March 23, 2008

NY Easter Sunday "Hat" Parade

I was in New York City this weekend, and had a chance to see the annual Easter Sunday "Hat" parade that takes place on 5th Avenue and 50th. The police close down the street and thousands of people come to see this annual festivity.


All images shot with the K20D and my favorite lens - the 31mm Limited. I shot in RAW at IS0 400, at apertures of f/4.5 and f.5.6. Due to the lighting conditions primarily on the subjects faces, I was using exposure compensation on most of these shots of +.5 to +1.0. All images converted from PEF in Adobe Camera Raw 4.4 and PhotoShop "as shot" and converted to JPEGs for uploading here. I did throw in one politically relevant image, and I was very impressed with the patriotic madam in the last photo, as it was a very cold day here!














3 comments:

  1. 31LE is very nice lens. I like those funny hat especially #1 & #4....so big..O_O!!

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  2. I like the display of easter parade hats. One of them looks suspiciously like it might be a self-portrait! Congrats on the Pentax job -- sounds perfect for you. Always fun to see what you're up to. The blogging is right up your alley, too! Hope all is well.
    Joanne

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  3. Anonymous2:02 PM

    I've been a silent admirer of your work. This is really a great group of photos. GO Obama !

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