Last year I tried similar shots to your first two without success -- it is difficult to get a feel for the participants and sheer numbers of the event. Like mine (unposted), these fall short.
Everything about #4 is wonderful, from the framing with the green on top edge, to the expressions of the women and the washed out windshield with hints of many Santas. But what I especially love is the anonymous hand on the window frame on what appears to be a moving (or soon to be) car. What is he doing!? (And I haven't seen "wing" windows on cars in the US in decades).
Is it possible in #4 the guy's arm we're seeing he's actually pulling the car backwards and she's steering a dead car? Based on the shot previous I'd get the impression it's a clunker at best and his arm is fairly strained or he's just a pumped up/buff guy. The other hand looks like it's pushing as well...
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Edit: For some reason...I thought this was a lizzard_nyc post. My bad michswiss
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Damn, and I was just about to call you on mixing up your funky female fotogs.
Thanks Russ
Everything about #4 is wonderful, from the framing with the green on top edge, to the expressions of the women and the washed out windshield with hints of many Santas. But what I especially love is the anonymous hand on the window frame on what appears to be a moving (or soon to be) car. What is he doing!? (And I haven't seen "wing" windows on cars in the US in decades).
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