Dancing in a fountain,Festival Hall., a photo from London, England

Photographer's Note

Appearing Rooms fountain by Danish artist Jeppe Hein.The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected (in April 1988). The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestras perform the majority of their London concerts in the hall.
The hall was built as part of the Festival of Britain by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts for London County Council, and was officially opened on 3 May 1951. When the Greater London Council (LCC's successor) was abolished in 1986, the Hall was taken over by the Arts Council. Since the late 1980s the hall has operated an 'open foyers' policy, opening up the substantial foyer spaces to the public throughout the day, even if there are no performances. This has proved very popular and the foyers are now one of the best used public spaces in London.
Each year Southbank Centre puts on a festival known as "Meltdown". In2010 the festival was curated by Richard Thompson and featured events across the Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall.
The closest tube stations are Waterloo and Embankment. SEE WORKSHOP.

Sonata11, jjcordier, besnard, dip, Kofman, ikeharel, snunney, Cricri, francio64, adores, delpeoples, nobuikehonda has marked this note useful

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Sonata11 (34119) 2011-09-04 22:33

Hello Iain,
what a wonderful picture. A very unique scene and beautiful. This a brilliant framing of this fountain and the girl. Excellent job. I love it. Perfectly well done. Thanks for sharing and informative note. Awesome !!!
All the best,
Barbara

smarcell (19965) 2011-09-04 22:56

A very nice scene, with the water that creates an interesting effect.
I like the rainbow line. In my opinion a wider view, with the girl smaller in the frame woud have been better,
Regards
Stefano

jjcordier (79299) 2011-09-04 22:57

Iain
Belle exploitation de cette fontaine pour cr嶪r cette image originale mettant en sc鋝e cette jeune fille (j'aurais quand m瘱e pr嶨廨� qu'elle ne soit pas all嶪 faire les magasins avant -)). Joli plus apport� par l'arc-en-ciel.
Amicalement
JJ

emka (157280) 2011-09-04 23:09

Hi Iain,

I hoped to see something from the meeting. Original shot. Were you also in his fountain?? It looks so. Nice rainbow.

Warm regards

Malgo

besnard (59196) 2011-09-04 23:12

Bonjour Iain
Un bon clich� original et in嶮it. Une belle r徼ssite.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journ嶪.
Nicole

dip (21408) 2011-09-05 0:16

Hi Iain,
a wonderful shot of the dancing woman through the falling water!
very good your idea to take the photo from this POV,well done!
greetings,
Dimitris.

dkmurphys (79209) 2011-09-05 0:19

Hi Iain,
Beautiful and good mood shot for these hot days. Nice one, well catch.
Enjoy a fine week.

annjackman (23019) 2011-09-05 2:32

Hi Iain,
Nice work with an original composition. It has a curious, painterly look about it that I can't quite work out - and that makes it wonderfully interesting.
Excellent!!
Regards, Ann

ikeharel (112439) 2011-09-05 3:28

Hi Iain,
A fabulous taken shot, she looks happy and cheerful, maybe not noticed by your presence - but that's you must know about...
Lovely,
Ike

KLB (23723) 2011-09-05 3:38

Hello Iain

Great shot !
An elegant direction... and refreshing !
You've done a brilliant use of the fountain.
Very unusual, compliments.

Karine

snunney (130967) 2011-09-05 4:01

Hello Iain,
An image full of exuberance. Very well seen and presented. Thanks for sharing.

sabermonajati (11537) 2011-09-05 4:28

hi
glamorous moment you captured.
regard
saber

Cricri (176) 2011-09-05 5:52

Hi Iain
Tr鋊 jolie sc幯e, j'aime l'effet peinture, les d彋ails et les couleurs, une tr鋊 jolie r嶧lisation
Belle journ嶪
cricri

Sergiom (117241) 2011-09-05 6:34

Bonjour Iain

Une tr鋊 belle composition � travers la fontaine.Une belle initiation a un wet tee shirt party. Une tr鋊 grande liberte de mouvement et un arri鋨e plan parfait.

Amicalement

Serge

SnapRJW (31631) 2011-09-05 10:33

Hello Iain - Disappointed that I cannot see your seed head; it was super! I like the softly hued fuzziness here, the shot has quite an ethereal feel to it. Why did you crop out the oak tree? Warm regards Rosemary

williewhistler (16606) 2011-09-05 11:03

Hello Iain,an original presentation full of imagination and fun.Nice effects.
Les.

francio64 (39888) 2011-09-05 14:51

Hi Iain,
bella la vista della ragazza attraverso la fitta acqua della fontana.
Il risultato � molto artistico e piacevolmente grafico.

Well done and TFS!
Francesco

adores (46979) 2011-09-05 18:46

Hi Iain!
Well done! Her pose, the rainbow and the effect of the heavy rain falling make it a very good capture.

cornejo (61504) 2011-09-06 12:25

Hi Lain, a good and beautiful picture very original and well made, making very good quality very well done, good and beautiful work my friend, congratulations for that. Good afternoon and happy week.

Kind regards.

Angel.

COSTANTINO (115539) 2011-09-07 12:01

Hello
it is a wonderful shot of this dancing woman
original version,great inspiration
shot full of art and beauty
greetings
Costantino

delpeoples (60342) 2011-09-07 19:43

Hi Iain

Love this shot. Very unique, very artistic and well composed. The rainbow is the icing on the cake.

Great job, have a good evening
Lisa

nobuikehonda (3848) 2011-09-08 5:23

Hello Iain,

If I were there, I might have enjoyed the situation as well like her. You couldn't because you had your precious camera with you. Would you have joined her in the rain otherwise? I like the heavy rainfall, as well as the rainbow that you have captured in your frame. it's a great image indeed.

Very best wishes, Iain
Nobu.

romanaa (8430) 2011-09-09 3:18

Hello Ian,

the water creates a very fine veil to suit the water fairy, who expresses her happy mood by dance.

Lovely

Best wishes

Romana

sandpiper (6788) 2011-09-10 0:48

Hi Iian

Great capture, very original. Good composition.

Chris

Robert1969 (7160) 2011-09-11 0:56

Hello Iain,

This picture tells more than a thousand words and
the composition and light management are good.

Friendly regards and have a nice Sunday,
Robert

serp2000 (47063) 2011-09-15 20:41

Like a Vincent's works! Impressive effect, Iain. Well done! Just a artwork. An interesting music information too.
Have a good friday!
Serghei

sevy (58) 2011-09-27 8:00