Richard Thomas' Photo Blog

The 2009 Málaga Feria has just finished, and I went along for the first time last Wednesday afternoon (taking my camera with me of course). The daytime festivities are centred on the old town, with the pedestrianised shopping street of Calle Larios transformed into one big party. Sun shades are hung across the street from the buildings on either side and the entire area is filled with dancers, musicians and revellers. I have a few photos which I will be uploading to my site next week, but as a taster here is the first.

There were several bands in the street (I saw at least 5 just in the time I was there). In some countries you have marching bands, but this being Spain there is nothing so regimented. These are best described as “wandering” bands – they play their instruments while standing roughly in the same area, milling around and interacting with the crowd, who out of necessity don’t give them much space. They tend to have members without instruments whose job it is to get the crowd dancing and singing along, not difficult given a) the fact that the Spanish love a party and b) the fact that everyone is nicely “lubricated”.

No so much to say about the photo, except I like the reflection in the end of the horn – if you look carefully you can see the crowd behind me, the buildings opposite and some of the decorations hanging above. More to follow next week, I’ll add a link here when the rest of the photos are available.

Update 21/04/2010: You can see the rest of the photos on my new Facebook page.

Taken with a Nikon D1X and a Nikon 18 – 200mm VR lens at 82mm. Shutter speed 1/200th sec, Aperture f/6.7

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