[JammyS]

Okay, now that the initial WNBR deluge has abated, I've been waiting to post a bynch of stuff from this year's 30th Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh. Which meant a bumper crop of nearly nude girls dancing around a bonfire for hours, several of whom this year also do a bit of nude modelling on the side- see my third post for that. It looked like an epic year- almost wish I'd gone, I'm not far from Edinburgh.

I kind of get why these threads never really take off for likes and traffic; they're mostly topless only and it's difficult to find well-lit images (though this year Alamy has some nice, watermarked daylight nudity from the builld up). But I love it, perhaps because it's a warm-up for the great summer nude events, perhaps because as Edinburgh's a small place there's always a chance one might happen to bump into one of the performers. They come from all walks of life, yes some circus performers and a handful of pagans, but mostly pretty young students and professionals, going from the clothed rehearsals and busks.

That said, it has been difficult this year to find top resolution images; the official photography is on this database site, which only has medium and small pics available. There's a standard format to the filestructure for the photos, but try as I might I can't find a combination of letters (XL, XX, O, etc) which yields larger versions. It's quite possible that larger versions are only supplied by vetted request- but would very much like to hear if you know different of course!

photos.beltane.org/