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He was frail, shy and quite engrossed in his ehru. For those who might be hearing the name Ehru for the first time, it’s a two stringed instrument, with a sound box. The sound box used to be made out of snake skin. This is one of the oldest of the string instruments, found from before 100 BC in china and later popularized by the oriental court musicians.

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Shot with Nikon D200 @ 400 ASA hand held on Lexar 2 GB. Some of the images have been uploaded on the Street Artists of San Francisco Project on photoduniya.com

Update: San Francisco Street Artists (0507-001) on Photoduniya.com

Jeffrey, or Jeff in short, plays the tuba. Unconventional in dress and style, Jeff’s been playing the instrument for quite some time. The day time keeps him busy with his full time job, and the evenings practicing at home or playing on the streets for a few dollars.

Jeff with his trumpet @ photoduniya.com

Shot on Nikon D200 @ 800 ASA, 400 mm hand held & speedlight Nikon SB 600. The images have also been uploaded on photoduniya.com Projects.

This might be a little off the track that I have been posting lately on the city’s street artists. As much interesting as the people, are the tram cars. Not just a tourist attraction, it’s also a fun way of moving around the city.

Especially if you are carrying a video camera and trying to shoot scenes all over. All you need to do is get on one, and hold your video camera flat on your palm! You don’t get to move though, or shake, or shiver. Just be still!

Powell Tram Car @ photoduniya.com

 Shot on Nikon D200 @ 70mm hand held on Lexar digital medium.

Update: San Francisco Street Artists (0507-001) on Photoduniya.com

Today’s note is from Ming Xiong. He is a multi faceted artist – playing equally well on the string as well as on the wind instruments. He was playing the old English “Auld Land Syne“. Brought back long time memories from the famous Tagore song “Purano shei diner kotha” (meaning Long Time Ago, similar to the original translation of Robert Burn‘s 1788 poem “Old Long Ago” celebrating friendship and kinship) to the Noels & jingles of a cold snowy New York Christmas!

I liked this shot of Ming, as he swayed to the tunes of the “Auld Land”. The motion caught nicely with the speedlight SB 600 on Nikon D200.

A lot more images have now been uploaded on photoduniya.com Projects section.