Nine fencing etudes in monochrome

Ten streetphoto captures I harvested at a fencing festival two years ago. Some amazing visuals that look far better in monochrome. Well, at least I prefer it that way. 😎

This one was completely staged. (Not sure if it is noticeable or not?..)

"An old man and his new apprentice".

This is really a sweaty kind of fun.

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Kids had tremendous amounts of fun here.

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The chance to handle any weapon or piece of armor—completely free of charge and with no risk to your life—not virtually in a game, but for real!

Fight "on a balance beam" - the first one to fall to the ground is considered the loser. It turns out that maintaining balance is not so easy!

And the last one: selfie! @tatdt helped to make a happy click here xD

Perhaps I shouldn’t be so serious, but... holding such a substantial piece of hardware simply demanded a matching facial expression :)))

My post goes for Photofeed #portrait ohotography contest, Round 194

location:	St.Petersburg, Russia	May 2024	natural light
camera/lens:	Canon 5dm3	Canon 70-200mm	raw-conv

All images taken by me, copyright (c) @qwerrie

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