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Asian Warrior
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June 26 2004:
Asian Warrior

Brick Lane, London

Today, London had the Olympic torch relay, the first time we have seen it in our own city since 1948.

Many communities organised side events, and I chose the happening in Brick Lane, which is a well known Asian neighbourhood not far from the city centre. There was a street carnival there today which was great. The procession was spearheaded by two warrior like people spraying sparks ahead of them. When I get my FILM back, I may well put together a gallery for the event.

The weather was dull and wet, and so my shots of Sharron Davies running with the Olympic torch on Tower Bridge were not that great, but you can see an attempt in my Extras Gallery HERE.


Photoshop:
Cropped and Resized
Flourescent jackets in background desaturated 80%
Overall saturation increased by 11%
Framed using Pantone Warm Gray 1C

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/250s f/8.0 at 115.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Mike R05-Jul-2004 16:03
This is really good. I like the composition with the line of smoke. Great.
brother_mark29-Jun-2004 20:16
COOL!!
RodTO29-Jun-2004 05:44
Wicked shot! Nice colours and smoke.
Chris Brooker28-Jun-2004 09:18
Very nicely done.
Guest 27-Jun-2004 21:18
great photo... just bursting with color NICE!
Si Kirk27-Jun-2004 06:21
great image, full of colour and energy!
Guest 26-Jun-2004 23:27
WOW! This is crazy! I love the sparkling thingies! And the blue face, just such a great capture!!
Pall Gudjonsson26-Jun-2004 22:56
Superb !
Robin Reid26-Jun-2004 20:14
Dramatic, colorful and quite excellent.
penny roots26-Jun-2004 18:43
Wonderful image , great colour .
virginiacoastline26-Jun-2004 18:20
weren't they just in Cape TOwn?? <http://www.pbase.com/image/30061452 . .that's one heckuva RUN!!! Nice capture Ray . . .smoke and mirrors . .except there's no mirriors . .and probably no smoke, just haze. Never mind.
Gayle P. Clement26-Jun-2004 18:15
Wonderfully colorful image. Very mysterious.
Jude Marion26-Jun-2004 18:15
Nice image ... I like the expression on his face ... and the colours are quite nice!