Bobby, Adam, and Noah terrorize Sunday market, firing marshmallow guns at innocent bystanders

First attempts at street photography. Which do you prefer--the

posted version or the straight version?

Here's the straight version.

Hello Robert, I think sepia is good for the soft tones you have used. In the BW one, you may have needed a bit more contrast, which would have made the boys look more thuggish and less funloving.

Very good work.

Regards. Pete

note to self: dont go to any street fairs in astoria or bring shield and large marshmellow gun for defense.

I agree on the comment about the toning/effects making this more a nice boyhood memory type of shot. It doesnt seem so much as a standard street shot as they seem to know you and you them.

Now, the bigger issue is..if you know these boys why on earth are you letting them out at a street fair with marshmellow shooters? baad adult role model.

Knic

Peter M., thanks for your nice commment. The boys were having a good time.

Stane, I agree that an action shot would have been preferable to this.

Peter A., thanks for the comment. I certainly re-process this in PS and correct the vignetting which has, in retrospect, been allowed to get too strong.

Knicki, if you come to Astoria, I'm getting a marshmallow gun to protect my xpan which you seem to have impure desires for. Actually the kids mostly fired at friends and had battles in a vacant block, though a few innocent bystanders were hit when street battles moved into the market. Between snaps, I did move them back to the war zone. My kids accuse me of being hyper-vigilant quite often.

Robert- I've always had impure thoughts about your gear all the way from your holga up.

Wow now. Personally Robert, I like the vignetting. Interesting image. Reminds me of one of my favorite photographers James Withrow Delano. If you are not familiar with his work check out his website: http://www.jameswhitlowdelano.com/index.html

Keep up the good work.