World Record razor blades???? Photo

Photographer’s Note

These obviously arent razor blades, but I just thought they did by looking at the thumbnail.

This picture is only a small section of all the participants. I took this today and it was a world record, it shows the Japanese people playing a traditional instrument, it is half a piano and with strings. I am not too sure what it is called. But I will find out for you.

I was talking to a Hawaiin because he was talking about phootgraphy to me for some reason, very friendly though and he was telling me that he was with a group of people from Hawaii taking part in the world record (for the most participants in playing this instrument.)

I hope you like it, I took over 50 pics

carper, elihesamian, weswang, quantabeh, yannick, Fixfocus, smartins, nwoehnl, Tue, ChrisJ, jjbach, alford, pamastro, Galmeida, maphoto, Jeppe, Rinie_Hoff, capthaddock, apazevedo, fadingstar78 has marked this note useful

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carper (67302) 2005-04-21 12:30

I like it Dan,
It is or you looking the the same person, every time again, very nice Idea, I like the artful job you did here, very good job

elihesamian (26091) 2005-04-21 12:37

Oh!
Dan!

Excellent!
great shot,a nice amazing texture,pattern you create from the people,excellent POV,very well captured and strongly composed digonally,nicely done,Dan!

Regards
M

maciekda (19599) 2005-04-21 12:44

very nice photo Dan, very interesting subject, nice compo with those diagonal lines. some more contrast would definitely help though. good stuff

weswang (18223) 2005-04-21 12:45

Hi Dan,
I wish we can play the sound with this photo. It must be amazing to listen to the large crowd to play the same type of instrument.
I like your POV, the diagonal arrangement, the repetition, nice details and clarity. Well done.

quantabeh (5203) 2005-04-21 12:52

That's really tremendous. It did look like razor blades. Just love the excellent point of view and the superb 2 dimensional symmetry.
good shot,
Behrang

yannick (1469) 2005-04-21 12:54

It is very impressive! I like the scale that you chose for the picture, because it both gives an idea of mass, and allows to see the details when having a closer look.
well done.
Yannick

mareseye (1209) 2005-04-21 13:26

Hello Dan,
Very graphic photography. And really impressive, all these people playing at the same time.
Thank you for sharing,
Mare
P.S. :I've poste a workshop with more contrast to accentuate the graphic sensation.

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Fixfocus (9377) 2005-04-21 13:30

Good compo in your typical style,Dan!
A crisp and clear image with an interesting story behind it!
Well done!

Liesbeth (152) 2005-04-21 14:02

Really, nice one. The picture can go on and on. The lines are great in it. I like it a lot. Liesbeth

smartins (1967) 2005-04-21 15:15

Hi Dan! Nice photo! I love the graphism and the POV.
It looks like an image from the book "Where's Wally" eheheh
Very well done!

Take care,
Susana

nwoehnl (120) 2005-04-21 15:48

Well, Dan, one more time your pattern-finding eye didn't fail you. Very well seen this repetition of the folks with the instruments. The fact that they are all dressed in white greatly amplifies the graphical impact. I like it.

jeanfrancois (1259) 2005-04-21 17:57

Very remarkable.
The patterns created by people are amazing.
I really didn't expect this.
Well done !
JF

Tue (25770) 2005-04-21 19:00

A very nice and funny picture! I like the repetion of this picture! Very well done and a good POV too well done! :-D

jjbach (9113) 2005-04-21 19:49

Excellent compo, excellent repetition. I like the diagonal lines in your shot. The point of view is great. To take 50 pictures it's easy. The difficult part is to choose the best among them!! Very nice work Dan!

Regards John

cessy (13647) 2005-04-22 2:16

I can't tell what is it from the thumbnail, I though it really a razor blades :))
excellent capture Dan, very nice angle and compo. they really make great pattern here

alford (3897) 2005-04-22 2:26

Very nice, Daniel! Looking at the thumbnail, you can't say what the photo is all about. Great POV! This is an interesting event you're showing us. It must have been fun listening to the music. rgds.

ChrisJ (71614) 2005-04-22 3:37

Hi Dan

A superb pov, with good sharpness, colour, lighting & graphism. I like the diagonal tilt. Well done!

alvaraalto (5353) 2005-04-22 3:40

Hi Dan,
When I saw of your world record razor blades, I decided immediately to try to break this record. I like to come in the Guinnesbook of Record. In the WS you can see if I succeeded.
Great picture. Groet Rob

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jrj (34791) 2005-04-22 4:24

Great shot Dan. I think I never saw anything like it. The repetetive pattern of all these people in full swing with whatever. Really interesting.

robiuk (10767) 2005-04-22 20:03

Well Dan,
An incredible event, but I like THIS one better than the one you posted later. Maybe beacause of diagonals, I dunno.
Very strong graphical impact of this one!
Robi

avigur_11 (21315) 2005-04-22 20:11

This is fantastic, Dan. A great angle of shooting, wonderful pattern and repetition. This instrument looks very interesting.

Stepan (27181) 2005-04-23 4:40

A very strange atmosphere. It looks like a workshop and I can't imagine it's a "cultural" one !! I look forward to discovering other pics from this moment !!
Stéphane

Steft (5962) 2005-04-23 14:46

I haven't seen this photo before, a shame, because it is very good and graphic. I like the repetition of shapes and the diagonal lines.
Well done!

pamastro (7215) 2005-04-24 1:24

That's a lot of people for this portion of this group. I like the angle of this one which gives it a dynamic feel that strongly moves through this both from left top to bottom right and up an down each row. It's also something how everyone also came dressed alike for this meeting. At first I thought it was some kind of huge office of some kind. It sort of has that dystopian feel of the giant and faceless bureaucracy at work. This is very cool. And what a sound it must have been listening to it all.

Galmeida (12559) 2005-04-24 4:33

The title is funny and in seeing the thumbnal it seems like razor blades. Very well captured, composed and with a fine texture and graphism.

Interesting, original and a nice work!
Congratulations!
Fernando

maphoto (8076) 2005-04-25 5:44

This is just great picture Daniel, this is art, I really like the graphic and your point of view is magic, great worl Daniel, starting with the thumbnail it was a success, thanks for sharing.

Jeppe (18624) 2005-04-26 16:25

Oh - what a sound the must have been - I like the cropping and the angle of the shot - a fine and funny shot - thanks Dan.

Rinie_Hoff (9334) 2005-05-02 3:28

Hmmm, Dan, instead of your newer pictures, I wanted to come back to this one. I had seen it, but no time to rate.
You filled the frame really beautiful this way, Dan, and I guess you were lucky to be there, and shot the scene from this angle.
VERY nice diagonal picture!

capthaddock (28640) 2005-05-12 10:19

Hi Dan - I have never seen such difference between thumbnail and large size, amazing uniformity of the people.

apazevedo (5469) 2005-05-21 19:02

Excellent title, note and photo, Dan; the pattern is fantastic, the perspective also...
Well done, I liked it!

oochappan (22036) 2005-05-27 3:28

I missed this one
Well seen this repetition with a perfect angle and indeed on the thumb it looks like razor blades.
An excellent almost total graphical shot Dan
Gree(n)tings
Henk

fadingstar78 (418) 2005-12-22 9:38

what a great perspective!!! great pic.