Look Closer
Faces in a Crowd 3
Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 13 February 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
Gasparilla is Tampa's version of Mardi Gras. This year's event just took place several weeks ago - Gasparilla commemorates a pirate invasion of Tampa Bay, and there are parades, parties, and all sorts of wildness. People dress up in all sorts of costumes as they stroll along the parade route, in various stages of partying spirit.
What we have here is the correct posture for enticing ladies in red and erstwhile young pirates to throw beads -- in the background intrepid parade watchers, hands raised and waving at the passing float, hoping to get something good tossed their way.
In the foreground, in spite of the red cup in her left hand (filled with pirate grog, no doubt), this Lady in Red is about to really start throwing...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL AT AM3. I am out and probably away from the computer all this week. We are headed to north Georgia to spend Thanksgiving with our son and his wife and her family. I hope everyone who celebrates this holiday has a wonderful day, filled with turkey and gratitude for every blessing. And those who do not, I hope will remember to count their blessings and be thankful. Packing and getting the SUV all set for the drive today; we leave very early Tuesday morning and plan to return sometime Sunday.
Nikon D80
1/320 second
F/5.6
ISO 1000
450 mm (35mm equiv.)