Busker in Loughborough by seanoneill

Busker in Loughborough

An awful day. In the howling wind comes a stinging rain (anyone spot the obscure song there? 10 points to anyone who can)

So, with me office bound for meetings, skype and phone conferences progressing a couple of large projects with suppliers and customers, this is a shot of a busker in Loughborough on Sunday. He was rather good, so I gave him a £1 to take his photo, and it seems that a lot of other people had too, he must have had £200 in his sax case. Good luck to the guy.

I was supposed to nip to the village to buy some vegetables that Rebecca has planned for a stir fry tea. With such awful weather I have ducked that and will pay my penance and cook up a chicken and chorizo sauce and some pasta instead.

Meetings in Nottingham tomorrow, then have to set up my new very cool and very light laptop in the office, so it has access to our network. May go in to Nottingham early and see what street or architecture shots I can spot.
just a great shot - really like this a lot :)
February 5th, 2014  
Excellent shot! And not such an obscure song; that whole album is legend! I bought it the first day it was available in '87!
February 5th, 2014  
@grizzlysghost I'll give you the 10 points there Aaron! Still one of my favourite songs, and one of the best albums ever.
February 5th, 2014  
Sean I love the high contrast you used for this shot...well worth the payment to capture such a great street shot!
February 5th, 2014  
Wonderful light & shade ...suits this shot so well & I love a good sax player......Fave.
February 5th, 2014  
I like the contrast
February 5th, 2014  
very sweet b&w!
February 5th, 2014  
Really great shot. The black background and contrast are so effective.
February 5th, 2014  
nice contrast. enjoy street musicians
February 5th, 2014  
If I mention driving nails and the tree of pain does that get me my points without giving away too much? Love that song and the album. One of my favourite bands ever. Nice photo too!
February 5th, 2014  
@rachelwithey You get 10 points, and a bonus point for adding the next line Rachel. back in teh day before we had kids we saw them in Europe several times and in Philadelphia. Now I can't afford Philadelphia!!
February 5th, 2014  
One of the best bands I've seen live. Never saw them out of the UK though. Must have been good
February 5th, 2014  
Love your processing of this shot!
February 5th, 2014  
U2 Bullet the Blue Sky

I love Buskers and I love photos of them, so has to be a Fav
February 5th, 2014  
Great use of negative space , love this
February 5th, 2014  
A FAV! Love everything about it!
February 5th, 2014  
Favulous
February 5th, 2014  
wow! Love, super cool, dark and beautiful. Fav!
February 5th, 2014  
wonderful shot
February 5th, 2014  
Great high contrast shot!!
February 6th, 2014  
Wonderful b&w.......so cool!!!
February 6th, 2014  
Lee
Brilliant one Sean, love the blend of the guy the black background.
February 6th, 2014  
Incredible-u really captured the mood! ♫♪♫
February 6th, 2014  
The highlights on his faxce and the sax stand out wonderfully against the blackened wall
February 6th, 2014  
cool shot and edit.
February 6th, 2014  
Adore your shot and wonderful processing here. Fav!
February 6th, 2014  
fabulous high contrast... love the backdrop - gives this tremendous intensity!
February 6th, 2014  
Love the shot, the framing and the edit. Fav! Great bw!
February 6th, 2014  
Perfect shot, and a fav from me.
February 6th, 2014  
Love sax and the processing matches the sound perfectly .
February 6th, 2014  
Love the light and the processing. I'm a sucker for a good capture of a busker. This is great!
February 6th, 2014  
The high contrast processing works so well in this, esp on the buskers outline and sax. Fav
February 6th, 2014  
Instant fav, love this photo and love love the processing.
February 8th, 2014  
Nice work
February 8th, 2014  
Sorry I missed this earlier - super capture and edit, well deserved PP, Trending, Sean.
February 8th, 2014  
and a Fav of course!
February 8th, 2014  
Super shot Sean. I'm too late to claim any points!
February 13th, 2014  
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