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Spinning out

Posted by
Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 2 December 2012 in Sport & Recreation and Portfolio.

Siblings waiting for a chance to spin on a fairground ride at a multi-cultural Mela event in Newcastle upon Tyne.

PENTAX K100D 1/4 second F/22.0 ISO 200 36 mm (35mm equiv.)

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PATRICK from miramas, France

excellent capture

2 Dec 2012 5:06am

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

Hurry up and color. A good place to have fun.

2 Dec 2012 5:13am

ursulakatariina from Turku, Finland

Wonderful capture with great mood.

2 Dec 2012 8:15am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

Anticipation! Excitement! Sickness! The arrow of time......

2 Dec 2012 9:03am

Tomix from landerneau, France

superb! i love the colors.

2 Dec 2012 9:04am

Florence from Paris, France

Vibrant colors ! They both seem hypnotized.

2 Dec 2012 9:21am

omid from mashhad, Iran

woow!
very nice & amazing!!!
so beautiful colors & lights!
Lovely!

2 Dec 2012 9:27am

Jules from Drayton, United Kingdom

great motion and treatment - I'm one of those people who feel sick just looking at most fairground rides!

2 Dec 2012 9:49am

Richard from Ellemford, United Kingdom

Superb, Curly. I really like this!

2 Dec 2012 10:26am

Christine from Ellemford, United Kingdom

I remember these, what wonderful vibrant colours

2 Dec 2012 10:28am

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

Vraiment superbe. ***** Bonne journée.

2 Dec 2012 10:31am

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Brilliant composition with these colours and the kids stood there in expectation, a five star image in my book Curly

2 Dec 2012 10:32am

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Lovely vibrant colour.....

2 Dec 2012 11:06am

J.R. from Urasoe City, Japan

Niiice, love the colors and feel of motion

2 Dec 2012 11:07am

thami from Fès, Morocco

Superbe scène bien dynamisée par le rythme des couleurs!
Bon dimanche lumineux!

2 Dec 2012 11:11am

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Fantastique vue et iamge quel effet de couleur et ces deux jeunes qui rêvent quelle scène.
Beau dimanche

2 Dec 2012 11:28am

Oiva from Turku, Finland

A great view of the rotating carousel, almost dizzy look it!:-))Haleja.

Have a good day ,my friend!

2 Dec 2012 11:29am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Ah the Waltzer. Nicely timed exposure

2 Dec 2012 11:30am

Veronique from France-and-, Switzerland

Very nice scene and a bit of sadness in these children just looking

2 Dec 2012 12:28pm

Ainsley from Derbyshire, United Kingdom

This is a very funky capture, you certainly give the feeling of dizziness in the image. A nice engagement of the sensation of the riders.

2 Dec 2012 1:00pm

Judy aka L@dybug from Brooksville, FL, United States

Wonderful shot ... and dizziness ahead!

2 Dec 2012 1:46pm

aaanouel from Heredia, Costa Rica

Very dynamic shot.
Txs4Sharing

2 Dec 2012 1:49pm

Jacques Brassard from Quebec, Canada

Strange photo....i like

2 Dec 2012 2:25pm

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

oh yes, nicely done fella!
Spooky too as we visited a Christmas fairground last night but I suspect nothing as good as this.

2 Dec 2012 3:03pm

David from Ellemford, United Kingdom

My photography aspirations have just ventured into dire straits!

2 Dec 2012 3:32pm

Yonatan from New York, United States

Now this is funky! At first glance, It looks like they are standing on an American flag, but then you see the motion on the top of the frame and it's clear that is not the case.

2 Dec 2012 3:48pm

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

A picture is vibrant and wonderful. Mark Curly! A patient waiting for this brother... A hug, Adela

2 Dec 2012 4:15pm

mohkum from Cochian (Kochi), India

Wonderful composition with beautiful processing!

2 Dec 2012 4:36pm

@mohkum: Not a lot of processing other than a one click cross processing in Nik Color Efex.

Sam from Chennai, India

Nice place for fun. Waiting with Excitement. Great. Wonderful capture, Curly. :)

2 Dec 2012 4:37pm

gerard1948 from Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Magnificent views and superb colors. I hope they had a chance to take a ride.
Good evening.

2 Dec 2012 5:09pm

Rick from Toronto, Canada

Wonderful vivid colors and processing.

2 Dec 2012 5:09pm

sido from Seville, Spain

Great. I like it.

2 Dec 2012 6:15pm

Panagiotis Metallinos from Thessaloniki, Greece

Great colors and framing

2 Dec 2012 7:19pm

mseguid from Es Castell-Menorca-I Balears, Spain

Nice picture. I like the composition

2 Dec 2012 8:45pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

I like the story of this image - the colors are vivid and I like the way you captured the movement of the ride.

2 Dec 2012 8:48pm

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

Really nice shot, good speed

2 Dec 2012 9:54pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Fantastic! Beautiful color. You can just feel the ride moving and the anticipation of fun!

2 Dec 2012 10:37pm

Michael Fresh from Chester, United Kingdom

You have caught the action very well, but I remember the 'Waltzers' as being a ride of nausea :0

2 Dec 2012 11:04pm

Mooie from Vancouver, Canada

Awesome colours and movement!

3 Dec 2012 7:08am

Johan Svahn from Stockholm, Sweden

Nice moving effect, suits with all the colors.

3 Dec 2012 10:25am

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Fantastic shot.. love the colours..

3 Dec 2012 11:01am

Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld(Old West Wales Boy), Germany

Cracking shot,a real top drawer image !!

3 Dec 2012 11:41am

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Fantastic moment of wonder. Very hypnotic with all that spinning colour!

3 Dec 2012 11:48am

Kate from EXETER, United Kingdom

This is a fabulous image!!

3 Dec 2012 12:03pm

digitalCG from Manchester, United Kingdom

Nicely done Curly, great colour and just the right amount of movement, all anchored by those static central elements.

3 Dec 2012 12:47pm

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

Great capture! I guess you had to act quickly.

3 Dec 2012 2:49pm

Eligreg from Madrid, Spain

wonderfully done on the color combinations!

3 Dec 2012 6:24pm

Sugata from Newark, United States

I love the colours here!

6 Dec 2012 4:52am

Scotfot from Kabul, Afghanistan

what a great shot.. especially with the two kids!

9 Dec 2012 5:46pm

Anita from West Nottingham, Pennsylvania, United States

Very nice! I can feel their anticipation.

14 Dec 2012 11:30am

PENTAX K100D
1/4 second
F/22.0
ISO 200
36 mm (35mm equiv.)

colour
newcastle-upon-tyne
mela