Theemidhi (Firewalking Festival)

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Theemidhi or Fire Walking Ceremony/Festival honours Goddess Draupadi, heroine of the epic poem "Mahabarata" and deified by the Hindus of South India as Draupadi Amman.

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[matrix_2k]

Nicely captured... thanks for sharing.

[Jesmun18]

prefer the BW version.... for the color version, it will be better if color is more vibrant..

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Originally Posted by matrix_2k Nicely captured... thanks for sharing.

Thank you

Originally Posted by Jesmun18 prefer the BW version.... for the color version, it will be better if color is more vibrant..

I like the B&W version too!
I just collected some more photos today. See if they're vibrant enough?

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[Paperkurt]

cool. nice coverage. prefer the 2nd post onwards

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Originally Posted by Paperkurt cool. nice coverage. prefer the 2nd post onwards

Thank you.

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1 year later.
It was a great experience taking photographs of this event from midnight to noon the next day.

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[simplequirk]

Thanks for sharing. These are awesome. Your pictures have a very compassionate, personal slant, which I like. It's not easy to photograph people up close, especially guarded Singaporeans.

I would have liked to see a greater DOF in pictures like #35, 13, 6, would have given them a bit more context, i think.

I also like that you don't flaunt your equipment models! Ha ha.

I'm guessing you used film, and being them to a shop to scan? Which is why the comment about lack of colour vibrancy.

Doesn't matter, the way you shoot is excellent, and colour can always be photoshopped/ lightroomed! :-D

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Originally Posted by simplequirk Thanks for sharing. These are awesome. Your pictures have a very compassionate, personal slant, which I like. It's not easy to photograph people up close, especially guarded Singaporeans. I would have liked to see a greater DOF in pictures like #35, 13, 6, would have given them a bit more context, i think. I also like that you don't flaunt your equipment models! Ha ha. I'm guessing you used film, and being them to a shop to scan? Which is why the comment about lack of colour vibrancy. Doesn't matter, the way you shoot is excellent, and colour can always be photoshopped/ lightroomed! :-D

Thanks for viewing.
You're the only one to comment on this year's images so far, I appreciate it.

Well, I rather talk about photographs than equipment. I want to know how I can improve through critiques.

I shot this year's event with digital only. Last year, I used both film and digital formats.

Yes, for film, after processing, the lab will scan them for me and I will edit using photoshop after getting the photographs back.

[Tupi Guy]

nice full coverage! and it do tell tons of stories! Hope to see more great works from you!!!!

[JacePhoto]

Interesting! Wish i went!

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Originally Posted by Tupi Guy nice full coverage! and it do tell tons of stories! Hope to see more great works from you!!!!

I'm sure you have some more great portraits from the event too
Let me see!

Originally Posted by JacePhoto Interesting! Wish i went!

Well, you can always go next year