Dancing - Gulangyu Style Photo

Photographer’s Note

Gulangyu Island is just off the coast of Xiamen in southern Fujian province. This was an impromptu outdoor performance on a stage set with an aerial photo of the former colonial island.

It was strange to hear Turkish style belly dancing music accompanying the dancers. An obvious crop was the end of the poster on the right, but then there would be enquiries about why the back of the womans' veil was cropped?

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RGatward (19737) 2004-10-20 3:49

Mmm, well since there's already a cropped dancer, I think the crop you mentin would still have been a good idea. Anyway, a fine catch this, the colourful costumes loking good against the really rather bizzare looking backdrop.

ma-tibou (4566) 2004-10-20 4:16

Bonjour Chris, de somptueux costimes, de bien charmantes danceuses jolie cliché.
amitié.

PixelTerror (86036) 2004-10-20 4:50

Hi Chris, a nice and colorfull scene from the middle empire, I think this photo would benefit from the removal of this woman, but I agree with you cropping the veil would also not be so good, maybe use of the clone tool, but a lot of precision work involved !

supereira (9576) 2004-10-20 5:37

Very good comosition and framing.I like a lot the colors and the contrast between them.Great light and sharpness.Good job!

jhm (81817) 2004-10-20 6:39

A colourful picture again Chris, the red and yellow colour of those dancers in national costume is excellent, the position of the lady's with the hands is fantastic, maybe Chris you cropped the lady on the right total, this personal.
Thanks for visiting my photograph.

harold (2271) 2004-10-20 7:02

Salut Chris, bien jolie réalisation, de jolie demoiselles en beau costume,jolie résultat.

Spoony (3539) 2004-10-20 7:25

Great environment... Thanks for sharing this peculiar moment. ;)

elihesamian (26091) 2004-10-20 11:24

Simbolic dance with simbolic clothes by chinese womans who have a simbolic faces,too,and simbolic words in backgrounds.very nice harmony in this elements,with a great harmony in colors at all,well captured and composition is nice,I like it a lot,Chris.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-10-20 12:41

interesting pic here, I like the ladies and their dance here, I remember very clearly especially in parks or places with attractions in China that pretty girls are often seen dancing, the crowds of people are amazing

nwoehnl (118) 2004-10-20 13:57

Very interesting photo, Chris, of the dancers in front of the slightly strange-looking poster. Very rich in colors, and nice catch of the symmetrical posing. I think I would have gone for the crop along the side of the poster - yes the veil would have been cropped but the fourth dancer isn't fully in the frame either. Nice catch.

papagolf21 (56044) 2004-10-20 16:30

Une danse impromptue donne un air naturel à cette photographie.
Il y a beaucoup de grâce dans cette danse. Les jeunes femmes avec leur costume d'apparât sur ce fond d'une image ne manquent pas d'originalité.
Très belles couleurs. Le fait de ne pas avoir coupé la partie droite est bien vu, cela permet de mieux se rendre compte de la scène.
Très bien vu Chris.

Rockyboy (20580) 2004-10-20 16:45

Not always easy to catch people dancing... Here that's a nice one and the red clothes are striking with the chinese signs... Bravo!

scalerman (25633) 2004-10-20 19:31

Chris, sort of a comic shot. Dancing in front of a sign, maybe the real thing is in back. You have alot of slides in archives I suppose.

bpelvan (3786) 2004-10-20 21:28

There is nothing that bodering, in my opinion from cropping point Chris. A colorful and bright composition. I really would like to know about the occasion. Thanks for sharing...

manny (21378) 2004-10-20 23:55

A good documentary shot. It tells a lot about the musicality of the Chinese, their costumes and customs. Good colors to go along with theis lifestyle.

I will be in China in two days.

Anyway, in my last shot, you asked about the whereabouts of Muslm mosques in Bangkok. Mostly in Bangkapi. Our school is in the middle of the Muslim area. Very much a minority, these peole blend in quite well with the Buddhist majority. Mosques are everywhere too, mostly along the khlong (canal).