Tony by phil_howcroft

Tony

We went to Woodthorpe Park today. A municipal park for the people of Nottingham.

The park has a free Christmas event at weekends in December, Various stalls, attractions and music events for all the family

The greenhouses were transformed into a winter wonderland and the music in the greenhouse was provided by Swing Convention,

This is Tony, who is the leader of the Swing Convention and also leader of the Tony Farrell Big Band.

Tony taught my daughters the trumpet many years ago, he must have done a decent job as my eldest daughter is now a music teacher at a secondary school :)

Tony is a trumpet player, but is playing a flugelhorn here (well at least I think he is , someone can correct me if I am wrong)

Shot with my Sony A6000 and my 50mm prime lens, No vintage lenses this time , just the Sony 50mm f1.8

Edited in Rawtherapee and GIMP
Lee
This is a good shot Phil.
December 9th, 2018  
A lovely monochrome with great light ,dark and in-between shades A lovely candid - fav
December 10th, 2018  
I thought it might be a french horn but on researching - it looks like you are right - a flugalhorn! A more mellow sound than a trumpet! Your f1.8 worked beautifully here!
December 10th, 2018  
Good capture
December 10th, 2018  
Excellent tones and the detail is pin sharp!
December 10th, 2018  
Excellent Phil....lovely black _ white telling a story...pity there is no sound too! Fave.
December 10th, 2018  
Great portrait
December 11th, 2018  
Fabulous close-up capture of this very talented musician and works perfectly in b&w. Fav.
December 11th, 2018  
Excellent b&w! and I like the shiny trumpet (or whatever it is). Fav
December 12th, 2018  
Very nice indeedy
December 13th, 2018  
@casablanca @caterina @sangwann @kerristephens @happypat @ellida @777margo @maggiemae @gamelee @beryl thaks everyone for getting this on the PP, your support is much appreciated
December 14th, 2018  
Perfect b&w
December 19th, 2018  
@yrhenwr thanks david , much appreciated
December 19th, 2018  
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