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Photographer’s Note

A la pleine Lune 1 200 000 personnes tournent autour de la montagne Sacrée 15km. Dans un train d'enfer... At full moon 1 200 000 peoples walk around the Sacred Montain 15km... Very fast walk...

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Mike (693) 2003-07-29 5:38

What can you say! forget the fact that it's blurred, I don't care, I love it, to see so many people crowded together like this, it makes for a really unusual shot.

mdchachi (1611) 2003-07-29 22:07

I like the dynamic feeling evoked by the blurry crowd but I wish there was something in the shot in better focus. Also, I find the mirror at the bottom distracting.

BobTrips (1853) 2003-07-30 1:48

Sorry to disagree with the other two reviewers, but I don't see any value added by the shot being out of focus. If just the people were blurred it might infer motion, but the trees are also blurred.

Aside from that there's nothing central to the shot, no story except that added by your notes, the post on the right should go,...

(I'd give you a Nasty Yellow Smiley, but feel like I've dumped on you enough already. Let's see some better stuff.)

longwayfromhome (419) 2003-07-30 7:35

This could have been a much better picture with just a little thought. It looks to me like you just held your camera over your head and hoped for the best. I'm not saying that's a bad technique, but with a digital camera you should be checking your shots and correcting accordingly. This shot would be improved by using a wider angle and shooting downwards to include more upclose action, whilst still including the line disappearing into the distance.

light (865) 2003-09-24 12:55

I like this shot beacouse is famosu, the pilgrimage or Pradakshina around the sacred mountain of Arunachala Shiva!
It gives a senstaion of many people going.
Photo is a bit out of focus, I don't know if neat image mixed with sharpenning could improve. Anyway nice take, thanks for sharing your photos.