Flamenco Series #5
by Mary Machare
Title
Flamenco Series #5
Artist
Mary Machare
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
Whenever I visit southern Spain, I visit small penas (clubs) and cabarets that feature flamenco music and dancing. With its controlled movements and energy, the form fitting costumes, flamenco is fascinating to the artist and a never ending source of inspiration.
The Flamenco Series celebrates the genre of music, song and dance from the region of Andalusia in southern Spain. The genre is a blend of the Andalusian and Romani music styles and is recognized by its unmistakable rhythmic patterns and tones. Flamenco performances can be found in simple concert halls and small cabarets, as well as in penas in small towns.
As for the costumes, they can be found in Seville, the capitol of flamenco, where many designers of the beautiful dresses, shawls, fans and hair pieces can be found in little shops as well as department stores.
This photo was first manipulated, then built up with layers of textures on the background to highlight the dancer in the foreground.
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January 26th, 2013
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Music of the Heart
An exquisite capture of motion and beauty, Mary! Your flamenco series is such a delight to see the beautiful dresses, dance movements, women, and colors. You captured the atmosphere, my friend! Excellent work! LFTP
Jack Zulli
Like how you worked this, the blur in portions adds a nice touch, well done;) v
Mary Machare replied:
The blur was a result of movement and low light.... a happy accident! Thank you, Jack, for your comments and support.
Karen Adams
Even from behind, the viewer gets the attitude of the dancer and the motion of the dance! fav/v69
Kym Backland
Mary, You must of had a wonderful time in Spain! I just love this series of your FLAMINGO DANCERS! FVG+
JOHN TELFER
Mary, Wonderful action capture with remarkable details in this photo. Love the way you have captured the movement of this Spanish dancer in full movement with her dress flying as she twirls around along with the capture of the great costumes worn by these dancers. Excellent capture of action without having any blur in the photo. Excellent photo, voted, google, tweet and FB promoted