Taken in Millennium Park during SantaCon 2011. Folks dress as Santa and go on a pub crawl in downtown Chicago. They stop at landmarks and sing bawdy Christmas C...
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Taken in Millennium Park during SantaCon 2011. Folks dress as Santa and go on a pub crawl in downtown Chicago. They stop at landmarks and sing bawdy Christmas Carols.
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Contest Finalist in Holiday Vibes Photo Contest
Adorama Gift Cards
Contest Finalist in The Holiday Spirit Photo Contest
Outstanding Creativity
Peer Award
Superb Composition
Top Choice
Absolute Masterpiece
Jaw Dropping
Exceptional Contrast
Superior Skill
All Star
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WileKyK
January 18, 2014
This is well-composed and really creative Christmas shot! Congratulations on your well-deserved win.
JTomMesser
January 20, 2014
Beautiful picture, fantastic technique and awareness, but the best representation of the Holiday Spirit? Pub Crawling Santas-----------Singing Bawdy Christmas Carols? Why this category?nnI either missed something or the Judges were thinking of a different Holiday than I. Kinda takes away from the whole ViewBug experience.
adavies
December 23, 2015
Awesome! Love this! Please consider joining my Santa Sightings challenge ( viewbug.com/challenge/santa-sightings-photo-challenge-by-adavies) :)
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Location
Millennium Park Chicago, IL.Time
Just before sunset.Lighting
All ambient lighting no flash used.Equipment
Nikon D700 with Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8Inspiration
It was purely an accident. A matter of me being in the right place at the right time. I was photographing the Bean, when all of a sudden all these Santa's entered the plaza. I quickly set my camera and captured this shot hand held.Editing
I brought up the saturation and some noise reduction.In my camera bag
Nikon full frame DSLR, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8, Nikon 16mm f/2.8 fisheye.Feedback
Always be prepared to get a shot. I had a second or two to get set and shoot. Know your gear and don't be afraid to try. The beautiful thing about shooting digital is that your mistakes are free.