Festive Season

Blowing a Christmas Kiss
1/80 sec | f/2.8 | ISO 6400 | 70mm

We have made it to the festive season . It is supposed to be the “silent season,” a time of quiet reflection and anticipation preceding Christmas. But we all know that Advent is rather the most busiest time of the year. For sure also for The Significant Other and myself. But to get in the mood, at least photographically, I grabbed the Leica and headed into town for some monochrome street photography on Nuremberg’s famous Christkindlesmarket on the historic main square in the Old Town. Click below to see the the rest of the day’s images…

Christkindlesmarkt Selfie
1/125 sec | f/2.8 | ISO 2000 | 70mm

Bratwurst Stall on Nuremberg's Christkindlesmarkt
1/125 sec | f/2.8 | ISO 500 | 70mm

Mirror mirror in the hand
1/125 sec | f/2.8 | ISO 3200 | 70mm

Awing at christmas decorations on Nuremberg's Christkindlesmarkt
1/125 sec | f/2.8 | ISO 1250 | 70mm

Street photography for me is all about capturing gesture, the faces and stories of the streets. Getting five “keepers” out of an hour of shooting (well, interrupted by drinking mulled wine and eating Bratwurst, a must during festive season) is not a bad result.

Images captured with the Leica SL2-S and the Leica Vario Elmarit F/2.8 24-70 ASPH. Postprocessing with Adobe Lightroom Classic.

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Have a great Sunday

Marcus

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    1. Thanks, Jill, much appreciated! Yeah, it really takes time and patience to find those special shots among all those people. It works only when I’m focussing on photography. “Drive-by” shots when being on the market with the family and only snap-shooting on the side don’t work. Especially, after stopping a second or two for the image, I tend do not find my people any more 😉

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