Japanese Festival - Labor Day Weekend #2
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I don’t have too many photos from Japanese Festival in the Missouri Botanical Gardens to offer this year. I was there for a few hours, but took my time and was selective about framing things up. I love this festival and regret not making it back for a follow up shoot on day two, there was just a lot to cover and I was tuckered out by Sunday. I missed the Greek Festival at St. Nicholas and the Central West End Jazz and Blues Fest altogether.
35mm | f/4.5 | 1/640 | ISO 200
I’m still sheepish with the 35mm prime lens. I love the way it shoots, I’m just very used to framing things with a 50mm view. This family happened to take a knee together right in front of me as I ate a quick lunch of noodles and I surreptitiously changed from the 50 to the 35 and grabbed this.
35mm | f/4 | 1/1000 | ISO 10000
I like it when one set of eyes finds the lens. The little girl on the right was on to me, while the others chatted amongst themselves. The fast shutter and high ISO are a result of the mixed lighting—a bright background of full windows in the background, with the same windows at my back lighting the subjects along with indoor lighting. I could have corrected the graininess in post but in this case I liked it.
85mm | f/2.2 | 1/250 | ISO 3200
85mm | f/6.3 | 1/5000 | ISO 8000
50mm | f/11 | 1/640 | ISO 6400
85mm | f/9 | 1/160 | ISO 10000
50mm | f/5 | 1/500 | ISO 640
Bonus shot—a scene of couples dancing at the Tower Grove Farmer’s Market 20th anniversary.
