..well, today is mardi gras and it doesn’t get more mardi gras than this, Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints QB) in costume (as king bacchus) throwing beads to the rabid crowds.. pretty crappy shot, but what the heck, this is the only decent shot i got.. i’ll be posting some shots here in the following days, if i don’t then, just check it out on my flickr..
..lemme tell you, catching beads ain’t a walk in the park.. we saw a sobbing young girl holding a bloody hanky over her mouth, i guess she was hit by those flying beads.. i managed to catch a few beads too, not intentionally but just to shield the front element of my lens from being smashed by those beads, and boy were they heavy..
Bacchus was organized in 1968 by a group of New Orleanians who wanted to break with Carnival tradition by opening membership to out-of-town visitors and guests. They also wanted to present “the biggest and best parade and most imaginative, animated floats.” They have several signature floats, including King, Queen and Baby Kong and a dinosaur known as “Bacchasaurus.”Saints quarterback Drew Brees will reign as Bacchus.Did you know: This organization was one of the first to have celebrity monarchs. (nola.com)
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A terrific and suitable shot for mardi gras, Rian! nicely done 🙂
Excellent capture of a very special moment, I was not aware you were celebrating carnival in the US too 😉
Thank you, Rian!
This is a really neat shot, in focus or not. I didn’t realize it was the Saints QB until I read your comments.
I can spot some beautiful girls here ! ;-O
Great colors. Such fun!!!
Is she throwing water bottles.
Who dat!
Cool , interesting shot and your story . Never heard of it before .
A fine action shot of the street action with a notable person no less. Very interesting to read your account of the down side of beads flying here and there.
Maybe someone needs to tell him the season is over and all you spectators aren’t wide receivers? “Drew baby, just throw some lobs, you are killing us!”
It’s a fun shot, Rian.
Great, fun shot! Better watch those beads..don’t want to crack a lens!!
you’re right – this does look like a wild event
that’s awesome. great capture. glad i’m not dodging shrapnel 😉