From moving traffic (taken from the middle of the Champs Elysees), to the arrival of the nautch at a wedding in a remote Rajasthan village , and culminating with a couple of fiery representations of movement I didn’t show you when I posted Rhythm of the Perahera just last month, my entries this week are a stylistic hodgepodge. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy!
I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone else’s Movement shots – especially the dance entries.
The Wanderlust Gene 
bloody wonderful – especially the fire!
The fire is just sublime, isn’t it? When i downloaded it I couldn’t believe how well I’d actually captured it – helped i guess by shooting into the blackness of the sky.
fire & night – an unsurpassed combination, as attested to by millenia of human history 🙂
Perfectly correct:)
Yes, I did enjoy your pics. Since you ask for “dance entries” I think I’ll re-post my one and only belly dancing debut. 😉
Now that I want to see! 🙂
I posted it a while ago, but it will be good for this theme. Coming up soon. 😉
Lovely set! I particularly like the Perahera fire shots.
So glad you liked them Madhu. That fire basket is one of my favourites of all time – sometime you get lucky!
How the movement and energy of fire eternally fascinates us. Great images.
Thanks Ella! I suppose, ever since our ancestors first harnessed the flame for warmth and cooking, the terror fire once engendered has become a source of inspiration and introspection. The fire baskets – and their masked and hooded carriers, have always fascinated me, and I was overjoyed to at last capture a basket bursting with flames.
As you would expect the movement with fire are my favourites 🙂
i didn’t know you had a bit of the pyromaniac hidden deep in your soul Gobetween?
🙂
The fire is great!
Isn’t it thrilling? Glad you liked it Sue:)
Great photos… 🙂
Thanx Bamo!
What a wonderful galley of “moving” shots! Love the dancer as well as the fire!
Those wheel of fire dancers are amazing … and barefoot!
Wonderful shots!
Thank you (glamorous) Naomi;)
!!!!:)
The dancers and fire are beautiful! Great interpretation of movement.
It’s pretty thrilling in real life!
Great captures, wow!
Really appreciate your enthusiasm Amy:)
Incredible!! 😀
That’s very flattering … I’m glad you enjoyed them:)
You went to Paris and didn’t take moi?
A little slip up, dear, i’m sorry1
I’ll forgive you. Sort of.
It was a long time ago Robin, and I know you wouldn’t hold a grudge over 35 years! Hell, you were just a girl …
Ah Paris at night! just as stunning
Didn’t they always call it the city of light? Sure is unbearably romantic at night!
I was under the impression Lyons is called the City of Light?
Oooh – You put the wind up me there for a while, Louise – enough to have me scurrying to Google!
Lyon, it must be said, is now among 30 cities worldwide to adopt the nickname City of Light – on the back of a five year old Festival of Light (held over three nights from 8 December), and an urban illumination scheme which is now under review in light (sic) of ecological concerns.
Paris, on the other hand has many names. According to Wikipedia, (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris) “Paris has many nicknames, but its most famous is “La Ville-Lumière” (“The City of Light”), a name it owes first to its fame as a centre of education and ideas … – basically it’s been called the city of light since the 18th century.
So we’re both right! I didn’t know about Lyon, and I suppose you didn’t know about Paris – so we’ve both learned something new as well. Good result I’d say, wouldn’t you?
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I especially like the photo of the ‘Wheel of Fire.’
They’re wonderful to watch, en masse – about a dozen or more of them twirling and leaping among the firewheels – but this fellow was in focus, sort of … Glad you enjoyed it:)
I like your interpretation for the challenge. Well done … the dancing
photo is my favorite. Very nice ….!!!!!
It is a nice shot – heck, anything from the Perahera is usually pretty exciting, if you can get enough light on it.
these are gorgeous…love the dancer
So glad, Jo. 🙂
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What a terrific set of interpretations of the theme!
Thanks so much. I couldn’t resist adding a couple of extras!