Winter Wonderland

[Jim Kuo]

It's that time of the year again when they turn a large section of Hyde Park into torture spectacles. The weather was nice today so we went to check it out with my friend's young family.

And I took some pictures in the process.

#1, this is the picture of the day for me. My friend's 4 year old calmly walking towards the arena with his mum.

#2

#3

#4, who in the right mind would... This picture is the right way up, by the way.

#5, a kid got excited amongst the chaos.

#6

#7, people making the most of the rare good weather.

#8, on the way to Hyde Park, caught this ray of sun at 11am!

Taken with my old 30D + Sigma 55-200mm.

Thanks for viewing .

Jim

 

[Davie Hudson]

again if we have to choose , 1,2 and 8 are outstanding for totally different reasons ... excellent

 

[adrian jordin]

I like #1 ...it almost has a 1950's feel to it for some reason...

#2 and #3 have to be my favourites though for capturing the feel on the funfair.

 

[Jim Kuo]

Thanks Davie and Adrian .

The atmosphere was great, amongst all the activities, we were almost given a free reign to take pictures of people and kids, something I am not totally comfortable in doing usually.

 

[Darren Turner]

1 is frickin awesome with that backdrop and the silhouette style, really love what you have captured here. Not to sure about blur showing moment of rides personally. 7 is also very good, lazing around it a bit of mid November sun love the shadows appearing on the deck chairs and the people busy in the background.

Great set of images events like this make for great photography don't they

Daz

 

[Brian Moore]

#1 has a very '50s feel. Cold, gray, overcoats, colorless. Very nice. I like #2 a lot also, with its kaliedascopic colors in motion and that pair of yellowish boots seemingly frozen in mid air. Very good, Jim.

 

[Pete Askew]

No 1 really is a bit special isn't it Jim although I also really like No3. How about cutting the deckchair shot in half so you keep only the two figures as silhouettes on the right?

 

[Jim Kuo]

I am glad #1 seems to be going down well, I love it a lot, too. I knew I had something special as soon as I saw the scene (before pressing the shutter) .

Pete, did you mean square crop on #7?

 

[Pete Askew]

Doesn't have to be Just to get the figures on the right only. Cropping the right side to exlude the walking figures could work well I think.

 

[Jim Kuo]

Thanks Pete, like this?

 

[Pete Askew]

Perfect Jim. The silhouettes are just so strong, especially the hat!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

What a fantastic set Jim. Especially number one.... Wow!!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

#1 is the sort of shot you hope for each day you go out, but rarely achieve - nice one!

#2 I love - the movement and the colour.

#8 - Now that's a nice shaft of light - you know that would make a killer B&W right?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

 

[Pete Askew]

And it does!

 

[Jim Kuo]

Nice one Chris!

 

[Hamish Gill]

your a really natural photographer Jim!
Really great shots
The 1st is indeed a beauty!
And Chris has doen exactly what i would have done to the last one!
great set!

 

[Jim Kuo]

Thanks Hamish for the kind words.

It's great to see that some pictures occasionally turn out pleasing.