Holi Legs - C&C Welcome

[fotugraphy]

Hi, going forward on my photography venture I stopped and clicked another shot. Can you please review it and let me know what exactly is missing for it to make it much better?

Recently i have been to barsana and nandgaon to shoot "Holi" which is a festival of colors in india. Just before the shoot i saw these guys standing and i really like their cloths drenched in colors along with their feet.

The shoot was very tough because my rain cover was fully covered with the colors and i was doing some blind shooting for sometime i.e i was not able to view in view finder or live view.

Please provide your views and suggestion with composition, frame, crops and processing.

Thank You

PS : Please click on the image for lightbox screen view (Highly recommended)




here is the snapshot of the holi festival which was played there in the temple wherecolors and water coming all over the place.



Top view :



Me and my Camera Gear with Protection :

[JamesScott86]

Very nice find and shot.

[fotugraphy]

Very nice find and shot.

thanks for your kind review and appreciation

[bnnrcn]

Very nice image Raj. I can't find a thing to say to improve the image.

[Rob Ekins]

Well worth the look in the light box Raj

Maybe getting lower would improve the composition, this feels as if it is shot looking down at he the subjects.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture, your subjects clothing seemed to survive the festival. Hopefully your gear did as well!

[fotugraphy]

Very nice image Raj. I can't find a thing to say to improve the image.

Thanks for your kind review and appreciation

[fotugraphy]

Well worth the look in the light box Raj

Maybe getting lower would improve the composition, this feels as if it is shot looking down at he the subjects.

Thank you for your valuable review and suggestion

[fotugraphy]

Nice capture, your subjects clothing seemed to survive the festival. Hopefully your gear did as well!

Thanks for your kind review Real holi started after this shot. Here is the snapshot of what it is like... colors and water coming all over the place. Gears survived



Top View :

[Shadowman]

Thanks for your kind review Real holi started after this shot. Here is the snapshot of what it is like... colors and water coming all over the place. Gears survived



Top View :

Nicely captured, I was at a powder run recently and like you was very concerned about my gear. Whenever a few of the participants got a bit too overzealous with the powder, I would quickly retreat to a safer location.

[Manfred M]

Raj - you have a very compelling set of images. I congratulate you on escaping (relatively?) unscathed with functioning and dry gear.

One small suggestion. With images like these, the viewer's eyes tend to run off the page, just because there is so much to see. Adding a very subtle, almost unnoticeable vignette darkens the corners of the image ever so slightly and keeps the viewer's eyes looking at the image without running of the edges.

I've added a subtle vignette in the first shot and the second one is your original.

[DEAN01]

Raj,
All are beautiful shots.

[bnnrcn]

I like the vignette effect , but I prefer the colors in your originals, because I think they are already real colors used in the festival.

[IzzieK]

All these shots Raj are very colourful (pun intended). I like all of them but I like the first one better of all, very simple and yet...interesting...

Just to let you know...here in St. Louis, Missouri, Color Fun Fest will be held this coming May 16, 2015 also part of the Holi festival from India. And no, I am not going ...not game to ruin my camera...might be fun though...here's the link and the official video:

http://colorfunfest5k.com/locations/.../#.VPigxPzF98E

[rpcrowe]

I like all the shots... Especially the expressions on the faces of the men in #2... Somehow, I get the feeling that they were not entirely thrilled with the entire process...

I liked #3 because the colored dust leads me to the subjects.

#1 is great because it is a very unusual, yet very effective angle...

Any problems keeping your camera/lens clean?

[fotugraphy]

Raj - you have a very compelling set of images. I congratulate you on escaping (relatively?) unscathed with functioning and dry gear.

One small suggestion. With images like these, the viewer's eyes tend to run off the page, just because there is so much to see. Adding a very subtle, almost unnoticeable vignette darkens the corners of the image ever so slightly and keeps the viewer's eyes looking at the image without running of the edges.

I've added a subtle vignette in the first shot and the second one is your original.

Thanks a lot for your valuable review and appreciation I will process the other similar shots with a vignette You should plan to cover this holi trip by next year. We have good photo tour from delhi for this place.

[fotugraphy]

Raj,
All are beautiful shots.

thank you for your kind review and appreciation.

[fotugraphy]

I like the vignette effect , but I prefer the colors in your originals, because I think they are already real colors used in the festival.

Thanks a lot for your valuable review and suggestion yes the colors were very vibrant in real

[fotugraphy]

All these shots Raj are very colourful (pun intended). I like all of them but I like the first one better of all, very simple and yet...interesting...

Just to let you know...here in St. Louis, Missouri, Color Fun Fest will be held this coming May 16, 2015 also part of the Holi festival from India. And no, I am not going ...not game to ruin my camera...might be fun though...here's the link and the official video:

http://colorfunfest5k.com/locations/.../#.VPigxPzF98E

Thanks for your kind review and suggestion. If you have good protection, nothing will happen to your camera. We have people who are going there since 8 years Here is what i was talking about lolz its me

[fotugraphy]

I like all the shots... Especially the expressions on the faces of the men in #2... Somehow, I get the feeling that they were not entirely thrilled with the entire process...

I liked #3 because the colored dust leads me to the subjects.

#1 is great because it is a very unusual, yet very effective angle...

Any problems keeping your camera/lens clean?

Thanks for your kind review and suggestion. Yes, they were so lost in the prayers that they were not thrilled

Not problem with all in protecting camera/lens with a good rain cover taped to the hood and good UV Filter to protect the front element. Everything was good. This is something i was talking about... its me with my gear