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25 September 2007 in Notes, Photography, Sydney by Stilgherrian | 2 comments
I used to stir ’Pong because he never had people in his photographs. So I was amazed to see this image from Earthdance the other weekend. He was lifted bodily above the mosh pit by eager partiers — just check their faces! ’Pong took plenty of other photos, before sunset and after dusk, all of them well worth consideration.
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26 September 2007 at 10:50 am
Snarky Platypus
It’s a sea of dilated pupils…
26 September 2007 at 11:27 am
Stilgherrian
@Snarky Platypus: Now now… The photo was taken at night, when pupils are wide to let in the dim light, and the flash is so fast they don’t have time to shrink. I’m sure that’s the explanation… [nods]