I have to confess Julie I wasn't sure about what erhu was, according to Google it can either sound like the noise of a 'strangled chicken' or the most beautiful of melodies, I'm guessing that by your use of the word 'plaintive' it was the latter. Love the B&W street scene, I'm venturing into B&W tomorrow, well partly! And yes it was a bit of a fizzog ending to the movie, I find quite often that Marie and I look at each other at the end of a foreign movie and say "QUOI???" Still it's 100% better than the corny way American movies always end haha!
After taking a stack photos about Waverly cemetery on Friday I think I may have joined your ranks as "flaneur and taphophile" (I had to look the latter up)
Emmna - Long time no chat. I nearly went to Waverley for a shoot on Saturday morning, but was side-tracked by 'Hairy McLarey & Friends' at the Opera House.
I love how you've captured such a still moment in such a usually hectic and busy area :)
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I have to confess Julie I wasn't sure about what erhu was, according to Google it can either sound like the noise of a 'strangled chicken' or the most beautiful of melodies, I'm guessing that by your use of the word 'plaintive' it was the latter. Love the B&W street scene, I'm venturing into B&W tomorrow, well partly!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes it was a bit of a fizzog ending to the movie, I find quite often that Marie and I look at each other at the end of a foreign movie and say "QUOI???" Still it's 100% better than the corny way American movies always end haha!
It is the long lines of the overhead lights and the store signs that really caught my eye.
ReplyDeleteLike PerthDP...I had to look it up!!! I love native instruments...nice shot!
ReplyDeleteI love this spot in Sydney, always scruffy and down at heel. Great B&W capture.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot, Julie! I love the square format, and the B&W really suits the subject!
ReplyDeleteThe grittiness of b&w suits run down areas like this.
ReplyDeleteLove the colonnades of Sydney, aren't too many. The occasional foreign instruments add some haunting atmosphere around the place.
ReplyDeleteI too had to look it up and hadn't seen the musician until I had done so because I was drawn further into the photo by the lovely light.
ReplyDeleteAh fancy that - we may have passed each other today!
ReplyDeleteGreat photo, as always.
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ReplyDeleteAfter taking a stack photos about Waverly cemetery on Friday I think I may have joined your ranks as "flaneur and taphophile" (I had to look the latter up)
Emmna - Long time no chat. I nearly went to Waverley for a shoot on Saturday morning, but was side-tracked by 'Hairy McLarey & Friends' at the Opera House.
ReplyDeleteSimply beautifully captured shot....lovely!
ReplyDeleteGreat street photography Julie!
ReplyDeleteExcellent lighting. Fine street photography.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant shot. Not a view I'm used to seeing.
ReplyDeleteLove it, Julie! The perspective, contrasts of light and shadow, and all the details around a busy urban station that a flaneur might seek to capture.
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