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Mountain Dew

Posted by Stephen (Canberra, Australia) on 25 June 2012 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

Autumn is traditionally harvest time - and a time to celebrate once the harvest is in. I went along to a couple of harvest festivals. The villages of Collector and Tallong are famous for their pumpkins and apples.

Here, I am in Tallong (Southern Highlands) for the Apple Day Festival. The Mountain Dew Band set the rustic mood and it was not far to go for some delicious apple pies.

Note the lagerphone (a beer cap rhythm instrument) in the centre.

No actual apples to show you – but tomorrow you will see pumpkins on a grand scale!

Nikon D5000 1/100 second F/8.0 ISO 800 11 mm

tallong | festivals

myky from Ontario, Canada

Looks great in bw...accentuates a "down home" type atmosphere.

25 Jun 2012 5:49am

Othersideblue from Kerman, Iran

great happy mood in b&W creating 1970 country music environment,bravo

25 Jun 2012 6:39am

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Great image Stephen, I love that lagerphone

25 Jun 2012 6:42am

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

Somehow, I just know they will play my kinda music !

25 Jun 2012 6:49am

Céline from New York, United States

Lovely toning!

25 Jun 2012 7:33am

Heinz from Hamm, Germany

Die Rentnerband. Schöne Szene und gut in SW.

25 Jun 2012 8:00am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Love this, all homely and traditional, and it proves a point about getting in real close to make the best pictures.

25 Jun 2012 8:33am

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

A group of retirees :)) Excellent it's great. Good day.

25 Jun 2012 8:34am

thami from Morocco

C'est intéressant et ingénieux cet instrument à percussion ( lagerphone)! La vidéo est drôlement démonstrative!
Bon début de semaine lumineuse!

25 Jun 2012 9:04am

arvin from sari, Iran

Very very nice
Excellent shot

25 Jun 2012 9:21am

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

I love the monochrome processing here.. fantastic.

25 Jun 2012 9:55am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

nicely framed. The B/W treatment perfect for the subject

25 Jun 2012 10:01am

Laurette from Fourways - Johannesburg, South Africa

A great capture with a wonderful mood and beautifully presented in monochrome.

25 Jun 2012 10:08am

kiwisa from North Shore, New Zealand

Love the unique musical instrument

25 Jun 2012 10:15am

fereshteh. from Iran

Excellent B/w.

25 Jun 2012 11:44am

tataray from france, France

Wow... génial... on ressent le bonheur et la bonne humeur...
Magnifique scène)

25 Jun 2012 12:01pm

Rick from Toronto, Canada

This is top notch photography, buddy. I love the character oozing from this stage and image !

25 Jun 2012 1:12pm

Barge Khazan from Tehran, Iran

nice shot

25 Jun 2012 1:20pm

Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium

A fantastic jump back in time... Very very beautiful work, the post-processing works great here ! Have a lvely day :)

25 Jun 2012 1:43pm

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

What a jolly bunch of characters

25 Jun 2012 1:43pm

Thea from Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Very nice traditions..beautiful and interesting shot with that unusual instrument !

25 Jun 2012 1:47pm

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Encore une merveilleuse scène et iamge ne Nb il manque le son mais on l'image qu'ils ont l'air sympa sueprbe.
belle journée

25 Jun 2012 2:12pm

Lewis from Ljouwert, Netherlands

Lovely in black n white

25 Jun 2012 2:15pm

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

Cheerful-looking outfit.

25 Jun 2012 2:42pm

Z from Shanghai, China

I can imagine how pleasant those fellows' music sounds like ! Wonderful shot!

25 Jun 2012 2:46pm

Irene from San Francisco, United States

This is just wonderful ! Good photo of these people. Looking forward to seeing the pumpkins.

25 Jun 2012 3:03pm

gerard1948 from Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Very nice, Great shot, Ilove.

25 Jun 2012 3:58pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

The B&W makes this a timeless image.

25 Jun 2012 4:34pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Great capture of musicians having a good time! Wonderful tones in this B&W compo as well.

25 Jun 2012 5:51pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

A wonderful image of these musicians Stephen! The title brings back memories of an old song from way back with the same title:

My brother Bill runs a still on the hill
Where he turns out a gallon or two
And the buzzards in the sky get so drunk they can not fly
Just from sniffing that good old mountain dew.

Chorus
They call it that good old mountan dew,
And them that refuse it are few.
I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug
With that good old mountain dew.

;-)

25 Jun 2012 6:09pm

@Eric Cousineau: Thanks, Eric. I can well imagine these guys doing a hearty version of this old song!

Carol from Leamington ON, Canada

This looks like it's going to be a stompin' good festival. You've captured the spirit of the moment here Stephen... the lagerphone is interesting too! Very nice!

25 Jun 2012 6:19pm

London Caller from United Kingdom

Aussie take of American country music?! ;)
Apple pies? :)

25 Jun 2012 6:33pm

@London Caller: Yes - country music is big here. Keith Urban, Kasey Chambers - the list goes on...

Olivier from Manage, Belgium

Waouh, excellent...and let's go for the music!

25 Jun 2012 6:47pm

Phil Morris from Saskatoon, Toronto, Canada

I recognized they were probably beer caps when I first seen the photo, and the only thing
missing is the guy blowing in the jug and possibly a man playing a saw, superb photo !~

25 Jun 2012 6:49pm

maximage from Mase, Switzerland

Great atmosphere in this capture ! I love.

25 Jun 2012 7:51pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

oh yeah!!!

25 Jun 2012 9:10pm

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

The singing and the camaraderie is ageless ... A lovely image ... Best regards, Adela

25 Jun 2012 9:19pm

Michael Fresh from Chester, United Kingdom

Sounds like a good trip to those villages. Are they playing country ?

25 Jun 2012 9:47pm

@Michael Fresh: Yes, a country flavour - also leaning towards the bush band style of folk music.

RBL from Oxford, United States

Cool group of fellows ~ still rockin'! Great capture and finishing!

25 Jun 2012 10:01pm

Baldwin VW from Bejuma, Venezuela

Beautiful b/w photo of this interesting band !!!

25 Jun 2012 10:26pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Looks like a good group and a great photo.

25 Jun 2012 10:45pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Fantastic shot! I like the instrument the person in the middle is using. I love the down home feeling!

26 Jun 2012 12:31am

Don Levesque from Saint John, Canada

Great shot! Looks like they play real foot stomping music! As a kid we use to build capsticks which are like your lagerphone, only we used soda pop caps. We just made them to make noise and annoy our parents ;-))
Thanks for the memories!

26 Jun 2012 1:50am

@Don Levesque: Thanks, Don. I imagine your sodaphone and its sound would be very close to what we hear from the lagerphone!

Sam from Chennai, India

Wonderful group shot. Great capture of these musicians. Beautiful in B&W. :)

26 Jun 2012 9:21am