Yup!
Unfortunately I didn't get any decent shots this year, In fact I almost didn't ask as I'd seen them accosted every few yards as they came up the street.
The one I posted above was a tad overexposed and this was a quick fix with the RAW file, which I messed up, I really must learn to process RAW properly

Neither did I, I was snapping and chatting and realised they looked familiar, at least the chap she was with did......this is Danni Check her pic in my portfolio and do a comparison.

Were off to Asylum in September (if we can find somewhere to stay), I don't think funds will stretch to another break in November but may try to pop out for the day if Mrs Spider can find a suitable outfit that's comfortable to wear in the car.

Do you recognise this girl David?

Sorry folks but it's that time of year again

I've not done much with these other than crop, levels and sharpen, with the exception of the first shot to which I applied a warm up filter and a little work with the healing brush.

This is the young lady who I mentioned in the "other" thread, I really love this look so maybe I should think about attending a 40s weekend




Next up is a chap who's contacts really freaked me out, fortunately he didn't bite me




Quick snap next, I have better shots of this girl but had to include the one with the teeth




One more before you all fall asleep.

I remember that, I still have the scar across my skull

Wrong place wrong time John, whereas most of the rudeness I witnessed was on Saturday I did see several incidents today, one female photographer butted in whilst I was taking a couple of shots and whisked the girl away to a passage off the main street keeping her there for several minutes while the rest of her family waited on the street, I was left with what in effect was a couple of quick snaps

Perhaps she thought my Pentax with 16-50 DA* wasn't up to the task

Oddly enough the rudeness seems to come from a small minority of Cannon users with long grey lenses, the Nikon togs seem fine and will happily chat about photography and not cameras.

I have to confess I actually grabbed a couple of shots today of a young lady without asking first

She was very attractive and rather saucily dressed so the togs were all over her (figuratively speaking), I did wait a while longer and finally got to ask if I could go in closer for a couple of head and shoulder portraits, she had a great 40s look and her hair and make uo were excelent, I have no doubt she probably has a Model Mayhem page and is either already modeling or building a portfolio.

I really hope she contacts me for the pics as they look good on the laptop so should be even better once I get them home and properly prcessed, I may even post them here and make HG wish he'd come on the Sunday.

But, yes I also witnessed an awful lot of rudeness and monopolising of the more attractive girls by both male AND female photographers, and also overheard one tog reciting the law on photography in public places, I thought "yeah you creep, but it dosn't mean people have to stop and pose for you".

Having said all that I did have a lengthy chat with one chap who admitted I was the first person he'd actually asked for a picture, confessing that he was unsure of himself and not really a portrait photographer, I delicately told him to man up and just ask people and that he would get far better shots and also more respect from the "models"

Says the man who recently aquired the AF 1.7 converter at a knock down price.

I wasn't aware you even had a C or D but well done, although looking at your style and quality of work it's not really surprising

I like it either way Stan, left as it is or cropped into a letterbox.

I would clone out that irritating dark smudge on the left hand edge of the frame though.