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San Francisco Carnaval 2019
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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:11 am    Post subject: San Francisco Carnaval 2019 Reply with quote

San Francisco Carnaval 2019

Just an experiment in event photography. All shot with the Tamron 70-200/2.8 DI LD
All at f/4. Many are quite heavily cropped.

I was trying for "portrait" photography in a challenging situation, that is, catching the moment where a bit of character shows.

This is very much like sports photography, where one is heavily dependent on the AF speed and the quality of the lens. To give myself a better chance I went for f/4, for a bit more DOF.
The Tamron 70-200 is a very sharp lens, and has accurate AF, but the AF speed on the Pentax K3 is not ideal for this sort of thing. The latest camera-lens combos have almost magic AF speed.

Carnaval at the end of May is odd, but this is San Francisco and one must take the weather into account. This place is not tropical. It has also turned into a sort of pan-Latino festival, with contigents of all the peoples from Mexico to Chile.

Note that that day the temperature was around 60F/15-16C, so consider the endurance and hardiness of all these dancers along a four-hour route.

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2019 4:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2019 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like 1 Like 1 Especially first two and #15

Will you be repeating this "experiment" for real next time? Smile


PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2019 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats Happy Cat Whoo Turtle


PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2019 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Happy Dog Happy Dog
Nice colourful results!


PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Very nice photos with superb colors!


PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2019 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Been trying to choose a favourite, and I get a different one every time *sigh*.

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PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2019 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like a fun event! And you captured it wonderfully, Luis.


PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good series ! Like 1


PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like 1 Like 1 Like 1 very well done!!