Photographer's Note
The place.
When I visited Madrid there was an event called San Isidro Festival.
San Isidro (San Isidro Labrador) is the patron saint of the peasants and laborers and is also the patron saint of Madrid. Tradition has it that on May 15th the people of Madrid are to make a pilgrimage to San Isidro's meadow to celebrate his day and to drink the holy water of his fountain in his hermitage's patio. Madrid's biggest "fiesta" (party) is celebrated yearly starting on the Friday before the 15th and running until the following Sunday, 9 days of Saintly jubilee throughout the Comunity of Madrid. Many revelers still dress up in the traditional garb of the "ιpoca" (period) called "Chulapo or Chulapa" (Men are "Chulapos" and women "Chulapas") which is Madrid's national dress. "Chulapa/o" comes from the word "Chulo" which means "a bit full of oneself" or "very dapper" and since the Madrileρos (those from Madrid) are the most "dapper", the name stuck. They pride themselves on being true Madrileρos and the men wear a checkered cap, waistcoat and handkerchief around their necks while the women's getup is composed of fancy lace ridden dresses complete with a headress and "Mantσn" (elegant wrap around shawl).
I made some nice picture from the dressed young Madrileρos. You can see here the first.
The picture
The boy headed to the church with his family but he escaped for a minute and examined the door and a the fence from closer.
I followed his action from the other side of the street with big smile!
Technical:
PP - Small cropping, added saturatuion, Framing
Exposure time [s]: 1/320
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Exposure mode: Auto
Exposure bias [EV]: 0,0
F-Number: F5,6
Focal length [mm]: 200
35mm focal length [mm]: 300
ISO value: 200
Max. aperture: F5,7
Digital zoom: Off
Subj. distance range: Unknown
Flash: Not fired
Metering mode: Multi-segment
Gain control: None
Light source: Unknown
White balance: Auto
Contrast: Normal
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Hard
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Critiques | Translate
sabyasachi1212
(19779) 2006-09-20 14:54
Hi Miklos,
That is one curious kid:) He is surely dressed for the occasion and wants to find out a lot of things.
Well seen and well captured.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi
imrek
(4) 2006-09-21 3:38
Hi Miklos,
nice to find new post from you, well captured scene, i like it!
regards,
imre
brevbrev14
(140) 2006-09-21 4:10
Hi MIki, i like very much this beautiful boy and his dresses!Very good idea to shoot it not with the face in you camera!Very nice compo!
CIao
Valeria
fabio_ts
(13696) 2006-09-21 11:30
The picture is wonderful.. I love it.. I like a lot how you have captured the perfect dressed boy curiosity... excellent work my friend, compliments!!
ciao,
Fabio.
CRATEOS
(7278) 2006-09-24 3:01
The almost two colored foto make the present varius..and the framing is almost zoomed..make the emfasis biger to the thema...exelland managmend the light..inall frame...perfect notes...a beaute presentation!!!GNGRS Nikiforos
Nina
(5099) 2006-09-24 11:07
Good one Miklos. Why? I'm not sure but I like the story and the picture combined! :)
rosaline
(0) 2006-09-26 4:05
Hi Miklos
Great shot and one that captures the boy in a nice, quaint outfit. This is great work. And the boy looking down at the big gates adds a good sense of scale. Nice framing and good light. I like the note too. Well captured.
Aubrey
Anna--
(7801) 2006-09-28 15:03
Ciao Miklos,
I like much this photo because the child doesn't look in the camera and is a natural laying. Well framed
Anna
Photo Information
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Copyright: Miklos Marczis (MikiM)
(1924)
- Genre: Άνθρωποι
- Medium: Έγχρωμο
- Date Taken: 2006-05-15
- Categories: Γιορτές, Αστείο, Γεγονός, Αποφασιστική στιγμή
- Camera: Nikon D200, Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR
- Έκθεση: f/5.6, 1/320 δευτερόλεπτα
- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
- Θέμα(τα): Young Chulapas and Chulapos from Madrid [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2006-09-20 14:25
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