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Clown on Parade
Clown on Parade
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-01 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jan 6, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500s
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2007

 This is from the 2007 Mummers Parade in Philadelphia. I shot the parade last year, but this year I REALLY got into it. I got some amazing images from 6 hours of shooting(500+ shots).

The Mummers are hard to explain if you've never seen them or heard of them. It's a tradition in Philadelphia that was brought here from European roots but it's taken on a unique life of it's own. The New Year's Brigades or New Year's Associations are groups who compete on New Year's Day for a trophy in one of 4 divisions. The brigades spent the entire year designing, orchestrating, and practicing their routines for the BIG day.

Who and what are Mummers?
On New Year's Day in Philadelphia, Mummer's the word
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Normally it's held on New Year's Day, but since the costumes and set pieces are fragile, rain dates do occur. This year's parade actually happened on 1/6.

Editing: Tried something new. Shot in RAW and ran it all through Picasa2 for some painless fast editing. They've really done some good work on it since I last used it. Crop, Shadow/highlight/fill-light, Sharpen.

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02/01/2007 06:50:25 PM
Good photo, nice colors
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 02/01/2007 06:08:43 PM
not a very happy clown.... 6
 02/01/2007 08:00:32 AM
Nice DOF, this clown looks tired
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