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Don't inhale... (King Richards Faire, MA)

from Tundra Slosek (tundras@draconis.com)

Taken Early November '97 at King Richard's Faire in Mass, with a Nikon N6006, Quantaray 70-300 f/4-5.6, handheld (and somewhere at the tele end).

While this is one of my favorite pictures (difficult conditions, and the only shot I took of this performer, but it came out just right)... I don't know if it does anything as a photograph for anyone else.

One of the things I often have trouble with in my photos is the background - in this shot I was specifically hoping to get the background out of focus. Looking at it now, I'd rather have the background even more out of focus. I do find it charming that one of the kids sitting behind the fence isn't looking at the firebreather. I also wonder about the woman taking a shot to the left of the firebreather's head. What does her photo look like? Am I visible in her photo? What is the man saying to her?

I suppose one could look at a picture like this as a fan of Ren Fairs, as a fan of firebreathing, as a tourtist, as a photographer, etc... When you mull over a photo do you put on different hats?

(posted 8673 days ago)

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