Djemaa el Fna performer at night, originally uploaded by malyousif.
I’m sure that a lot of you are pretty fed up with bad news, politics and the rest of the depressing posts. So allow me to share with you this picture I shot in Djemaa el Fna in Marrakech recently.
New friends and I decided to go have dinner in an upmarket authentic restaurant, but see the city at night at the same time, and believe me, Djemaa el Fna comes into its own at night. I’ll post more pictures of the square and the old Medina over the next few days ( watch my Marrakech set on Flickr) where you will see how vibrant it gets; the people, music, noise, hustle & bustle, smells, lights, shadows, the ethereal lighting and business still being conducted at that time of night and the sights in and of the narrow alleyways of the Casbah are all thrilling even more than daytime Marrakech.
We walked for about an hour through the narrow alleyways until we got to the exquisite and excellent (and rather expensive) Yaqout restaurant and had an excellent Moroccan meal.
But before all of that, in Djemaa el Fna, I was busy shooting when this jolly guy just jumped in front of my camera singing, dancing and clapping those mini-symbals all happy and smiley, fortunately my reflex took over and I pointed the camera down at him and shot him!
I love this picture, so vibrant and jolly.
Have a wonderful day my friends, and think happy thoughts!
Comments
Cool shot there Mahmood, thanks for the smile. 🙂
Gret shot M! Thanks for introducing Flickr to me. Since I joined, I have had an excellent opportunity to meet friends and share my families photos with them and my relatives and learn more about phtography in general. What is even better, I met some distant relatives and saw their pictures for the first time in my life…..Thanks M! Have a great one. 🙂 :biggrin: