Peruvian Musician( better seen large)

I guess I caught this one just after you uploaded it. It's a beautiful picture of the musician (Peruvian?). The tonality and color is impressive as is the overall composition. It's difficult to find just the right angle where the microphones and pipes and guitar not only don't awkwardly impose on the composition but add to the general composition. I've tried photographing performers on stage amidst a forest of mics and spots and really appreciate how hard it is to capture the harmony of the moment and the unobstructed view.

Thanks

Thanks for being the first! You are right, they were a trio in an evening of singing/dancing  in honor and action for children that were born in Israel( parents illegal).The microphons were a problem and very hard to photo all 3 of them together...So I tried to compose each of them separately. The name of this instrument is called"Sampana".I will upload the other two in this thread for you and others to see.Thanks again.

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Nice shot and beautiful mood. Best wishes, Olaf

Seven all the way Pnina! For the beautiful portrait so well lit and technically perfect and for the sounds of my favorite music!

Best regards!

PDE

Really beautiful work with very nice lighting, Pnina!

With best regards,

Ruud.

 

It's interesting how the one you chose as your "main" post has the most unusual expression.  The others seem more posed to perform, but this man's gaze seems a bit elsewhere.  And perhaps he is.  The orange light befits the music, which I can conjure up easily.

Great detail; I love the orange light...it seems to wrap one up in warmth to savor the moment and music. Very well done. Thank you for sharing. :)

Very nice series. They're all well composed, nicely lit, and clear. Good work.

Lovely image, rich in it's tones, soft in it's translation. Very serene for me to observe. Beautiful work Pina.

Kind regards, Gail

Olaf, Pierre. and Ruud, thanks for your nice feedback and liking the portrait and atmospher.

Jeff, the trio were very nice musicians, but this one was more peruvian  looking portrait to me, and realy caught my attention.Thanks for observing it.

Trisha, Chuck, and Gail, thanks as well . I'm glad that the feeling of music and spirite of the group  passed to you by this series.

 

The wonderful muted reds and golds, and the lovely warm glow of golden light gently illuminating his face and flute captured and help my attention. I like the gentle soft focus, and the composition is supurb. You have done a nice job with this image Pnina. It generates relaxed, happy feelings, I can almost hear the music as I am transported to another place.

All of these images are outstanding, I hope you are going to post them individually.

Best wishes, Linda 

Thanks for your nice and detailed Impression. I liked the group but as I wrote before, it was this one that looked special Peruvian type  in my eyes ;-)) even though I have tought that it will be nice to see all of them in one thread.Thanks again!

Very nice capture with a real sense of being there given to the viewer. Lovely light. Makes me wish I were there listening to the ancient sounds.

Pnina,

My favourite aspect of this image is the far away, almost trance like, expression of the player.  In conjunction with the directional lighting from down and off to the side  the effect lends a primal, atavistic  feel. The microphones keep us firmly planted in the here and now. The red glow ( reminiscent of torch light ) and all else pull us back to the days of his forefathers.

Dave,it was a very nice music and he was really different in his feeling for it. I wish you could be there.-)). 

Gord, primal and atavistic is a very nice definition of my feelings, especially this " Sampana' instrument that has a very  interesting music tones.This one especially was far away while singing and playing.

Thanks for your impressions.