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Live8 - London (4 images)

Postby chris1968 on Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:22 am

We were lucky enough to win tickets, just a couple of images from yesterday which was brilliant!
Not prize winners by any stretch, i'm just happy i persuaded myself to take the D70 and lit lens along....and happy to have been fortunate to be part of the event.....

Those all important tickets.........

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Running for the front........

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Appreciative crowds......

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Floyd re-united - i took many similar images throughout the day, just as a record of who played, guess the reforming of Floyd was amongst the big things of the day though, as was my learing to understanding metering at this type of light........!

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Postby BBJ on Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:46 am

Hey Chris, Nice shots, would have been a great event to go to for sure as we seen it on the tv here, hell i would have loved to seen Pink Floyd and others.
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:45 am

Chris - your shots remind me of the Stones concert I went to in Hyde Park (way back when) and they do convey the feeling on the day.

Pink Floyd - the greatest group (IMO) that has ever performed and to see them back together for this concert is fantastic. I saw them back in the 70’s at Earls Court (may have been Olympia) and also after Roger left in Sydney. Thanks for the shots :D
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Postby leek on Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:55 am

Nice shots Chris

You lucky lucky $%#%$# :-)

What an event... and a great achievement for the organisers... The whole thing was very moving... Hopefully it'll make the right 8 people sit up and take notice...

I watched the live broadcast for as long as I could stay awake and woke up the next morning in time to catch Pink Floyd... Amazing!!!

I also watched the Channel 9 "highlights" last night - some very interesting editing... :shock: Not very representative of the original concert...

One thing did occur to me though... Couldn't the German organisers have chosen a better location?? I know the Brandenburg Gate provided a nice backdrop, but the bands seemed to be playing at the end of a very narrow street, with the crowds stretching off for kilometers... Very strange...
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Postby MHD on Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:04 am

Awesome.. I saw a few d70s in the crowd during the broadcast last night!
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Postby chris1968 on Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:41 pm

Thanks for the comments guys!
Given i'd originally thought about not taking the D70 i'm glad i changed my mind.......
With hindsight maybe i should have left the 70-300 in the bag as well but there you go.......

It was a fantastic (well, if you take madonna and mariah carey out of the equation) and very moving day, dont think there was a dry eye in the house when they brought on a very striking young lady of 23 who was originally shown as part of LiveAid at just 3 years old and very close to death.

Not only do things like this rock, they work.........
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Postby leek on Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:58 pm

chris1968 wrote:dont think there was a dry eye in the house when they brought on a very striking young lady of 23 who was originally shown as part of LiveAid at just 3 years old and very close to death


My eye certainly wasn't dry... One of the most memorable moments - even if the poor girl had to pretend to dance with Madonna!!!
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