Cantonese Opera

By fuzzy1 written 1/12/08 7:56 AM, published 1/12/08 4:51 PM

During my last trip to Hong Kong I spent some time wandering around a Cantonese Opera festival on the waterfront in Kowloon.  

Unfortunately, most everything that was going on was happening in Cantonese (the Chinese language spoken in Hong Kong) so about all I could do was wander around, watch and take photos... There were lots of displays explaining the stage sets, the costumes and the props, as well and a number of open-air opera performances, which were really well done.

kids at the opera  - these guys were performers on break

And these were shot during one of the performances, after a very nice elderly gentleman with an ancient film Leica camera made room for me to shoot form the side of the stage
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These guys move around the stage a lot while they are performing and getting sharp shots was definitely a challenge. The audience moves around quite a bit, too, so I had to do some creative vignetting in 3 in order to hide the side of someone's head.  All in all, though, I think they turned out well and it was a really interesting show to watch.



 
  • digitalphotodude
    Fantastic expressive faces, love the lines in the makeup. Excellent colors.

    - go take some pictures you


  • smalltown05
    Great expressions and costumes.

    - blow.....hard


  • calepo
    Gorgeous shots! The colors were amazing and the DOF incredible! Spectacularly done!

    - Enjoy the journey....


  • palofmine
    You did a wonderful job capturing the perforance! Beautiful colors! Nice, sharp shots!

  • bgallagher
    Yes, great job. The makeup and the costumes are perfectly captured.

  • msjudi
    Wow!.. YOU did an awesome job, colors and makeup are so beautiful... love the expressions. Perfect captures of the kids! I Love them all..... i would loved to have been there!

    - Smile ; )


  • Swat
    Cool shots, great DOF and composition, amazing job of performance 3

  • bullshoalsview
    These are outstanding! The faces, costumes, etc. are so colorful.... really nice job on these!

    - Run Bubba Run!


  • Penny
    Fuzzy I love these! It took me forever to look through them. I looked so long at each one. The costumes and make up are amazing. You did a great job capturing them.

    - Smile


  • tbell
    Fascinating. I sent them on to a friend who grew up in Hong Kong.

    - petercallesen.com


  • Lidljo
    Great shots - what expressions - loved the children.

    - Flowers are happiness...


  • jeffrey
    vivid colors... great pics

    - believe...


  • KayN
    Fantastic job, fuzzy! Such true-to-life colors! Each shot is spectacular.......especially the one of the kids!

    - Ms.N


  • andreaeagle
    Truly Awesome!

    - come over for lunch


  • CanonFodder
    Everythings been said...Great images!

    - My "kids"!


  • bugaboo
    Focus & colors are excellent as are the expressions captured! I Really enjoyed this set!

  • Anonymous User
    Nice DOF on these shots! What a great opportunity you had!

  • Ashton
    beautiful pictures!

    - Say...CHEESE


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  • me
    Awesome shots. The colors are so vibrant & lifelike Great Shots

  • BEARPHOTO
    Wow to kids with peeker behind and P4 has incredible color and detail.

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