Ninja crowd control

Posted by Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 6 February 2012 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.

The North East's oriental communities celebrated their New Year in Newcastle Upon Tyne's Stowell Street area on Sunday 29th. January 2012, and I took the Metro from South Shields to join in the fun. ("Missy" always enjoys this event and I didn't want to disappoint her).
Hence I have quite a few pictures to share and I hope you enjoy them.

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Claudiu from București, Romania

Great job on high iso, well framed action.

6 Feb 2012 6:54am

pascale from Brussels, Belgium

lucky fot us that you don't want to want to disappoint Missy
great shot
but what is she doing????

6 Feb 2012 6:57am

@pascale: Clearing a path to allow the lion to get through!

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Great title - cool cinematic style shot!

6 Feb 2012 7:22am

janina from Melbourne, Australia

Yeh, I'm with stephen on this one. Good work, curly. ;OD

6 Feb 2012 7:31am

The Mouse from Glasgow, United Kingdom

Not to be messed with, dragon!

6 Feb 2012 7:40am

Christine from Ellemford, United Kingdom

Great shot and the B&W creates a great atmosphere

6 Feb 2012 7:42am

Florence from Paris, France

What a friendly way to control crowd !

6 Feb 2012 8:16am

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

That's the way to deal with the great British public.

6 Feb 2012 8:27am

Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium

Excellent capture... I'm not a big fan of very crowded places like this, but the photo is great ! Have a lovely day Curly :)

6 Feb 2012 8:28am

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Great capture, I hope she's not as violent as she seems

6 Feb 2012 8:41am

@Doug: See my reply to Dulcie below Doug.

Shaahin Bahremand from Tehran, Iran

what a beauty shot
well done
have a lovely day

6 Feb 2012 9:05am

bahman parandin from kermanshah, Iran

great B&W.nice moment.

6 Feb 2012 9:16am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

Babe crowd control?

6 Feb 2012 9:37am

STEED from D, France

Wow !!!!!!!!! love this:the B/W,the movement of Hairs,the whole picture..A great instant of Life...Superb,Curly ...

6 Feb 2012 9:57am

PATRICK from miramas, France

wow splendid 5***

6 Feb 2012 10:32am

Stephane.D from In my head, France

j aime beaucoup l impression donner dans le mouvement, on a l impression qu a elle seule elle maîtrise la foule, superbe ;)

6 Feb 2012 10:44am

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

A spectacular image ... beauty in motion ... Wonderful composition. Best regards, Adela

6 Feb 2012 10:56am

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

It is better to stay on the side :)) Splendid action. Good day.

6 Feb 2012 11:07am

Mhelene from Paris, France

Superb ! Great ambiance !

6 Feb 2012 11:08am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Nice bit of tunnel vision. What happens when she gets to you ? :)

6 Feb 2012 11:16am

@grouser: I leapfrog over her of course :-)

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Oh ! Ninja ! I do not see any Ninjas in Japan recently, maybe they've moved to UK !

6 Feb 2012 11:27am

J.R. from Urasoe City, Japan

Tomorrow in Okinawa they celebrate a New Years for the dead; here they celebrate 3 new years, traditional, Chinese, and one for the dead.

6 Feb 2012 11:36am

Jules from Drayton, United Kingdom

cracking photo - sharp details and movement - just hope she knows what she is doing with that stick!!

6 Feb 2012 11:57am

@Jules: She's an expert, see my reply to Dulcie below.

Hossein Saharnaz from Ahvaz, Iran

fantastic with soft black and with ...very good fram.

6 Feb 2012 12:14pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Crowd control at it's very best! Super B&W image Curly! ;-)

6 Feb 2012 12:26pm

digitalCG from Manchester, United Kingdom

It's like a North-East remake of 'Kill Bill'. Good stuff!

6 Feb 2012 1:04pm

Karen Politte from Conway, United States

wow..........she is very captivating! Nicely captured!!

6 Feb 2012 1:07pm

Williams from East LaHave, Nova Scotia, Canada

A wonderful face & gesture. I really like the perspective.

6 Feb 2012 1:46pm

Michelle from Elverson, United States

Very cool, I love the b&w!

6 Feb 2012 1:48pm

Nazzareno from Rome, Italy

A superb interestingcomposition with excellent details

6 Feb 2012 2:19pm

hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong

This is fabulously cinematic Curly! Is she a kungfu star?:-) Super b&w and details!!!

6 Feb 2012 2:46pm

@hugo poon: It might look as though she is, but really she's a drummer girl :-) See my reply to Dulcie below for a full explanation.

Nilla´s photo shoots from Östergötland, Sweden

Yes I enjoy this serie of photos C! It is good to Missy takes you on a little fun so you will not be sitting indoors :)

6 Feb 2012 2:55pm

Jaytee from Fresno, California, United States

Great photo Curly. I like that you chose to make it black and white.

6 Feb 2012 3:36pm

Slackwater Don from Spokane, United States

A fine shot of the crowd. I like the lighter face of girls' face and her expression. Very well done.

6 Feb 2012 3:56pm

Z from Shanghai, China

Love this compo...and the title :)

6 Feb 2012 4:04pm

myky from Ontario, Canada

Very effective framing by the people and reinforced by the line of buildings!

6 Feb 2012 4:11pm

Lena from San Francisco, United States

Great capture. excellent shot.

6 Feb 2012 4:12pm

DULCIE from Danville, CA, United States

Wonderful shot. This looks like two rows of people taking pictures of each other ;-) And that woman clearing the way....I wouldn't want to be in her path. This is a beautiful black and white ! Love it.

6 Feb 2012 4:46pm

@DULCIE: I'll let you into a secret, she is carrying a drum in her right hand, and a drumstick in her left. So she isn't intent on beating us all back :-)

clodagh smith from Sacramento, United States

what a beautiful face. excellent black and white

6 Feb 2012 5:02pm

PascalXLD from Rennes, France

Superbe prise

Bonne soirée

6 Feb 2012 5:32pm

Ali from Rafsanjan, Iran

great work !!!

6 Feb 2012 5:40pm

KENT KB from ALICANTE, Spain

Splendid this image !

6 Feb 2012 5:51pm

Sujith from Bangalore, India

Nice capture.A festive ambiance in the snap itself.

6 Feb 2012 6:10pm

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Great capture.

6 Feb 2012 6:45pm

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

Great action mood even when the motion is perfectly frozen. The hair is great.

6 Feb 2012 6:47pm

Roman from Thiersee, Austria

splendid capture, great monochrome

6 Feb 2012 7:19pm

AMH from Buenos Aires, Argentina

outstanding. great. perfect, perfect hair movement, the faces of people and children assembled on the shoulders. a beautiful picture. a big kiss. Alejandra

6 Feb 2012 7:44pm

Monik from PARIS, France

Excellente scène de rue dans un N&B impeccable. Bravo!

6 Feb 2012 7:52pm

morgan from canyon Country, United States

fantastic!

6 Feb 2012 8:17pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Great b&w! I love how you captured the movement.

6 Feb 2012 9:08pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

A nice rush of action as she makes her way through the crowd. A very photogenic face with the pronounced cheek bones.

6 Feb 2012 9:23pm

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

Really an impressive crowd shot

6 Feb 2012 9:43pm

Phil David Morris, 2012 from Saskatoon, New York, Canada

Love the photo, don't have any idea who she is, and the stick to her right appears
in the picture to be held by her, some mysterious superhero with no name, but
"Missy" has cleared a path it appears. Askew glance, hair flying in the wind, I can
really envision her with the people all a blur, she is so much faster and a secret and
deadly weapon you have unleashed with this photo, the force be with you !~

6 Feb 2012 10:53pm

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

Really good image, works very well in mono

6 Feb 2012 11:33pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

terrific capture. love that hair

7 Feb 2012 12:06am

Laurie from Prescott, United States

An excellent crowd shot, Curly! I love the intensity and purpose captured in her expression! It's so good to see your shots again, Curly. It is going to take me quite some time to review all I have missed. ;-)

7 Feb 2012 12:11am

Dan from United States

Right Place Right Time Curly....

7 Feb 2012 12:45am

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

A great shot of this baton wielding warrior. I hope she didn't bop you on the way by.

7 Feb 2012 12:54am

Yonatan from New York, United States

Superb action shot. Your composition really allows the viewer's mind to wander and create a story to fit the emotion and motion captured. I'm relieved that this ninja was not going after you and your camera!

7 Feb 2012 1:04am

Jason Politte from Conway, AR, United States

Excellent action shot, Curly - you captured just enough motion here. Nicely done!

7 Feb 2012 3:22am

You Know Me from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Almost gives the impression that she's run so fast through the crowd that people didn't have time to turn their heads and follow her.

7 Feb 2012 3:12pm

StarCosmosBleu from Bedford.Qc, Canada

A fine capture..nice b&w...

12 Feb 2012 3:45pm

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

nice tight, intimate action...good choice of mono as well.

15 Feb 2012 8:45pm

Pentax K100D
1/90 second
F/6.7
ISO 800
27 mm (35mm equiv.)

black-and-white
newcastle-upon-tyne
cny

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