[Leica] Amsterdam Pride 2006

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

What a party!

Thanks for the dose of lewdness. It's just what's needed on occasion;^)

Ric


On Aug 7, 2006, at 5:48 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
>
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