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Nice GESO Stan. I especially liked going to the dogs.
Butch
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On 8/22/05, Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I went down to the annual Ethnic Heritage Festival in Swope Park
Kansas
City MO yesterday afternoon. . .
I took my *ist-D and a minimalist set of lenses: the FA 20-35/4.0
discussed here recently and my FA77. All of the selection in this
gallery were done with the 77mm except for the first Masks shot, done
with the zoom at about 24mm effective length.
Minimal Contrast and Unsharp Mask work in Photoshop elements. A couple
were slightly cropped. Basically I took my favorites and threw them
together.
http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-Aug05/
Stan
