The Beat by judithg

The Beat

There are some big birthdays coming up this month so I had to do some present shopping today. Adam was flagging at revision and he decided I couldn't buy him a new pair of hockey socks unsupervised so he came with me. These boys started up while we were in Boots and within minutes had attracted quite a crowd. they had a standard drum kits as well and the guy on the right moved between that and the buckets while maintaining the rhythm on anything available. Processed for a bit of a Sixties look I hope.
Three good things:
1. A lovely walk with my friend Linda and we got Monty back on the lead before he noticed the enormous fox that was prowling the area (only by chance - he had gone AWOL presumably because he'd picked up the scent but luckily came back).
2. 50 seems to be pretty young these days.
3. Good news for Rachel's karate testing.
A Fav! love love this shot. feels very 60's
April 9th, 2013  
Oh very cool. Love the expressions you captured.
April 9th, 2013  
Fifty is very young from my angle !!!!! Love the raw musical enthusiasm from these boys...you don't need much to make good rhythm!! Rachel must have done well excellent!!
April 9th, 2013  
Makes me wish I could have heard them. Great b&w!!!
April 9th, 2013  
This is great Juditth. Love the sixties look. They look like they are really enjoying themselves. Does Adam get embarrassed when you get your camera out?
April 9th, 2013  
You caught them just at the right moment - would have loved to listen to them, too ;). Do you have a picture of the fox, too? And congrats to Rachel!
April 9th, 2013  
Great capture, Judith. You have caught some action there and I would say you have processed it to look "sixtyish". Speaking of which, I think 60 is pretty young these days!
April 9th, 2013  
Jo
Fabulous capture of a perfect moment in time, love it. FAv
April 9th, 2013  
They must have had the rhythm sorted out but no music! Great happy picture!
April 9th, 2013  
How lovely to have so little inhibition! Great retro feel, like your three good things!
April 9th, 2013  
Nice shot.
April 9th, 2013  
Just fantastic you can hear the rhythm, just love the look on their faces, utter joy, so very well caught and edited a huge fav
April 9th, 2013  
Terrific capture of the action.
April 9th, 2013  
I love this - you have capture the feel brilliantly. Their facial expressions show how much they are enjoying themselves. The b&w suits the shot perfectly. Great capture.
All the best people are over 50 ;)
April 9th, 2013  
Very lively and expressive capture!
April 9th, 2013  
Great capture
April 9th, 2013  
Great candid street shot Judith, I am so glad he did not see the fox, although I am sure he would not have been in any danger, and don't you know 50 is the new 40 LOL
April 9th, 2013  
a fabulous piece of street photography judith....works well in monochrome and the motion blur is super too...a tad more grain for a retro 60's shot....although I don't know how you add grain in post processing :)
April 9th, 2013  
great catch.
April 9th, 2013  
@phil_howcroft I think I can do it using camera bag on the Mac - will do a compare and contrast....
April 9th, 2013  
Love this. Great capture. Great processing
April 9th, 2013  
That's a great catch. You've captured so much energy.
April 9th, 2013  
@judithg judith , i've never heard of camera bag...although I'm not a 'mac man' ...but I've just googled it.....it looks excellent....and runs on pc's too....i might do a bit of research on it....could be good for 'fancy wedding filters' :)
April 9th, 2013  
Absolutely brilliant, fabulous - definitely has a 60's feel. The blokes even look 60's. Oh and 50 is young! oh 2 - a Fav
April 9th, 2013  
This is great. Love the 3 good things - particularly the one about 50 being young - fav
April 9th, 2013  
@lucypics He quite often is completely appalled - but there were lots of cameras out for this.
April 9th, 2013  
@maggiemae they had a soundtrack so it did sound pretty good.
April 9th, 2013  
Looove the shot! You've really captured the action here.
April 9th, 2013  
Great capture, you have really caught the feel of their fun and expressions.
April 9th, 2013  
Love this!! What a great capture! Love the exuberant facial expressions! Totally fun shot and a fav.
April 9th, 2013  
Great fun and action shot. Would love to hear them too:)
April 9th, 2013  
How innovative of them - great shot!
April 10th, 2013  
Definitely a 60's look -- great image.
April 10th, 2013  
great shot!! love the action and enthusiasm!!
April 10th, 2013  
You've really captured the essence of these two. Brilliant!
April 10th, 2013  
Fabulous faces and the edit works great. Fav
April 10th, 2013  
Perfect street shot! Fav!
April 10th, 2013  
You captured a great moment with the one looking towards the other. I like your processing, it does help with the retro vibe--so do their clothes!
April 10th, 2013  
@phil_howcroft You can tweak the photos 'manually' in it but a lot of the filters are quite extreme (if you don't fade them out). Sometimes they are just the ticket though - I used it on The Old Granary.
April 10th, 2013  
What a cool shot! feels so impromptu. (Seen on PP. :)
April 10th, 2013  
LOVE it!!! Wonderful light, expressions and that beautiful blur!!! Socks??
April 10th, 2013  
@ruthmouch Well it's cold!!
April 10th, 2013  
Just saw this on pp ( congrats ). Very cool shot!
April 10th, 2013  
Love it. Fav.
April 10th, 2013  
Judith, such an amazing shot! It really does have a great 60s type feel! Beautiful! Fav'd! And following you now... I really like your work!
April 10th, 2013  
I love how much fun this image conveys! A wonderful capture!
April 11th, 2013  
Fav terrific
April 11th, 2013  
Love it ...I see a lot of this on Toronto streets
April 11th, 2013  
Cool!
April 11th, 2013  
I feel like you went back in time to shoot this photo...love it!!!!
April 11th, 2013  
love love love this capture. the composition, the processing, the energy and mood, the story. fav
April 11th, 2013  
brill capture
April 11th, 2013  
Brilliant street shot xx
April 11th, 2013  
Meg
Fantastic capture!
April 11th, 2013  
great shot - love this Judith! LOL to the sock saga - would you have come back with pink socks if you'd been let out alone??
April 11th, 2013  
cool as
fabulous street scene, really captured the decisive moment
April 11th, 2013  
What a great street shot. Fifity no issue, I hear that 60 isd now the time for the mid life crisis so you have load sof time to enjoy everything
April 12th, 2013  
Awesome shot and yes 50 is pretty young.
April 13th, 2013  
This is a brilliant candid shot! Well captured, love the b&w.
April 13th, 2013  
JH
Great shot - wonderful expressions on both of them!
April 15th, 2013  
Fabulous - you are just soooooo good at this!!!
April 15th, 2013  
Really nice street shot, they look like they're enjoying themselves :-)
April 16th, 2013  
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