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Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Visitors and street performers, artists and exhibitionists crowd the Old Town of Edinburgh. Here a crowd gathers and is watching a musician. I take my picture, load it, look at it, crop it and wonder who is watching who.Here some of these people seem to be watching me, as much aware of the camera as the performer. But is that simply at trick of the crop? Check the original in the workshop
I am a people watcher and like both images but what do you think? I just love their expressions and decided I liked the focus here on that element.Most often I find unassuming people more interesting than those who set out to attract attention to themselves. How often have you heard some someone state "I'm mad, I am!" and know immediately that they will be the most dull person that you have met in a long time? The dilemma of taking the camera to Edinburgh during the Fringe is that you are tempted to photograph those "I'm mad, I am!" people when really they may have little to say.....so you shot a street performer?...so what? |
mugush, auldal, graffer trouve(nt) cette note utile
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- mugush
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(2070) - [2008-08-27 12:40]
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Thanks God you showed us spectator rather thn performers, that what i call getting something unuuaul from usual.. thanks for sharing
love
mugush
Not sure which I prefer either, I like all the incidental stuff happening in the original and the sense of being onlookers to a street performance, but then I like the detail in this.
I'm still fascinated by street performers (mad or not), but the crowd can be just as interesting as you say. I notice there are a few of the fringe photos that concentrate on the crowds.
Alastair
Hello Bev,
A fine opportunity for people photography at the festival as the large number of shots appearing on TE and TL testifys.
I like this a lot, the expressions on your subjects vary from downright bored to quite interested.
The boy's red shirt anchors the composition nicely, and the postures of the various figures, who all seeming to be looking in different directions, give a dynamism to the image.
Nice and sharp, though I wonder if using a larger aperture would have helped by throwing the more distant figures out of focus a bit.
The original picture in the WS contains a multitude of possibilities for a closer crop as there is so much in it.
I thought I'd do a WS for you with a suggestion.
Kind regards,
Peter.
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- dougie
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(2807) - [2008-08-28 9:35]
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hi,
Nice one Bev. After all, the performers are only there to get some crowds together so you can snap them! Must admit I've missed a few critical moments at events 'cos I've been watching the crowd. In fact I'll maybe post a couple! Thanks.
Dougie.
A good sample of faces, I'm having fun watching them...
Interesting fashion, interesting expressions - I wonder how close you were to them ?
Best,
Cath.
Hello Bev,
In this image of a small crowd from last August, you have created a a powerful group portrait. Many many years ago there used to be a television program about crime drama in New York City, and an announcer at the end would pronounce, "There are seven million stories in New York City." Here in this group of seven individuals, there are seven stories, each very private. I like this shot very much. In logging onto your site to see whether there were any new photos, I remembered that last post, the woman in the window, photographed from the bus. Sensational!
Warm regards,
Bulent
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