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Burningman and my GRD2

JDavila

New member
These were shot both in JPEG and RAW but have yet to work with them in raw. I will be getting my Lightroom program this week but could not wait to post some of these.

Had the best time of my life during my first BURN in the Nevada Desert.




Jd
 

ShiroKuro

New member
These are great !!! I really hope to see more of your images of Burn.. must of been an amazing experience .... had a friend that went to Burning Man couple of years ago ..... Its all he talked about for a very long time ...... bit like a religious experience ' )
 

JDavila

New member
Thank you Shirokuro for the kind words.

This was my first "religious experience" at Burning man. The best way to describe it would be Mad max meets the MOMA meets Studio 54 meets Woodstock. All of this would still not describe what this place was like.

Here are a couple of more jpegs. Still waiting for the program lightroom to play with these.
 

ChrisDauer

Workshop Member
Haha, I recognize some of those shots (the Furry Music Bus, the man from the Bummer or the Tower) ;-) Great shots, all!

I just purchased a Pentax W60 so I'll have a "protected" camera for next year. Took the 5D, 40D, and the M's this year. 40D has zero dust issues, so I'm looking forward to the 5D2 and it's anti-dust capability.
 

helenhill

Senior Member
Jeff

The last shot is sooo Beautiful....
The embrace, the flesh, the earth,
the mesh of it all entwined / Love it :)
Cheers! H
 

JDavila

New member
Re: Burningman and my GRD 2

Gero,

Thank you...Burn is short for Burning Man.

Chris Daurer,

Thank you, glad to hear you going next year as well. I did not use my GX100 because it was a zoom. Had zero problem with the GRD2 since it was a fixed lens, Although I did use a filter during the sand storms. Why take a chance.
And last but not least.......

Helen,

Thanks for hooking me up with this great little gem. It was a great investment and thank you for comments always.

The Next B&W is a shot of my best friend Mike of who finally convinced me to go to burning man. Again I cannot wait to play with these in it's RAW format.
 
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JDavila

New member
Thanks ddk, Lili, and Erik, for all the great feedback!!

ddk...there is always next year!!!!


This was such a great experience. Yes there were highs and lows. Like getting lost in a sand storm driving in circles(made for a great story) but allot more highs.

This second shot is of a stunning woman grieving at what is called the Temple one day before they burned it.

I will return to this one in color because her hair is braided with a beautiful emerald green when I get lightroom.
 
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wbrandsma

Guest
Amazing work, Jef! Very strong photographs, in particular the B&W photographs are very good I think.

Keep on posting.
 

JDavila

New member
Erik,

Funny I felt the sam way when I was there.

Here is another look at the shot but with more people taken within seconds of the first. I thought the first shot worked better because of the rhythm I feel when looking it.

Oh yeah thats me holding the camera.
 
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