San Miguel Fair in Torremolinos
by Jenny Rainbow
Title
San Miguel Fair in Torremolinos
Artist
Jenny Rainbow
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Mix Media
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San Miguel Fair in Torremolinos by Jenny Rainbow.
Festival of San Miguel, Romeria, the celebrations around Torremolinos (Spain, Andalusia) honoring San Miguel Archangel. Of particular interest, the 'Romeria' includes gypsy procession and a massive picnic event, which takes place at the end of the month, where around 200,000 join in the parades, dancing and festivities. This event has long been one of the most popular and important festivals in the area.
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November 3rd, 2012
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Comments (29)
Nikolyn McDonald
Delightful moment captured and beautifully presented here. Congratulations on the tie for 2nd place in the recent Spain contest.
Clotilde Espinosa
Goooorgeous Jenny, I love horses and that yellow dress...wow, even the composition and her love for the horse....stunning!! F/V.
AnnaJo Vahle
I really like this, Jenny! It has such a beautiful feeling of warmth, happiness and sunshine. Of course, your treatment of this wonderful shot is perfect. f/v
Mary Wolf
This delightful image captures the celebration of life so perfectly! Your work is always amazing, Jenny! v/f
ARJUN SEN
You have caught a superb, emotional moment in the festival and given it a nostalgic treatment in the studio - brilliant! I live in lower Mijas, about 20 kms from Torremolinos, so I know the San Miguel festival pretty well! Love this! FV
Jenny Rainbow replied:
Thank you very much, Arjun, for your kind feedback! I also love to participate in this festival and by the way I just was going to upload some images of Mijas! LOL! A beautiful town indeed, lucky you to live there!
Sharon Mau
. ╰⊰✿ . . it looks like an oil painting . . lovely work Jenny . . I love her dress and the beautiful horse . . ✿⊱╮ . .
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
Perfectly presented in this old-time style Jenny! We Voted! Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
Xueling Zou
Beautiful capture! Love her emotional expression, love the effect you applied too! Gorgeous!
Jenny Rainbow replied:
Thank you very much Xueling, I have been so lucky to get such their expressions :-) best wishes to you! :-)
LeeAnn Alexander
Jenny, you did a fabulous job on this photograph. The colors are very soothing and the ladies make me want to join them. I love the filter you used to create the painterly effect. Well done. v.
Jenny Rainbow replied:
LeeAnn thanks a lot for your wonderful feedback, initially I loved this shot as got such lovely expressions of the ladies, but I just wanted to adjust some sunny Andalusian mood also...:-)
Margaret Saheed
Jenny, the tonal variations and beautifully blended colors emphasise the emotive moment you have captured.
Jenny Rainbow replied:
Margaret, thank you very much! The festive time in Andalusia is something special, you are involving there even if you just walking aside, the atmosphere is truly affecting and captivating!
Hazel Billingsley
This is so like a painting - very beautiful. Sounds like an awesome festival with some great photo opportunities! F/V
Jenny Rainbow replied:
Thank you so much, Hazel. its so true, the festival was a great opportunity for the piles of pictures, everybody was smiling, dancing and singing, and very friendly allow to photograph them! :-)