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arnabchat (7233) 2004-11-04 9:05

good colors. i can feel your difficulty, resulting the blurr. an important festive scene you have captured.

Tatankasolsona (0) 2004-11-04 9:34

I found the photo really great (compo, timing, colors etc). But infact I would have preferred a more sharp shot (accoriding to your interesting note of the pic). Maybe the walking man a little moved is interesting but the remaining people not so interesting as they could. You don't have on your Canon 300D the file to make available the 3200 asa option? I think there are some "unoficial" available.
take care
ps
I have walked on these things and I assure is better not to look down as the man!!!

Vagabond (5848) 2004-11-04 10:18

Excelent report, full of movement, colour and drama. Very good work ..

KUAN (1502) 2004-11-04 12:08

Those people seem like gladiators in the ancient Greek... Amazing!

Spoony (3539) 2004-11-04 14:32

OHHH! This is really TE spirit... thanks for sharing.
Global effect is great here. Colors are adorable.
Very cultural and interessant.

RandomCameraGuy (3071) 2004-11-05 10:22

I remember this well. The massive line up of devotees on the street. The mad crush of onlookers vying for position. I remember climbing onto a window sil!

And what I remember most was: that the devotees were often scared to death of what they set out to do! I remember some making a mad dash across. I remember one almost falling. And I remember a whole lot nursing their aching feet after the ordeal!

Nice pic that brings back memories, the blur isnt too bad, esp since it radiates from the central figure.

Cheers man!

rabani (9645) 2004-11-07 18:33

The motion blur works here I think. There's a sense of haste in the person who is going into the pit, while the rest, it is more of agitation, impatience. Scene like this doesn't require pin sharpness. It needs more than that. It needs the atmosphere, situational qualities of the event. Just as much as the warm golden hues you have got here. Anyway, you could try this camera as a backup. Panasonic Lumix FZ20; its lens is Leica 36-432mm with F/2.8 with Image Stabilizer. I think you could get it for like 1000 Sing Dollars.

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-01-22 5:19

Very good composition with an excellent DOF. The walking people are well detailed from the back awaiting people. Colors and framing are excellent in this very well built composition telling a story.
I like it
Jean Michel

cessy (13647) 2005-01-27 0:25

very nice moment, nice capture Dan. the atmosphere and the action are really captured. I love it

bantonbuju (51815) 2005-02-05 8:32

hi dan, thats exactly the type of photo experiences i adore to see on te - not only the perfect captures but also a great spiritual feeling of what the photographer wants to experience together with the audience of the scene (that was my idea of the series from kenya) - and that is exactly what i have found in this scene; one of my favorites definitely;

well, i read the note and the critiques now and decided to come back: i do not see why there is a concern about the blur; i find it absolutely inadequate to have this type of action shot perfectly sharp (wonder if it is phisically possible at all?) and if my statement is right (hope it is, at least for me) then the 2nd difficult question rises: in we are to accept unsharp pic, then to waht extend? and again - i find it difficult to answer; i think that this pic is exactly what i would expect from such a scene - the main "model" sharp enough , rest being a suplement or a background for the scene should NOT be sharp;
for me its a perfect shot, period!

faubry (35447) 2005-03-29 5:18

very good dayly life action, these men are very good take good result, i like the background, very nice colors
thanks

oochappan (4880) 2005-11-02 19:43

Hi Dan
And I went all the way by bus to a same festival near Madurai, I arrived when it was over, frustration, then I made the nightblower as I didn't want to leave empty handed. So I like to see this shot and I sort of envy you that you were in time. A good POV not evident in such a crowd, and a marvellous dominating yellow colortone here, nicely done, try to get you one next year.