Kansas Jayhawks 2008 NCAA Basketball National Champions--Street Party

More requests to take random people's photo. This does not happen often, as many of you know.

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  1. ★

    Pel(s)o, Expectation Maximization, sleekit cuts, IanLand, and 73 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Pel(s)o (50 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful!

  3. FaP ;-) (50 months ago | reply)

    (from 1-2-3 B&W)

  4. Expectation Maximization (50 months ago | reply)

    this is absolutely fantastic, man! the contrast, the emotions, the depth of the crowd. just brilliant! this is the kind of shot that makes me want a leica!

    i would kill to have people ask for it =D

    seen on your photo stream...

  5. sleekit cuts (50 months ago | reply)

    What a shot!!! A total classic! Qudos.

  6. IanLand (50 months ago | reply)

    This is a really cool series.

  7. ...topenga... (50 months ago | reply)

    What an amazing shot!

  8. marc.alexander (50 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic capture...love the passion / attitude in the faces!

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  9. pphuang (Paul) (50 months ago | reply)

    killer!

  10. M31. (50 months ago | reply)

    Thank you all for your very kind words and for favoriting this photo. I, too, think it turned out pretty nice. The expressions are something only times like this can produce. :-)

    You all rock!

  11. KC_JAKE (50 months ago | reply)

    Love this!! Great capture of the Jayhawk spirit!!

  12. Katrina (Blue Bottle Photography) (50 months ago | reply)

    lol I love it! They look like they're having fun

  13. harry mitchell (50 months ago | reply)

    damn that's sharp. nice greys here too, love the pose.

  14. JS300 (50 months ago | reply)

    great capture! nice timing and expressions!

  15. Claudio Tizzani (50 months ago | reply)

    Very nice capture!!!
    Well done!!!

    Claudio

  16. M31. (50 months ago | reply)

    Thank you all very much for your great comments on this photo. Very glad you like it and your comments are always appreciated. :-)

  17. Alex Es (50 months ago | reply)


    Great Photo! This photo was seen in Black and White Photography =)

  18. - Berni (50 months ago | reply)

    WOW! One of your best photos, Mircea! Photography at its best. I love the chinese guy between the girls! Great work.

  19. M31. (50 months ago | reply)

    You're far too kind, Bernie! This one did turn out pretty nice, I have to agree. Sometimes we get lucky. And when there are so many people in the streets, the probability becomes higher for getting lucky. :-)

  20. QuantumJedi (50 months ago | reply)

    You know you got this one nailed. Fantastic image, and thanks to your perfectly posed subjects! Makes the shooting the easiest part. Excellent.

  21. Th@fred (50 months ago | reply)

    sweet expressions!

  22. elsalatare (49 months ago | reply)

    I was in downtown Lawrence that night. It's a great time to be a jayhawk. ;]

  23. The 4/30 Murders (49 months ago | reply)

    very nice!
    i'm impressed that tri-x can be pushed to 1600 with such good results. It doesn't look to grainy. Can I ask what your developer you use? I myself use d-76 but hope to use rodinal soon.

  24. M31. (49 months ago | reply)

    - Thank you for your comment and stopping by. TriX is very nice pushed, especially when using Diafine, which is what I used here. Rodinal works nicely pushed as well, which you can see in later photos I have from the street party. I've never tried D76 and I'm not sure I intend to. The shelf life is not as good as I'd like it to be. This is why I use Diafine and Rodinal (well, there are developing reasons, too, but shelf life is one reason). I strongly recommend Rodinal if you like grain and contrast. However, I don't get as much grain as I'd expect, even when using it at 1:25 (I have some of those examples, too). Maybe it's just me and you'll think it's grainy. Thanks for stopping by! :-)

  25. The 4/30 Murders (49 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for the details!
    D-76 does indeed have a short shelf-life. The concentrated developers do seem the way to go expense wise, but D-76 isn't all that expensive.

    Tell me something, what's the advantage or disadvantage of higher dilutions of developers (1:25 vs 1:50 or higher) such as rodinal besides monetary?

    Thanks!

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  26. M31. (49 months ago | reply)

    - The issue really isn't monetary at all; Rodinal is really very cheap. It really all depends on what you like in your photographs. If you like a lot of contrast and especially grain, go with a concentration like 1:25 or 1:10 even! Something like 1:75 and 1:100 you start getting very fine grain and the tonal range just doesn't do it for me (please note that it just doesn't do it *for me*; there are many great photos that are developed at 1:75 and 1:100). Rodinal is great for experimenting and seeing what fits your taste. I look forward to seeing more of your stuff. :-)

  27. Mark Hulbert (48 months ago | reply)

    Really great shot. Using D-76 myself. May have to try Diafine though -- about to shoot a bunch of Tri-X at night in NYC that I am going to push to 1600.

  28. Miss Alexis [deleted] (45 months ago | reply)

    Wow. This is perfect.

  29. Miss Alexis [deleted] (45 months ago | reply)

    Chick on the right looks like camaron diaz

  30. Valery Titievsky (43 months ago | reply)

    Nice moment
    Nice shot

  31. giuli@ (41 months ago | reply)

    nice capture!

  32. EMan Ian (37 months ago | reply)

    Great capture, and a great end to the season!

  33. alifil (34 months ago | reply)

    Classic.

  34. King Sidharth (31 months ago | reply)

    It's an amazing piece of work! Loved it, used it and credited your work on my a href="http://www.meditationrocks.us/go-p arty-and-become-a-better-mediator-more-influe ncing"> Meditation Blog

  35. holmburgers (28 months ago | reply)

    Let's hope we can see this kind of mayhem again this year.

    Awesome shot!

  36. Martiño Pinal (6 months ago | reply)

    I love it

  37. jankucera (6 months ago | reply)

    beautifull shot

  38. This photo was invited and added to the College Sports Fans...USA group.

  39. acwalter1024 (3 months ago | reply)

    AHHHH I'm in the this picture (girl on the right)! Best night of my collegiate life. What an awesome photo!

  40. carrytransit (3 months ago | reply)

    Great photo. It really captures the "Madness." Thanks for sharing it on Flickr. We used it for a NCCA Tournament post on our blog. We linked back to you.

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