The red and white row, a photo from Barcelona, Catalonia

Photographer's Note

The festivity of Saint Anthony the Abbot is celebrated by means of a colourful parade.
I took this photo in the neighbourhood of Sant Andreu in Barcelona, where this celebration is very traditional.
Here you can see the row of several officers of the Mounted Guardia Urbana with their dress uniform, based in the red jackets, the white pants and the amazing feathers on the helmets.
The perspective of the agents and the horses were worth the capture, in spite of a grey and rainy day, with a weak light.

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La festividad de San Antonio Abad se celebra mediante un vistoso desfile.
Tomé esta foto en el barrio de Sant Andreu en Barcelona, donde esta celebración es muy tradicional.
Aquí podéis ver una fila de varios agentes de la Guardia Urbana Montada, con sus uniformes de gala, basados en las chaquetas rojas, los pantalones blancos y las asombrosas plumas en los cascos.
La perspectiva de los agentes y los caballos merecía esta toma, a pesar de un día gris y lluvioso, con una débil luz.

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lousat, ikeharel, Romano46, pajaran, abmdsudi, jjcordier, Schnappilic, thebest, jhm, Didi, nikkitta, Cricri, danos has marked this note useful

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ikeharel (37356) 2013-03-22 12:13

The red uniformn contrast superbly with the relatively grey winter town backdrp's, Josp.
Great taken the moment on the juxtaposition they stood ready for the ceramony.
Lovely, buenas tardes,
Ike

Romano46 (4930) 2013-03-22 12:20

Ciao Josep
complimenti per questa bella foto che coglie una bella situazione nella quale soggetti e colori concorrono a fare una bella situazione.
L'hai colta al volo e oltretutto in maniera eccellente perchè la nitidezza è ottimaa pari della luminosità.
Bello il taglio che mette in evidenza il particolare soggetto.
Ciao e buon fine settimana
Romano

cargus (6460) 2013-03-22 12:53

Colour, light and contrast excellent, good together in a successful picture.
Regards
Adrian

pajaran (36246) 2013-03-22 13:14

Dobro vece.
Lep pogled na gardiste sa lepim uniformama ...
Dobar snimak, kontrast, perspektiva, lepe boje.
Dobar tekst, lepo pokazan trenutak.
Dobar tekst o upotrebljenoj tehnici i elementima snimka.
Prijatno vece i sve najbolje za vikend.
Srecno.
Paja.

Good evening.
Nice view of the guardsman with nice uniforms ...
Good picture, contrast, perspective, beautiful colors.
Good article, nicely shown the moment.
Good article on the used technique and image elements.
Good evening and all the best for the weekend.
Good luck.
Paja.

kabel (991) 2013-03-22 20:35

Hello, excellent capture of the horses and riders. Good composition and excellent color. I think I wuld crop out the street light and trees on the far right.
TFs,
karen

chrisvek (5483) 2013-03-22 21:04

Hello Josep

That's an awesome picture.Great timing for your "click" Amazing colors and saturation.Well done!

Have a nice weekend
Chris

abmdsudi (26281) 2013-03-22 21:50

Hi Josep
Thanks to your patience, you have spotted the opportunity so well there by using the strong basic colors of intense red and white in the muted setting to glue our attention. These contrasting colors inter plays guiding the eyes as the repeated figs smoothly recede into the far end diagonally in such a cheery spot full of vibrancy. Above all I love your pov and the precise timing, an eyecatching human elements so well presented. Very well done, My congrats
Kind regards

jjcordier (62344) 2013-03-22 23:18

Josep
Une photo de grande qualité de ces fiers cavaliers aux uniformes rutilants et aux couvre-chefs des plus originaux. Très bon cadrage.
Amicalement
JJ

emka (58152) 2013-03-22 23:56

Hola Josep, such parades are great opportunities for photographers. Excellent composition with this diagonal line of the white caps and red uniforms. brilliant presentation.

WArm regards

Malgo

gus72 (2508) 2013-03-23 1:22

Hola Josep !!
Creo que lo mas valioso de esta foto... son los uniformes.....espectaculares y en particular los cascos con las plumas blancas..... que parecen ser largisimas.
La foto esta muy bien compuesta con una buena linea en diagonal que lleva a los ojos de un rincon al otro.
Muy nitida y por supuesto los colores estan muy bien tonalizados.
Hasta la proxima semana.
Gus

cornejo (18088) 2013-03-23 6:05

Hola Josep, buena perspectiva de las llamativas chaquetas rojas y cascos con plumas de la guardia urbana, una colorida fotografía bien compuesta y realizada, muy buen e interesante trabajo amigo mio, mis felicitaciones. Gracias por compartir.

Buena tarde y feliz domingo.
Un cordial abrazo.
Angel.

npecanhuk (53909) 2013-03-23 7:42

Hola Josep!
Very interesting and attractive picture, specially for its chosen pov, composition and colors!
TFS - congrats,
Enjoy your week-end,
Neyvan

Schnappilic (7929) 2013-03-25 12:28

Hello Josep,

I like your composition with this red line. Beautiful effect!

Best regards,

Ovidiu

thebest (3370) 2013-03-26 0:56

Hi Josep,

Wonderful clarity & Excellent colours - what I like is the plume of feathers & the attention to detail - lovely presentation.

Kindest regards,
Dawn.

papagolf21 (76569) 2013-03-26 5:07

Bonjour, cher ami Josep,
Excellente prise de vue. La diagonale est parfaite pour restituer cette festivité.
Les couleurs ressortent à merveille.
Les plumes ornant le casque (casoar chez nous) sont un plus quant à l'uniforme.
Excellente journée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

jhm (122458) 2013-03-26 6:10

Hello Josep,

Nice detailed image, of the festivity of Saint Anthony the Abbot.
These picture are beautiful with a lovely subject.
Splendid taken.
Sharpness and presentation are superb.
Excellent composition, pleasant colours. TFS.

Regards,
John

Didi (48930) 2013-03-26 7:52

Bonjour mon ami
Viva el Rey !
Intéressante perspective de cavaliers
Je croyais que tu étais à Londres au début.
Intéressante scène traditionnelle
J'apprécie beaucoup
Amitiés

jemaflor (68943) 2013-03-26 12:38

Salut Josep,
Des couleurs éclatantes avec ce rouge et un bel alignement avec en résultat un bel effet de profondeur d'image, l'angle de prise de vue est original, bien vu !

nikkitta (5886) 2013-03-28 14:52

Hola Josep

Una muy creativa captura en diagonal , me gusta el contraste de colores blanco,colorado y negro

Bien captada, estos festejos son motivo de inspiracion para los fotofrafos
Muy interesante la nota y ls detalles tecnicos de la captura
Un saludo
Maria

mesutilgim (67982) 2013-04-02 9:31

Hello Josep,
Nice capture with eyecatching colors and good layout.
Many interesting notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

adramad (27556) 2013-04-04 6:45

Hola Josep.
Una hermosa y original composicion, la perspectiva diagonal de las rojas casacas de los jinetes, da una preciosa perspectiva a la imagen, todos esos arboles tambien dan un bonito toque de grafismo a la composicion.
Muy bien manejada la luminosidad en este dia grisaceo, el rojo de los uniformes da un bonito cromatismo a la imagen.
Diferente y bonito trabajo amigo mio, bien realizado y muy bien presentado como es habitual.
Os deseo paseis una buena tarde.
Un abrazo para ti y Pili.
Luis.

Cricri (86463) 2013-04-04 13:57

Hola Cher ami Josep
Excellente perspective des cavaliers, leurs uniformes rouges éclatants et leurs casques original avec leurs longues plumes
Belle image festive, super bien cadrer et réaliser
Bonne nuit
Bisous de nous trois
cricri

jlbrthnn (79773) 2013-04-06 7:30

Hola Josep,
Usted hábilmente colocado estos jinetes y sus caballos relucientes. Los colores y la nitidez es excelente.
Buen día.
Saludos
Joël

mkamionka (24537) 2013-04-07 11:41

Hola Josep,
the weather was not the best indeed but the uniforms made the photo so colorful and eye catching! I like the idea and how you have done it.
Beautiful work!
M

Angshu (51174) 2013-04-10 23:34

Hola my friend Josep
The look of these red dresses instantly reminds me of the English guards. Though you show their picture from the rear, the perspective is well defined & their dress creates a strong contrast with the dull BG...that's what you have achieved very well. Well done!
Best Regards
Angshu

danos (74020) 2013-04-29 11:14

Hola Josep,
nice the created perspective from the row of the officers on their horses as taking place in the parade in honor of the St. Anthony.I like the brilliant light as enhance the vivid colours of the shot with the clarity to makes the horsemen so alive.Well done my friend.

Regards,danos

Photo Information

Copyright: Josep Marin (josepmarin) (55051)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2013-01-13
Categories: Festivals
Camera: Nikon D7000 DSLR, Nikkor AF-S DX 18-200 3.5-5.6G ED VR II, Hoya Pro1 Digital MC CPL 72mm
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/100 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2013-03-22 12:08