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Venice Carnevale 2011
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I spent a week in Venice this year during the second half of Carnevale, and captured these shots during my visit.
tiny-doge by marcdaly101, on Flickr
IMG_0700 by marcdaly101, on FlickrGreat shots! I particularly love the first one of the child. Not sure if you edit, but if so, I’d love to see it with the bright bits in the background removed. Especially the shirts ruffles above the head. That’s a winner!
Dee :)
Thanks Dee, and totally agree about the distracting details in the background. Apart from a very tight crop from the original group shot, I haven’t edited this particular shot. Since I’ve finally edited the other 350 images from my trip, it’s definitely time to return to this shot.
Hi Marc,
IMO the 2 images here really demonstrate how different light can affect an image.
The light in #1 is even across the face while the light in #2 is quite harsh and uneven.I really like #1.
As mentioned the light creates a nice pleasing exposure and the colors are very nice.
I agree with Dee re the distracting elements in the background although you have blurred them well.
Some skilful PP would reap dividends here with what is already a very good photograph.I can see why you would photograph the character in #2.
The colourful makeup and costume make for an interesting subject.
As mentioned the lighting is a little unsympathetic but without directing the subject there is little you
could have done.Well done.
John.
Definitely John, and I’ll give a little background on how and where they were taken to back you up :)
The shot of the little girl was taken in quite significant shade, while she (and her family) were posing in the covered shopping walkway that surrounds San Marco square. I was using a 50 mm lens at 1.4, focused on the littlest one of the group of four. This is actually only a quarter of the full shot, due to the framing limitations of the prime lens, and the crush of other photographers around me :) There was no direct sunlight at all on the girl, and I luckily managed to avoid taking the shot while someone else’s flash was firing.
In completely the opposite lighting circumstances, the old gentleman was passing by (ever so slowly) in the tightly packed crowd in the centre of San Marco square. He was kind enough to stop for a couple of seconds for me after already being waylaid by another photographer, and I grabbed two shots. My main aim was to isolate him from his surroundings and capture his great, lived in, yet full of life, expression. As you’ve mentioned John, the sun was indeed beating down (or at least sideways), giving harsh lighting, but it give me a clean background I didn’t need to work on :)
In general, I’ve never seen so many photographers in one place, and certainly that amount of top end photographic equipment. The shooting experience I could only compare to being a paparazzi, rabid groups of photographers gathering around a particularly colourful subject, jostling for position, hissing at a colleague who wanders into shot. It was hectic, but the number of people who were happily and politely posing for us all was just fantastic, and the sheer effort many of them had put in to their costumes was very impressive. I would recommend a trip to Venice during Carnevale to anyone.
Hi Marc,
I think that background and details is very interesting and useful.
I have been an advocate of providing such information, including camera/lens settings, with
images posted here.The circumstances of how a photograph is made can be very helpful in understanding the final result.
It also helps when trying to give advice as to how the image might be improved.Well done and thanks for your comprehensive reply.
John.
You’ve motivated me to do a bit of tweaking to the image, and I’ve included the new version below.
venice-girl by marcdaly101, on Flickr
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