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Didgeridoo


Didgeridoo
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3265 W: 267 N: 7730] (32968)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-04
Categories: Decisive Moment
Camera: Canon EOS 30D, Canon 70-300mm DO IS USM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): People Photos, Musicians and their mood: Jimi Hendrix and friends, Music in a Photo, Music [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-16 3:42
Viewed: 624
Points: 34
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Didgeridoo

This man busking at Takapuna Markets last week. He was sitting on the ground, playing the Didgeridoo, and was deeply engrossed in the music and didn’t seem to notice the hundreds of people passing by. . .

Didgeridoo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a wind instrument of the Aborigenes, the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe".

A didgeridoo is usually cylindrical or conical in shape and can measure anywhere from 1 to 2 meters in length, with most instruments measuring around 1.2 meters. Instruments shorter or longer than this are less common. Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower the pitch or key of the instrument. Keys from D to F are the preferred pitch of traditional Aboriginal players.

It is commonly claimed to be the world's oldest wind instrument. Archaeological studies of rock art in northern Australia suggests that the Aboriginal people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for about 1500 years, based on the dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period.

When a suitable tree is found and cut down, a length of the main trunk or a segment of a branch is removed that will become the didgeridoo. The bark is taken off, the ends trimmed, and some shaping of the exterior then results in a finished instrument. This instrument may be painted or left undecorated. A rim of beeswax may be applied to the mouthpiece end.

Fran asked to see a picture of the whole Didgeridoo, so you can see that in the WORKSHOP.
cstathoulis, tfebbo, fumaretue, Silke, lucbus, JohnTulip, Refugee, ScottHale, Hendrika has marked this note useful
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  • lucbus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2108 W: 92 N: 1854] (10299)
  • [2007-02-16 4:49]

Hello Janice,
This is a veru nice portrait. I like how you've capture all his concentration and intensity in playing this didgeridoo. The lighting is excellent with the sunlight.
Cheers.
Luc

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2847 W: 263 N: 5947] (23588)
  • [2007-02-16 13:08]

I like this portrati too, Janice, though I must admit that the first one was even better.
Great colours and details, good POV (just not quite as good as the previous :-))
TFS
silke

I don't understand why so few comments on this one... The light is good and the close-up gives the feeling to be connected to the musician, his concentration, the pleasure to play this instrument.
Definitely a good one.

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1792 W: 128 N: 3006] (16617)
  • [2007-02-16 15:09]

Hi Janice,

Good captured, he look like he is in his own little world of music, completely forget about the real world he is in... excellent work my friend, good details and lighting. Well done, thanks for sharing

Cheers,
Sweety

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  • tfebbo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 183 W: 11 N: 238] (1076)
  • [2007-02-16 15:21]

Hi Janice,
A lovely follow-up image to your previous one of this performer. Excellent lighting and crisp details make this a beautifully captured photo. Well done. Cheers, Todd

Hi Janice,
Thank you for showing the Didgeridoo in the workshop, I was curious to see what they look like. Very interesting notes and photo, great skin tones, textures, colors and sharp images, thanks for sharing,
Fran

Hi Janice,

Well, you can't get more traditional than this! He may be oblivious to his surroundings but I'm sure it sounded great! A great portrait of the didgeridoo busker!

Well done & TFS
Constantinos

Excellent close up portrait Janice
TFS
John

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  • SILVA Gold Star Critiquer [C: 321 W: 0 N: 0] (3917)
  • [2007-02-17 14:44]

great work..light,color,sharpness,congrts

Hi Janice. The last time I was back in Western Australia I saw a young chap in Fremantle playing one, not an elaborate instrument like this but one of the unpainted ones...almost as though he had only just cut the branch. I could spend hours listening to one that is played by any indigenous person especially if accompanied by some of their sticks. Unlike Silke I think this is better than the last, the intensity is still evident and the light is even better. TFS,
David

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  • Dawn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1139 W: 100 N: 3357] (17508)
  • [2007-02-17 22:07]

Another excellent composition of this young man... Well done Janice... I like it very much.

So sharp, and nice lighting.

Thank you for sharing...
Cheers Dawn

p.s. I hope you get some practice in down in the capital with your people shots... Watch out Helen Clark!! LOL

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  • Ejtaan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 971 W: 99 N: 2249] (11339)
  • [2007-02-18 15:39]

Hey Janice,
Great capture; neat and sharp with good realistic colors!
Love the dedication on the musician's face!

My brother had a didgeridoo and when he played it, there were "gaps" as he had to breathe... so we called it a "didgeridon't" ... it was just our way of teasing him...
He wanted to do a workshop in playing his instrument, but he never got to do it. He suddenly passed away 19 months ago.
I miss my best friend/brother so much, but I have so many very nice and warm memories of him...

Cheers girl! nice entry...
Anneke

Hi Janice
You captured the great trance of the men.
I like the crop and the attention you put to his face.
It is really a real nice shot
I liked it so much that I started playing with it
See work shop
RuudBlok

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  • WTS Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 269 W: 56 N: 269] (1403)
  • [2007-02-20 10:15]
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Hi Janice
another good pic of a didgeridoo player. Details and colors are well shown. Nice to see someone so enjoying what he is doing.
If others would like to here the didgeridoo played here is a site, I gave to Todd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkWpoR4I-k&eurl=
Just copy and paste in your browser.
Wayne

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  • lopa Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1083 W: 244 N: 847] (8927)
  • [2007-02-22 0:33]

Hi Janice ,
Excelent portrait. Wonderful study in concentration, which the tight close up shows so well.
TFS
Lopa

Janice,
Once again, another good shot of this musician. Seems like you got something MORE than just an earful of good music. I REALLY like the tight framing here and the use of light with NO overexposure. It makes it seem so real and clear. The focus is spot-on, makes the capture perfect. Well done Janice, this is a beautiful image.

Scott

Hi Janice,
This one makes me smile, thinking back of that summer holiday, when our son was still in school, that he and his friend were trying to play on the didgeridoo I bought. After 2 weeks they really managed to do circular breathing they called it ?!
As you also mentioned, it is great when people are focussed on what they are doing, so you can make a great picture.
Also appreciate your note.
TFS
Els
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