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TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited December 12, 2011 in Street and Documentary
This is not what I would normally post in the "Street & PJ" forum,
but it follows "Keithinmelbourne"'s recent posting titled "The
Friendly Streets of Melbourne". There was an event here today
billed as a "Rockabilly Zombie Weekend" with a bunch of people
dressed and made up to look like zombies. I don't get it, but
they looked like they were having a good time.

I chose to shoot the shooters instead of the shooter's subjects.
There's a zombie crouched in front of the car, but she didn't
interest me as a subject.

i-mQx55m8-X2.jpg

How about that Mamiya Rolleiflex on the tripod!

I'll continue my regular programming in the next post.
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/

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    keithinmelbournekeithinmelbourne Registered Users Posts: 92 Big grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    Great shot Tony. The fact you can't see what they're shooting makes it all the more intriguing.
    Keith

    Mumon is right! "Every day is a good day!"

    http://www.keithbroadphotography.com/
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    Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    keithinmelbourne wrote: »
    Great shot Tony. The fact you can't see what they're shooting makes it all the more intriguing.

    I agree, it looks like some strange crime scene.
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,929 moderator
    edited December 12, 2011
    The great thing about this shot is that when someone asks what they were all shooting, you can honestly say "a zombie." rolleyes1.gif
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    bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    Definitely a fun one, Tony. But I would definitely convert to black and white and up the contrast.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
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    RSLRSL Registered Users Posts: 839 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    BD's right. I tried it. It also can stand a bit of sharpening. The result's a real improvement. I'll post it if Tony's good with that.
    Russ Lewis
    www.FineArtSnaps.com
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    TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Definitely a fun one, Tony. But I would definitely convert to black and white and up the contrast.

    Here's the black and white version. I had tried that last night,
    but with everyone dressed in a shade of blue or black I felt it
    lost something. The black and white makes all blues gray cats.

    But, I'm always willing to take a suggestion.

    How's my contrast?

    i-Rpzw8qT-X2.jpg
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
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    TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    RSL wrote: »
    BD's right. I tried it. It also can stand a bit of sharpening. The result's a real improvement. I'll post it if Tony's good with that.

    Always OK with me. You get a lifetime pass. Sharpening, at least
    my efforts, bring out those sun reflections on the people's shoulders.
    It was overcast yesterday, and well past noon, but I got those halos
    on the shoulders. Note the absence of shadows on the ground you
    get on an overcast day.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
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    RSLRSL Registered Users Posts: 839 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    No, your B&W conversion is fine. I do like it better in B&W.
    Russ Lewis
    www.FineArtSnaps.com
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    bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    Definitely works for me - the color was sort of blah, so the bw is much punchier, and really improves the scene.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
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    toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    +1 on the B&W, more punch

    Good grab Tony
    Rags
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