Mardi Gras Time! CC if you'd like.

[Geaux]

Hey guys, first weekend of Mardi Gras just passed and finally decided to not drink AS much and bring the camera out for some play. Not much I can do with the shadows and harsh sun, as I can't predict the weather or tell a parade to only run in the golden hour :lmao:. I had to make due with what I had.

1. US Marine Core almost always opens up the parade whereever it may be.

2. Largest and most well known high school band during Mardi Gras. During the 2 week period, they'll march in 14 parades throughout the city (Could be 2 parades a day, as there aren't parades on all 14 days of Mardi Gras)

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I didn't put all my shots up (still editing!), but these area few.

More can be found here if these caught your interest enough to see the others: Mardi Gras 2011 - a set on Flickr

 

[Corvphotography]

Great colors! what was used?

 

[inaka]

Did you use a Sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens for this?
I really like the wide angle distortion in most shots. Especially #3 and #5 which are my favorites.
If it's possible to clone out the two shadows over the left shoulder of the subject, that would be even better.

I really like this series.

 

[Geaux]

I used my sigma 10-20 for all the shots, for #3 I tried to dodge out the shadows a bit, but I'll give it a shot on cloning. I thought about doing it, but then went against it (lazy lol)

 

[Stradawhovious]

Sweet.

Nice shots!

 

[misstwinklytoes]

Oh! I miss home! I wish I were there right now with a great babysitter and half a dozen drinks!

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Geaux]

Bump. Anyone else with thoughts or technical CC to add?