Elephant Parade Photo

Photographer’s Note

ELEPHANT PARADE 2009 AMSTERDAM

From 5 September to 31 October, More than a hundred arty elephants will swarm the streets of Amsterdam: together, they form a remarkable open-air exhibition, the Elephant Parade, that is dedicated to the Asian elephant. After the successful editions in Rotterdam and Antwerp, the exhibition in Amsterdam will be the largest so far.

The Elephant Parade is founded by father and son Mike and Marc Spits. With their project, they aim to raise attention for the Asian elephant, that is threatened with extinction. Their project has proven to be succesful: the first two editions of the Elephant Parade, held in Rotterdam and Antwerp, raised a total amount of over €700,000. The benefits of the Elephant Parade are donated to the Elephant Family, the largest elephant charity in the world and was founded in 2002 by Mark Shand. He is a globetrotter, philantropist and writer and maker of the BBC documentary Queen of the Elephants.

This picture is made on the “Koningsplein” (King square). The canal on the background is the “Singel”

This Elephant is called: Desert Snake and designed by: Nut Thamrongpittayanan

Next year the elephant parade will visit London.

In the Workshop you can admire a pink elephant as a tribute to Kath (Feather). If you think that “Speedy Gonzalez” is passing by on a bike you have smoked some “herbal cigarettes” too much.

nazirbadar, feather, belido, PixelTerror, Clementi, alainh, Graal, jhm, jafadabret, leonorkuhn, UlfE, papagolf21, subhendu_bagchi, riclopes, paura, danos, bakes888, Kielia, jlbrthnn, Cricri, Didi, axiotea, adores has marked this note useful

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nazirbadar (219) 2009-09-25 9:07

Nice and interesting picture with equally interesting moment captured.
A very well exposed image.
Greetings
Nazir

feather (49860) 2009-09-25 9:09

I've seen cows in Lisbon, bears in Lyon and now elephants in Amsterdam. A bit too much of the 'herbal' cigarettes and everyone will be seeing pink elephants. Good catch with the musician using the elephant to rest on.
Kath

Philippe (11773) 2009-09-25 13:02

Hallo, Rob. De olifant heb je uitstekend geplaatst in je compositie. Ik waardeer het feit dat hij het zicht op het kanaal en de gevels in de verte open laat. Er is ook een goed perspectief met de bomen aan beide kanten en daartussen een mooi bewolkte hemel.
Ik wens je een prettige avond,
Philippe

PixelTerror (86060) 2009-09-25 13:06

Hi Rob
AN amazing structure flashing from the vignette the light is terrific and the back to back works well also having the background canal perspective is nice
have a nice day JY

danyy (68710) 2009-09-25 13:19

Bonjour Rob,
c'est vivement coloré et ces lumières assez fortes permettent à ces verts de pleinement s'exprimer. Clin d'oeil à un art inhabituel/
Une photo soignée et nette.
Amicalement.
Daniel.

Fis2 (45765) 2009-09-25 14:20

Czesc Rob!
Curious place, interesting scene.
Good frame and super colors.
I like the light and sharpness.
Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

Clementi (44013) 2009-09-25 14:23

Ciao Rob,
beautiful image, the elephant rich in color well it opposes around with the scene.
good job
Giorgio

alainh (35363) 2009-09-25 21:28

hello Rob
Excellent ! who help who ? i like ! the colours are very pleasant and the old person in the back give a good presence.
friendly
alain

Graal (57885) 2009-09-26 0:14

Hi Rob,
amazing reportage, good shot at the parade. Nice elephant on FG. Well informations and done photo. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

jhm (82461) 2009-09-26 0:38

Dag Rob,

Ik had er niet van vernomen dat dit heeft plaats gehad in Antwerpen, maar goed u toont ons dit uit Amsterdem.
De presentatie is mooi ook de kleuren en scherpte zijn perfect genomen.
Mooi element in de Amsterdamse straten, bedankt.

Prettig weekend,
John

jafadabret (39557) 2009-09-26 4:17

Bonjour Rob !
J'aime beaucoup la fraîcheur de cette photo. L'éléphant prend le soleil et semble heureux qu'on pense enfin à lui pour le protéger.
Bon weekend !
Jacques

belido (16421) 2009-09-26 6:08

Hi Rob,

interesting artwork and good composition. I guess this is related to some kind of alucination :)) Very good work on the catch and note and thanks for sharing the other pink one.
Regards,
Carlos

leonorkuhn (13559) 2009-09-26 7:27

Hi Rob,

This is an psychedelic elephant for sure. He is sitting there with staring eyes, thinking that the body has snakes ...
Excellent capture, great colors, light and details.

Have a nice weekend
Leonor

UlfE (8972) 2009-09-26 22:44

Hi Rob,

A wonderful daily life shot. The musician back to back with the elephant is great. I also like your POV very much. The diagonal line is very attractive and adds dynamics to the picture. It also great that the colourful elephant is sunlit and the background is shaded, but I would not have minded if the background would have been a little but blurred. TFS and have a nice Sunday!

Cheers,

Ulf

papagolf21 (56335) 2009-09-27 0:31

Bonjour, mon ami Rob,
La sculpture contemporaine s'installe dans la rue sans complexe. Le personnage assis ne semble pas plus intéressé par cette oeuvre aux couleurs vives et de la posture prise par le pachyderme.
Une très bonne photo comme à l'accoutumée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

rodgerg (23993) 2009-09-27 0:44

Hello Rob,

Very original, very efficience and very plesant shot with a good use of the green and funny elephant in the FG. Beautiful play of light nad shade well colected nad greta prospect to the canal and the beautiful houses of Amsterdam.
Goed zondag,
Roger

pablominto (40600) 2009-09-27 11:51

Hello Rob,

Now that is a cute little elephant!
Fresh colours and nice chubby limbs but maybe the size of the ears is a bit disappointing, hehehe...
I notice the jig-saw puzzle skin and the happy pose, an excellent documentary!

Greetings,
Pablo -

John_F_Kennedy (31355) 2009-09-27 22:35

Hello Rob,
Very well captured sculpture and good composed, also the presentation is very well.
Best wishes,
Achim

subhendu_bagchi (3061) 2009-09-28 3:32

Namaste Rob,
you have captured here a nice and funny photo. The toy elephant and the man are taking rest back to back position. Great. Sharpness and depth is fantastic. Colours are so nice. Well done.
Have a nice week.
Subhendu

riclopes (32977) 2009-09-28 3:34

Hello Rob, I've never heard of an elephant parade before although it doesn't surprise me much since the proliferation of animals parades that show up around the world after the cow parade. I have to say that this one is much nicer than the minimalist WS including this back to back situation. Still, I like the Speedy Gonzalez... ;-)
groet,
ric

paura (38348) 2009-09-28 3:38

Rob,
Very interesting object in this well framed photograph. Composition and the difficult lighting setup ae great. well done!

Regards

Paulo

danos (32400) 2009-09-28 4:08

Hi Rob,
a pleasant parade of colourful elephants are the artist fact of the season in Amsterdam.Three years ago we had in Athens a cow parade.I like the beautiful arty design of the present elephant as the man that lean on it.

Have a nice afternoon,Danos

bakes888 (18165) 2009-09-28 23:20

Hi Rob. Great photo, I love the relaxed atmosphere with the guitarist leaning on the statue while playing. The vivid colours and sunlight make the elephant stand out from the BG. Nice catch and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Kielia (8465) 2009-09-29 10:55

Hi Rob,
this cute elephant is very fascinating and eye catching. And the impression of this charming scene is excellently composed as already mentioned. Very beautiful colors and light. Hopefully this parade will succeed! TFS!
Warm regards
Harriet

jlbrthnn (37863) 2009-09-30 1:49

Hello Rob,
The shade puts forward this fluorescent elephant, and creates a very attractive image. Its position in the image is very quite selected. The guitarist is such an attractive additional element. The depth of the image and its clearness are obvious. I like to guess the byciclettes, one of the symbols of the city. Excellent idea, very good realization. Congratulations.
Have a nice day.
Cordially.
Joël

Cricri (43092) 2009-09-30 10:20

Hi Rob
Très jolie oeuvre d'art, un joli éclat de couleurs vives pour le plus grand plaisir des yeux, tout celle en WS, superbe festival
Friendship
cricri

Didi (36078) 2009-10-01 11:07

Hi rob
Very original picture, great details.
Good sharp composition with nice colours.
Best regards

marietom (31898) 2009-10-06 13:34

hello Rob,

cela me rappelle les vaches, à Paris, il y a quelques années. Jolie composition, bien colorée.
Bonne soirée
Marie

AiresSantos (42040) 2009-10-09 6:43

Hi Rob
Beautiful portrait of this elephant. Great perspective and colours
It also nice to see in background the canal and city
TFS and have a nice weekend
Aires

axiotea (16081) 2009-10-11 22:56

Hello Rob
Interesting mini-series! here you had a perfect light on the elephant sitting back to back with a musician. i like to see as well the sitting couple in the back then the Dutch houses giving context and adding a sense of distance.
Have a nice day
Marilyn

adores (15507) 2009-11-11 16:32

Hi Rob!
I just have some photos of the goat and the tree parade we had here! This one is very good, especially because of the man sitting behind with his guitar - it gave a good composition.I also like all those people sitting in background. Good light and colours!