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Location
I took this picture while attending Scott Kelby's 2nd Worldwide Photo Walk in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany in 2012 (The year in the meta data is wrong, I only found out later about my wrong settings).Time
It was taken on 11:15 am on October 15th, so the sun stood almost as high as possible. It was about half way in the photo walk. Two women of our group were standing on a low wall and posing when I saw their shadows in the grass. When they did some fun poses like "walking like an egyptian", I took the shot.Lighting
Normally, noon light with the harsh shadows is a bad time for making good photos, but in this case, the strong sun was ideal for getting this spontaneous shot.Equipment
At that time, I used a Nikon D700 full frame camera. For this shot, I used my 70-200/2.8 VR lens at 70mm.Inspiration
We were walking around Braunschweig in a group of 50 photographers as part of the worldwide photo walk organized by Scott Kelby. So we were all walking the same route and were looking for interesting subjects and perspectives. When I saw these strong and funny looking silhouettes, I just took the shot.Editing
In the original shot, there was the hand of another photographer in the upper right corner (as already mentioned, I wasn't alone at that moment), so I had to remove that. 11 years ago, there was a bit less support from Photoshop than nowadays, but with some cloning and copying, I could hide that hand. Apart from that, I only increased the contrast and saturation a bit to make the shadows more prominent.In my camera bag
As my full frame equipment got to heavy for my taste, I later switched to the Micro Four Thirds system. Currently, I have an OM Systems OM-1 with a bunch of lenses ranging from an 8mm Fisheye to a 500mm super telephoto lens. As I started making pictures of people a few years ago (when attending another, local photo walk), I now also have an extensive flash system with some off-camera flashes, light stands etc. So I ended up with more and more heavy gear than when I had my Nikon equipment, but I never take my whole equipment on a shoot anyways...Feedback
A photo walk is a great way to train your eye. There's a group of people which walk the same route and have (mostly) the same possibilities for taking interesting pictures. So it is always interesting to compare these pictures afterwards - which often leads to moments where you thought "Darn, why didn't I see this perspective or situation..."
