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Double top?

Posted by
Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 22 June 2010 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

I offer this for "Silly Tuesday" because he's looking like a darts player aiming for "double top", but without his dart!

He's actually the conductor of the Harton and Westoe Brass band who were giving an open air concert two days ago at the amphitheatre at South Shields sea front. There was a reasonable sized crowd listening to the band and their repertoire was incredibly diverse including some of the soundtrack music from the Star Wars movies - it made a change from sitting in the house watching the World Cup.

PENTAX K100D 1/2000 second F/5.6 ISO 400 450 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Roger from Bronx, United States

Excellent "Silly Tuesday" photo. Had me fooled!

22 Jun 2010 5:27am

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Great choice !

22 Jun 2010 5:32am

prarthana from singapore, Singapore

:-) hilarious - great pic

22 Jun 2010 5:43am

PascalXLD from Rennes, France

Très bien saisi

Bonne journée

22 Jun 2010 5:48am

Nazzareno from Rome, Italy

Excellent this composition, shadow and light form a superb contrast.
Good day.

22 Jun 2010 5:55am

Richard from Duns, United Kingdom

Great capture. . .one. . . hundred and eighty!

22 Jun 2010 6:20am

Scott F. Schilling from San Martin, United States

Very nice capture and timing! It would be great if you could add the music to the blog also!

22 Jun 2010 6:28am

digitalCG from Manchester, United Kingdom

Has the build of a darts 'athlete' too. Thanks for the chuckle this morning!

22 Jun 2010 6:53am

trilliana from Munich, Germany

i'd rather imagine this man being a stockbroker than a conductor. don't know why ... great portrait of that guy in action with that unusual filigree guesture.

22 Jun 2010 7:16am

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

ha ha ha.. nice one. Happy ST>

22 Jun 2010 8:03am

Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld(old West Wales boy), Germany

Definately a bit of Jocky Wilson in there :-)

22 Jun 2010 8:12am

MK from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Happy ST to u

22 Jun 2010 8:38am

PRASHANT from Mumbai, India

Great portrait with lovely expressions...

22 Jun 2010 9:06am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Excellent picture and back story. 'Zen and the art of dart throwing':)

22 Jun 2010 9:27am

marsa from Tehran, Iran

perfect capture.

22 Jun 2010 9:31am

dang from Atlanta, United States

Hmm... glad the band was better at remembering to bring horns than he was his baton. :-)
Good shot, thanks for the grin.

22 Jun 2010 10:02am

MyTime Photography from Philadelphia, United States

301 double 20 for the out shot!
Just won our champoinship title last night!
We swept 6 games in a row best out of 11 games.
What a great shot for me this morning!

22 Jun 2010 10:49am

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Super capture for a Silly Tuesday! Well done Curly! ;-))

22 Jun 2010 11:50am

Carmen from Madrid, Spain

hahaha! Much better than football!

22 Jun 2010 12:24pm

Candid1 from Washington, DC, United States

Love the title, the explanation behind it and the photo Curly!!!!

22 Jun 2010 12:41pm

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Nice title. Happy silly Tuesday !

22 Jun 2010 12:53pm

❀ Yvonne Simons ❀ from Tilburg, Netherlands

LET'S PLAY DAAAAARRRRTSSSS!! Nice ST-photo!!

22 Jun 2010 1:50pm

mahdi from mashhad, Iran

I liked this shutt very much

22 Jun 2010 2:12pm

Olivier from Manage, Belgium

cool this portrait

22 Jun 2010 3:48pm

Xerophytes from London, United Kingdom

Ha! He does look like darting... or thrown a dart!

22 Jun 2010 4:52pm

Krunal from Mumbai, India

wonderful portrait, is he conducting?

22 Jun 2010 5:29pm

Paul from summerside, Canada

I wonder if he made the shot lol

22 Jun 2010 5:39pm

Irene from France

Superb capture ! Very nice B&W !

22 Jun 2010 6:01pm

SOUL AFLAME from The bosom of Mother Nature, United Kingdom

As soon as the photograph uploaded, without seeing the title I was on the 'darts' wavelength! ha ha
Nice shot for ST, Curly.

22 Jun 2010 7:13pm

alex centrella from California, United States

5 STARS ....

22 Jun 2010 7:24pm

Michael from Chester, United Kingdom

It certainly could have been..! Superb B&W shot.

22 Jun 2010 8:30pm

Cheished Keepsake Photography from Chapmanville, United States

fantastic candid

22 Jun 2010 10:05pm

mirela from brighton, United States

great shot!

22 Jun 2010 10:23pm

Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States

Oh my gosh, you were able to drag yourself away from the tv????? Surely you are suffering same malady as darkelf!!! Cool shot......and glad you explained double top, cause I had NO idea what you meant with your title!!!

22 Jun 2010 10:51pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Your processing in B&W really highlights the musical instruments in his tie. I'd take music over the sounds of those "horns" at the World Cup. ;-)

23 Jun 2010 12:58am

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

An excellent portrait! I enjoy the B&W tonality.

23 Jun 2010 2:09am

Shiva from Kajang, Malaysia

Intriguing! Good timing too curly!

23 Jun 2010 3:01am

Wild Mustang Photography from Carlisle, United States

Awesome potrait in composition, detail, and processing! Superb!

23 Jun 2010 3:07am

Denny Jump Photo from Easton, PA, United States

I, too, had this fellow mistaken for a stock market type...then a closer look confirmed the conductor. This is a wonderful image, Curly. Thank you. Denny Jump

23 Jun 2010 1:01pm

POBSB from Tilburg, Netherlands

it does look like a dater LOL

23 Jun 2010 2:18pm

POBSB from Tilburg, Netherlands

Darter ;-)

23 Jun 2010 2:19pm

STEED from SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, France

Capted in Fly................Nice....

23 Jun 2010 8:36pm

Jerry - a moment in time [...] from Chicago, United States

super crisp clear portrait. If he ever writes a biography this is the coverpicture for the book!

25 Jun 2010 12:10am

Amanda from Jersey City, United States

Bullseye!

1 Jul 2010 6:45pm

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Very good portrait.

4 Jul 2010 11:52am

LoulouPix from New York, United States

Very nice portrait and silly story.

10 Jul 2010 10:04pm

PENTAX K100D
1/2000 second
F/5.6
ISO 400
450 mm (35mm equiv.)

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amphitheatre