Photographer’s Note
this was taken on march 17th, St. Patricks day; a day that is celebrated in north america, europe and australia. themes during that day include, green beer, green t-shirts, green knuckle fights.
St. Patrick decided to go to Ireland to answer what he beleived the calling from God to preach the Gospel to the pagans their.
Its also beleived he scattered all the snakes to the sea, thats one reason why no snakes are indeginoous to Ireland.
The way he explained the concept of TRINTY to the pagan Irish is by picking up the 3 sided clover leaf and stating like the leaf is one with 3 parts so is the FATHER, SON & the HOLY SPIRIT reside as one entity.
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about the photo;
it was so difficult to photograph this scene, i couldnt use flash, and had to increase the ISO to 800 hence the noise. I shot at 1 sec exposure which was equally difficult to maintain with out drunks hitting my tripod, and causing movments.
I posted this photo here becuase i found it full of stories;
- you can see the lonsome beer almost resembling the holy grail untouched and undiscovered.
- the lovers entangled in kisses, mistaken love for the effects of green alcohol.
- bartenders hustling to pour waterdown drinks to semi-conscience crowd.
- people hoping to find their soulmates with looks across the room, comments like 'hay do i know you from someplace?' and the scare tactics of DANCE.
CAN YOU SPOT THEM ALL?
Critiques | Translate
gary91
(15321) 2007-03-24 3:29
Hi Robert,
Great green picture and I loved your green note and game attached :o)
I think I found them all, but after 3 hours ;-) and some green pints... burp...
I love this image for its representativity of life and feast in a pub.The fish eye view is great and I suppose you took the picture with your arms tight so it looks like a surveillance camera.
Great idea and image, congratulations !
Have a nice week-end.
Best regards, Christian
aadilj
(17950) 2007-03-24 4:26
You're ack after a long time and with such a busy shot with so many people all doing their own thing and having a nice time overall. This also make me wonder where have you been perched to get this pov! The lights are lovely and the textures superb. good composition and a good idea.
cuneyt-sb
(6559) 2007-03-24 16:30
Hi Rafid
Nice POV and interesting effect with fish eye, right choose for moment, good colors and good compo and notes
TFS\Kind regards
soma
(943) 2007-03-24 19:23
nice use of the fish eye !! i love how the picture is showing the night life and how people act ...each is in there own universe yet in the same place ....for me, my eyes spoted the busy blury bar tender and the kissing couples :P ...
saylan-cb
(12726) 2007-04-10 4:41
Hi Robert
İnteresting photo!A very good compo and good idea.Nice POV ,well done
TFS/Regards
anducina
(8153) 2007-08-26 1:20
Excellent light and colors, I love the dynamic feeling and especially that fish-eye effect. Great atmosphere of this bar celebration of St.Patrick.
TFS,
Andreea
Photo Information
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Copyright: Robert Akrawi (rafid76)
(2611) - Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-03-17
- Categories: Festivals
- Camera: Olympus E1, Olympus Z DIGITAL ED 8mm Fisheye, RAW
- Exposure: f/3.5, 1 seconds
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2007-03-23 20:09
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