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A Busker plays his makeshift didgeridoo in Arrecife market, Lanzarote.
I do love a good travel portrait, hopefully I'll be able to get back to making similar images soon!
Il didgeridoo è un antico strumento a fiato utilizzato dagli aborigeni dell’Australia del nord.
Tradizionalmente viene ricavato da un ramo di eucalipto, pianta assai diffusa nella regione, e scelto tra quelli il cui interno è stato scavato dalle termiti.
Viene suonato usando una tecnica di respiro particolare chiamata respirazione circolare.
Il suono del didgeridoo è straordinariamente suggestivo.
Il suonatore nella foto, probabilmente il turco Aziz Iden, si esibiva nell’agosto 2010 nelle strade di Salisburgo.
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The didgeridoo is an ancient wind instrument developed by indigenous populations of northern Australia.
It is usually made from hardwoods (especially the various eucalyptus species that are endemic in Northern Australia) hollowed out by termites.
It is played using a special breathing technique called circular breathing.
The sound of didgeridoo is extremely attractive.
The musician in the picture, maybe the Turkish Aziz Iden, was playing didgeridoo in the streets of Salzburg in August 2010.
How do you go about photographing a gigantic didgeridoo for a Macro Mondays challenge while sticking to the '3" rule' (no more than 7.5cm!), when the said instrument is 1.65m long, from the mouthpiece to the horn?
Well, you go bitwise, as I figured out...
The detail I chose is the wooden mouthpiece (some prefer a beeswax ring as a mouthpiece, but I'd go for wood any time). Light shines through from the other end (the horn). Its outer diameter is about 5cm.
I indulged myself this second-hand didgeridoo (from Wix Stix, an Australian manufacturer) a week or two ago and slowly get the knack of it. My drone is getting better and I'm working on my circular breathing technique now. Still some way to go, but it's worth the effort, as the sound it makes is really profound and rich.
I wish you all a wonderful new year 2024. Take the time to look around for the hidden gems and keep sharing your nicest pictures. Take care!
One of the attendants of the Invasion Day rally with a great circular Digderidoo. He demonstrated it for me and the sounds was just great
Disney Springs ~ Orlando, Florida U.S.A. ~ Spring 2018
(four more photos 'from this day' in the comments)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRkuIavXwek
Thursday, July 1 2010
I really wasn't kidding when I said that the dog bone I received from Romeo for my birthday weighs as much as he does. This is one big fine instrument to handle. But I have a grip on it. Oh, and Stanley, you know that delicious antler you gave me... well, that thick chew is about half gone! It is something very tasty!
Thanks for the texture Citz#.
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument. The didgeridoo was developed by indigenous peoples of northern Australia, likely within the last 1,500 years and is now in use around the world. It is a wooden trumpet drone pipe classified by musicologists as a brass aerophone. It is usually cylindrical or conical, and can measure anywhere from 1 to 3 m long. Most are around 1.2 m long. Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower its pitch or key. However, flared instruments play a higher pitch than unflared instruments of the same length. There are no reliable sources of the exact age of the didgeridoo. Archaeological studies suggest that people of the Kakadu region in Northern Australia have been using the didgeridoo for less than 1,000 years, based on the dating of rock art paintings. A clear rock painting in Ginga Wardelirrhmeng, on the northern edge of the Arnhem Land plateau, from the freshwater period (that had begun 1500 years ago) shows a didgeridoo player and two songmen participating in an Ubarr Ceremony. 22336
Sorry if the quality is a bit naff and wobbly, playing the didgeridoo and filming at the same time was a bit tricky!!
About twenty years ago, i was at glastonbury tor, somerset. when i bumped in to a guy who had a didgeridoo, who kindly offered me a go of it, At this point i had never even picked one up ! .. He kind of ran through the basics with me, just to get an idea.
( I had always wanted one, but did'nt want it to be an ornament ).
He then pointed me in the direction of a guy who lives ( used to ) in glastonbury village. A guy called Nick, who makes his own didgeridoo's from air dried hard woods..
On top of this, he was an amazing player and teacher...
Over the next two weeks, i practiced and practiced, not the sound mind, But the most important part of didgeridoo playing..., The circular breathing!
To begin with, this sounded impossible.., to be able to breath in and out at the same time......, hard, really hard !!
I thought i was going to explode the very first time i circular breathed :-)
Well, after pure determination and to the amazement of Nick, i cracked it :-)
The didgeridoo i have was Nicks very own, and i wil always treasure it..
Any wayz, just a quick build, hope you like it..
ps : my sound card has broken on my pc, so im hoping this works and sounds ok..
The didgeridoo (/ˌdɪdʒəriːˈduː/) (also known as a didjeridu) is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia potentially within the last 1,500 years and still in widespread use today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as a brass aerophone.
There are no reliable sources stating the didgeridoo's exact age. Archaeological studies of rock art in Northern Australia suggest that the people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for less than 1,000 years, based on the dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period.[2] A clear rock painting in Ginga Wardelirrhmeng, on the northern edge of the Arnhem Land plateau, from the freshwater period[3] (that was begun 1500 years ago)[4] shows a didgeridoo player and two songmen participating in an Ubarr Ceremony.
A modern didgeridoo is usually cylindrical or conical, and can measure anywhere from 1 to 3 m (3 to 10 ft) long. Most are around 1.2 m (4 ft) long. Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower its pitch or key. However, flared instruments play a higher pitch than unflared instruments of the same length.
Día de la Terra. Salida con parte de la Banda del Charco y Sortidazz (25-04-2010)
View On Black (Mejor en grande)
Buskers are common place on the underground and but this was one busker wth a difference. I've never seen one with a didgeridoo like this. It was almost as if he was blowing into a tree stump.
In recent times I've tried to go back to basics. One of my first lenses was a 50mm F1.8L lens which was cheap as chips but was a great lens for the money. The main problem with it was the focussing was too slow and noisey. I sold that lens and moved onto a 24-70L 2.8 lens. In the last year or so I bought the slightly more expensive Canon 50mm F1.4 USM so I could carry around less weight with the camera.
Macro Mondays Redux 2014 for theme "opening". This is the mouth end of a didgeridoo, an ancient Australian wind instrument.
A street portrait of a little boy, playing the didgeridoo. This is an old aboriginal instrument.
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make your own didgeridoo workshop. A popular venue. Woodfordia.
Woodford Folk Festival 2017. The festival runs annually for 6 days and 6 nights from Christmas till after New Years. It is located in a very rural area about 100km north west of Brisbane. This year it is the 31st time the event has been held. They annually tend to get about 130.000 visitors. Most of them camping on site. There are about 438 events held in 35 performance venues. About 2000 performers take part. Lots of national and international acts. As it is the hottest (and usually the wettest) time of the year it is quite a feat. Accommodation is simple. Electricity only at central points. Wifi sketchy. So it is just sweat, mud and fun. (and very little sleep). Lots of street performers also roam the 'streets'. Lots of workshops, lots of yoga. obviously. And so on. A good way to see in the new year
This is the inside of a didgeridoo (aboriginal wind instrument from Australia). There was no post-processing done at all with this picture.
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