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photoblog image Carnaval Heist 2008 - School Bus

Carnaval Heist 2008 - School Bus

Last Sunday was a big Carnaval parade in Heist, Belgium. There were many participants all dressed in all kind of things. They all built some nice kind of decorated car. There are a few pictures to show but instead of posting every time one I bundled here two of them together. It's the first time I do that but I like it. Sometimes two images at once can be more powerful then having them separate.

It was pretty to hard to get some decent pictures. These people were constantly walking, jumping, running, partying, doing stupid and throwing confetti in my face. It feels it was harder than taking pictures of children or sports events. For the picture above of the bus with girls I was walking at the same speed to get the shot. Luckily the man with the funny glasses was posing for a second.


TECH-INFO: First I did lens corrections and local contrast improvement in DxO. In Photoshop I used an adjustment curves layer using the overlay blending mode to improve contrast and saturation. Then I added both a vignette. Finally I cropped each of them a bit and put them in one image.

Both pictures have identical exposure info except the one at the left has a shutterspeed of 1/80s.

Carnaval Heist 2008 - School Bus

Last Sunday was a big Carnaval parade in Heist, Belgium. There were many participants all dressed in all kind of things. They all built some nice kind of decorated car. There are a few pictures to show but instead of posting every time one I bundled here two of them together. It's the first time I do that but I like it. Sometimes two images at once can be more powerful then having them separate.

It was pretty to hard to get some decent pictures. These people were constantly walking, jumping, running, partying, doing stupid and throwing confetti in my face. It feels it was harder than taking pictures of children or sports events. For the picture above of the bus with girls I was walking at the same speed to get the shot. Luckily the man with the funny glasses was posing for a second.


TECH-INFO: First I did lens corrections and local contrast improvement in DxO. In Photoshop I used an adjustment curves layer using the overlay blending mode to improve contrast and saturation. Then I added both a vignette. Finally I cropped each of them a bit and put them in one image.

Both pictures have identical exposure info except the one at the left has a shutterspeed of 1/80s.

comments (14)

Very funny shot and excellent colors.
LightningPaul: Thanks smile
Normally I don't like such strong colors so much for people but for carnaval they fit very well.
Me encanta. El juego de las dos fotos funciona perfectamente.
LightningPaul: Thanks a lot. Every comment of you let's me learn more Spanish smile
  • Stephen
  • Canada
  • 25 Feb 2009, 20:29
That's an interesting character
LightningPaul: He was indeed, but I guess his glasses were not adjusted for his eyes because he was looking so funny at me. Thanks for your comment.
great picture!
LightningPaul: Thanks!
Two or more images together can tell the story. Carnivals are all about colour and there is plenty of it here Paul
LightningPaul: I agree about the color and carnaval. For normal shots (so not for the special ones which I mostly make for this blog) I hardly ever increase saturation (sometimes a little bit the vibrancy), but for carnaval pictures I always make an exception. After all, those people tried so hard to look very colorful and flashy.
Such a fascinating picture. The outfits and colors really are impressive. Great capture, very interesting composition.
LightningPaul: Many thanks John!
Excellent surprise, I like this funny yellow diptych, the dimensiojns fit well.
SwissCharles
LightningPaul: Many thanks Charles!
  • Fabrice
  • France
  • 26 Feb 2009, 19:51
Nice atmosphere!! Great color, yellow is bright!
LightningPaul: The overlay blending mode made the yellow very very strong. Ideal for carnaval. The atmosphere was splendid.
The vibrancy works well. I need those glasses.
LightningPaul: I doubt these glasses are good for you, this guy couldn't recognize anything :-D
  • Janina
  • Poland
  • 27 Feb 2009, 19:22
Funny picture.
LightningPaul: Thank you for your visit and comment.
Funny one ! And the flashing yellow is great !
LightningPaul: Thanks! This one of better ones I shot at that day.
  • Ilan
  • Israel
  • 1 Mar 2009, 21:16
Wow, wow, wow, wow and wow again (no copy paste here! Each wow is handmade!)
What a great combination of photos!
I really enjoyed it - thanks for making me laugh smile
LightningPaul: I'm very happy to read that you had a good laugh smile
I appreciate every hand written "wow" a lot.
  • Doum
  • Canada
  • 2 Mar 2009, 16:07
Wow brilliant color. It's the first time I read something about Belgium festival. The vignetting adds something to the scenery.
LightningPaul: Many people love to celebrate carnaval (just like in Brazil). A group works a whole year on a theme. They make a big vehicle, like this bus, dresses & clothing for all the participants. During the parade all those participating groups compete each other to get the first price. The safari team, posted on the 3rd of March on my blog, won the second price.
After the parade they celebrate for 3 days long, day and night. So a whole year working for a few days of crazy fun.
  • frisky
  • United States
  • 6 Mar 2009, 00:31
wow. love the clarity and colours.
LightningPaul: Thanks Frisky smile

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