Grassington Dickensian Christmas Festival (Part 1)

[Jimmy_Lemon]

I went to Grassington's Dickensian Christmas Festival last Saturday (it is also on for the next two Saturdays - and it's worth a visit). I have been a few times before, once with a fairly rubbish old camera and then once with my 350D but just with kit lens. This time I was armed with my Nifty Fifty :D Shot in Tv mode for probably the first time ever, decided to stick it onto 60/sec and let it work out its own aperture. These first lot are from just as the sun was starting to go down:

There was a 'dickensian' carriage at the entrance:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1360/Grassington-Entrance.jpg

One of the shop windows:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1360/Grassington-Window.jpg

A couple of characters outside a shop, very much in character letching over the passing ladies etc:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1360/Grassington-Pair1.jpg

The pair in action:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1360/Grassington-Pair2.jpg

This gent was loving it as wanted a photo taken with them:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1360/Grassington-Pose.jpg

C&C more than welcome :)

Thanks for looking.

[Marcel]

Some damn nice ranges of tones in there Mr Lemon.
I'd be quite pleased if I'd have taken those!

[Alex S]

These are great, the nifty fifty did you proud :thumbs:

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Cheers :) Think I might have to head up there again next Saturday if the weather is a bit better.

Forgot to include this one:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1360/Grassington-Punch_n_Judy.jpg

[simmo]

Well tis the season ......

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/simmo0498/merrychristmas.jpg

Nice pics.:D

[Wigwam Jones]

Love those shots - particularly the first one of the carriage!

We have a similar festival here in Holly, Michigan. I was at mine this weekend as well:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wigwam/sets/72157603351284637/

[maddog.mark]

Cracking set there JL:thumbs:

[Cobra]

Yep I agree some great tones there adding to the flavour of the whole thing
Great set :thumbs:

[mmcp42]

excellent pictures!

I wonder why you needed to take #1 at such a funny angle?

[Jimmy_Lemon]

I took that first one at the angle because I like shots at an angle (dont know why) and because it seemed to make it a bit more interesting. Looking back at the straight shots they arent as bad as I thought they were:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1360/Grassington-Entrace2.jpg

Have had fun processing these shots as I was able to go a bit ott with the tonemapping without it looking wrong (or looking wrong to me anyway).

None tonemapped version of the above shot:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1360/Grassington-Entrace2-noprocess.jpg

I love 'HDR' :D

[mmcp42]

tone-mapped is soooo much better
(but then i think non-wonky is better too!)

[Lady Pitstop]

Brilliant set :clap: Love the processing on them :love:

[HanC]

Love them!! where is Grassington?

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Thanks :) Grassington is on the Edge of the Yorkshire Dales, just above Skipton. It's a fairly small village put gets packed out each year with this festival.

[minimeeze]

Great set of shots MR JL. The processing works well on them too.

[moomike]

:agree: Excellent shots mate, very nicely done :thumbs:

[teddyt72]

Very nice, must get me one of those nifty fifties!! Great processing :thumbs:

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Again thanks for all the kind comments :)


Very nice, must get me one of those nifty fifties!! Great processing :thumbs:

This is the first time I have used it in anger even though I have owned it for ages, shooting at f1.8 is actually more fun that I thought it would be :)

Oh and just incase anyone was confused the first shot is the Sigma 10-20 not the Nifty :p

[chewyuk]

Thats last shot of the 2 peeps in the doorway is absolute class, really really good.

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Thanks Chewy :)

[Jo]

Those are great Mr Lemon :thumbs:

[busterboy]

TBH Jimmy these are the best shots by far you have ever posted on these forums.:thumbs:

Wonderful set of images with toning second to none..;)

I might even join you next Saturday subject to the weather, Some real characters among those..:)

[neilyb]

Love the proccessing on the two Ronnies :)

[Jimmy_Lemon]

TBH Limmy these are the best shots by far you have ever posted on these forums.:thumbs:

Wonderful set of images with toning second to none..;)

I might even join you next Saturday subject to the weather, Some real characters among those..:)

Wow thanks :) well apart from calling me Limmy :p

[I MAG images]

Great set, admire the depth of tone and colour....Ian

[gibbo]

:thumbs: brilliant set of shots, excellent very well done. :clap:
mine dont look anything like yours so Im not posting them :lol: Im going back a week saturday to have another go ;) :D
If this isnt a dumb question what processing had you used ??
once again great shots

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Cheers Gibbo :) replied about the processing on the other thread ;)

I was on the look out for other photographers, were you the one in the beany type hat? if that was you I saw you arranging some kids by one of the fire that I wish I had got a shot of.

[gibbo]

Cheers Gibbo :) replied about the processing on the other thread ;)

I was on the look out for other photographers, were you the one in the beany type hat? if that was you I saw you arranging some kids by one of the fire that I wish I had got a shot of.

ok got the reply thanx :thumbs:
Nope that was not me. I was up the top end of town (past the burger van) watching Spoon & co doing the acting / singing. I was dressed in a black cag. Nikon in hand :thumbs: what about you ??

[vecsri]

Ace pics! Was Crew manager Jonny Metcalf around from Grassington 1.4?