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Night of the Santas



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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 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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Awards

Contest Finalist in Holiday Vibes Photo Contest
Adorama Gift Cards
Contest Finalist in The Holiday Spirit Photo Contest
Outstanding Creativity
MiyoJergen keithviklund caseywatson marylstephens iradickphotography karensommerslohre annmcmillian +22
Peer Award
2001vermont sunjoy MyLensPassion davidjprosser ileanaandreagmezgavinoser NancyFlemingPhotography RDDIIPhotography +22
Superb Composition
trune66 TimelessPerspective cjaimaging Joanna101 cristinacovas Dragonphotos georgekoncz +21
Top Choice
nikoncameraman morriskleyman CallyC maalikali brodia65 elizabethbaptista OnemoredayPhotography +9
Absolute Masterpiece
Iswift countryside Farhanaj gaetanstjacques Sandyfriedkin1942 vibu darrentan +4
Jaw Dropping
ashnam songbrd
Exceptional Contrast
niloybaruapial andycy
Superior Skill
Crystal3d
All Star
bravesammyjane

Top Ranks

Holiday Vibes Photo ContestTop 10 rank
Holiday Vibes Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 1
Winter Paradise Photo ContestTop 30 rank

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38 Comments | Report
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 January 15, 2014
Nice shot! Congrats on being a finalist!
ArtQ
 
ArtQ January 16, 2014
Congrats on your finalist award.
AndreaE
 
AndreaE January 18, 2014
Awesome shot! Congrats on your win!!
WileKyK
 
WileKyK January 18, 2014
This is well-composed and really creative Christmas shot! Congratulations on your well-deserved win.
leighjg
 
leighjg January 18, 2014
love it
songbrd
 
songbrd January 18, 2014
Awesome! Congrats!
jamesvcase
 
jamesvcase January 18, 2014
outstanding. excellent capture, congrats on the win. well deserved...
debhall Platinum
 
debhall January 18, 2014
Great shot! Congrats on your win...well deserved!
niharpradhan
 
niharpradhan January 18, 2014
amazing one, congrats...
Jeanne713
 
Jeanne713 January 18, 2014
Very creative. Congrats!!
Lionel
 
Lionel January 18, 2014
Cool shot,congrats
MLundberg1
 
MLundberg1 January 18, 2014
Well done!! Very creative!!
lito
 
lito January 18, 2014
Congratulations!
jvillainc Platinum
 
jvillainc January 18, 2014
Enjoy your win - congratulations!
birdlover54
 
birdlover54 January 18, 2014
Congrats! Incredible, colorful, joyous, absolutely love it! Nice job!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta January 19, 2014
Superb image. Congratulations on being the Winner.
ArtQ
 
ArtQ January 19, 2014
Congrats on your win.
HelenRea
 
HelenRea January 19, 2014
Congratulations fantastic image...very nice work! :)))
lindywalker
 
lindywalker January 19, 2014
congrats on your award! nicely done :)
gopalakrishnan
 
gopalakrishnan January 19, 2014
great capture !!
SandraKing
 
SandraKing January 19, 2014
Congrats on your win!!
Firtreemanor
 
Firtreemanor January 19, 2014
That is Wonderful! Congrats on your well deserved finalist spot
jamesvbanksjr
 
jamesvbanksjr January 19, 2014
Congrats on the Win...
uniquefeatures
 
uniquefeatures January 19, 2014
Congrats
Redtinboat
 
Redtinboat January 20, 2014
Really great color and action.
Grevandi
 
Grevandi January 20, 2014
great shot...congrats
JTomMesser
 
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.
andycy
 
andycy January 20, 2014
wonderful, peace joy and ho ho ho
Kraay
 
Kraay January 20, 2014
Congratulations!!
Lewisia_rediviva
 
Lewisia_rediviva January 21, 2014
The colours create a great mood!
I love this photo!
nicken
 
nicken January 21, 2014
Love it. Congrats
brodia65
 
brodia65 January 21, 2014
Congrats! :)
jsinon
 
jsinon January 22, 2014
Great shot and Congrats!!
tsambaproductions
 
tsambaproductions January 25, 2014
congrats
changezi
 
changezi February 15, 2014
nice
AJU3D
 
AJU3D March 09, 2014
wow nice click
Crystal3d
 
Crystal3d June 10, 2014
So creative love it.
adavies PRO+
 
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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Behind The Lens

Location

Millennium Park Chicago, IL.

Time

Just before sunset.

Lighting

All ambient lighting no flash used.

Equipment

Nikon D700 with Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8

Inspiration

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.

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