Winter Solstice, a photo from Victoria, East

Photographer's Note

June 20th. Belgrave in the Dandenong Hills.
People from the various villages in the hills gathered in Belgrave to celebrate the Winter solstice with a lantern parade.
I went there as well, not expecting much but I ended up being pleasantly surprised. I saw many original lanterns ranging from creatures from the deep oceans to giant cockatoos and dragonflies.
It was a challenge to shoot people at low light. i did not want to use flashlight and so ends dup with most images either blurry, grainy or both.
I like this photo as it captures the children's expectations and excitement. Mind you, the adults were children all over again for this evening. Lots of laughter and smiling faces, even if it was bitterly cold.

CLODO, COSTANTINO, omid266, adores, Tigerlily, clic has marked this note useful

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Sergiom (117241) 2015-06-20 4:52

Bonjour Klaudio,

J'aime beaucoup cette composition tr鑣 originale. L'utilisation des reflets est superbe et la gestion de la lumi鑢e tr鑣 difficile est excellente.

Amicalement

Serge

CLODO (45116) 2015-06-20 5:28

Bonjour Klaudio (je vois que tu 閏ris en fran鏰is!)

le flash aurait d閠ruit cette atmosph鑢e et avec les photos num閞iques, on peut augmenter les ISO, controler tout de suite les r間lages et r閍gir en cas.
Les enfants semblent ravis de leurs pieuvres qui agitent leurs tentacules dans le vent froid.
En WS, une image du m阭e type r閍lis閑 lors d'un mariage � 3 h du matin
Bon WE
CLODO

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sayeed_rahman (6461) 2015-06-20 8:51

Lovely soft tones, a lovely slice of daily life, there is always a child in us. Upto us if we want to ignore it or or explore it..the woman on the extreme left, my first thought was that a nice juxtaposition with the mannequin but turn out to be the mother, the child looks at you suspiciously.."mama...why is that man taking out picture, tugging the hand of the mother."
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incidentally, arnold Schwarzenegger was at madam tussads few days back and was posing like a wax statue and people gathered around him and admired how the was model looked so lifelike..one woman said "it looks so real" Arnold turned towards her and said "I am real" and the woman screamed and freaked out but only to have a great laugh....

take care
sayeed

COSTANTINO (115645) 2015-06-20 8:58

Hello dear Kluadio and have a nice time
I love the traditions and photos like this
one presenting people from the various villages
in the hills gathered in Belgrave to celebrate
the winter solstice with a lantern parade
nice timing
tradition is always tradition
regards
Costantino

omid266 (6814) 2015-06-20 20:35

Salam dear Klaudio,

So lovely framing shot from tradition in great and old country Australia , a Dream place for me with its culture and history,

Very well exposure, fine note and Thanks!

P.S.i am rather agree with your previous comment about Nature in Iran and behaviour of some we Iranians towards Mother Nature and

Hope to have Better Nature in my country to support and hold it clean and fresh for all people,

Heavenly Regards,***

kasianowak (17672) 2015-06-21 0:18

Zdravo Klaudio
This photo is like an 18th century painting - chiaroscuro in best Caravaggio style. The white lanterns flying in the wind add to the painterly feel and with their resemblance to jelly fish make the mood a bit surreal too.
Srdacni pozdrav
Kasia

willperrett (14195) 2015-06-21 1:28

Hello Klaudio

Well the quality of this image is excellent, despite the challenging shooting conditions. No sign of noise at this scale (I wonder if you used any noise reduction?), and it's sharp too as far as we can tell. The high ISO has helped to give you an adequately-fast shutter speed, without delivering too much noise. Smart work.

Regards

Will

batalay (41261) 2015-06-21 3:28

Hello Klaudio,

This is veritable 17th century Dutch art, with light and colors evocative of Rembrandt's Night Watch. What a beautiful photograph, one of the best I've seen in weeks!

Warm regards,

Bulent

sami48 (86) 2015-06-21 13:27

Salam Klaudio

This photo is really beautiful, I like specially the feelings in the kids' faces.

kind regards,
Samira

unclehotshot (4004) 2015-06-30 2:03

Hi Klaudio.
There is a kind of macic to this scene: the low key composition with the dim blue and orange lights allows us to see the group of children and parents in the celebration of the solstice. A fine every-day situation well captured. The absence of flash is a smart choice; it's a completely different outcome.
Cheers and have a good day.
Frank
PS Thank you for your critiques. I'm sorry I couldn't recall the earlier ones. Apologies.

adores (46979) 2015-07-03 16:35

Hi Klaudio!
They look like octopus:)! What a beautiful effect and you managed light very well, we can see their faces and the octopus really stand out!

Tigerlily (3381) 2015-08-05 8:27

A wonderfully taken image, I like the color and light, you have done a fantastic job.., Klaudio. 1/10 at handheld.. great skill very well done.
Regards,
JS.

clic (76) 2015-08-10 6:16

Hello Klaudio
My first thought was for the the great painting masters whose works are exposed in churches or dark museums.
The characters are subtly lit the same way and their casual postures, quite appealing, as they surround a white holiness1
Hava g'day.
Robert