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"Mellow Yellow"

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Whilst I was busy searching YouTube for music to go with one of my shots of 'The Shard' I suddenly saw this track by Donovan and thought “I have a shot in the archives where I went to town on mellow yellow 'colour popping'. And, guess what?

Correct! I have found the shot taken in the Paris Metro very many moons ago :-)

I see from Wikipedia that on 14 April 2012 Donovan was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame :-)

Apparently, the song was rumoured to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug in the 1960's. I don't particularly like bananas unless they are cut up with cream and sugar so there's no chance of me being interested in the skins :-)

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Listen here ~ Mellow Yellow ~ Donovan
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29 comments

uwschu said:

schönes CK, genauso so suche ich manchmal meine Fotos aus :-)! Erst muss die Musik passen.
Viele Grüße, Uwe
10 years ago ( translate )

Roger Bennion replied to uwschu:

Thanks very much, Uwe :-)
10 years ago ( translate )

Sami Serola (inactiv… said:

Definitely yellow those chairs are. Excellent perspective. For a second I thought this is one of those "leading lines" challenge shots where I took part yesterday. And surely good leading lines there are, drawing the attention towards that one guy. I wander if he is also taking a picture...
10 years ago

Roger Bennion replied to Sami Serola (inactiv…:

Thanks very much indeed, Sami. And, yes, that guy looks like he could very well be taking a photo :-)
10 years ago

John FitzGerald said:

Dynamic perspective and striking colour setting up tension across the view.
10 years ago

Roger Bennion replied to John FitzGerald:

Thanks very much indeed, John. And, cheers for adding my work to your faves.
10 years ago

Dida From Augsburg said:

Great pov and colorkey, perfect soundtrack - love it!
10 years ago

Roger Bennion replied to Dida From Augsburg:

Thanks so much, Dida :-) And thank you for faving my work.
10 years ago

HappySnapper said:

Great piece of colour popping.
10 years ago ( translate )

Love Song said:

fantastic pic, tnx *_* J*************************************************
10 years ago ( translate )

Roger Bennion replied to Love Song:

Thank you very much, Love Song. And, thanks for faving my work and for the invitations :-)
10 years ago

tiabunna said:

Great use of selective colour and quite a blast from the past!
10 years ago

Roger Bennion replied to tiabunna:

Thank you very much, George. And, cheers for faving my photo. Yep, a blast from the past absolutely :-))
10 years ago

Karen's Place said:

Well, dried banana skins probably weren't much more exciting than the pencil shavings I smoked in the 7th grade, but whatever, this is a great combination Roger. Love that yellow, the leading lines and, of course, the song!! Great fun. :)
10 years ago

Don Sutherland said:

Great capture.
10 years ago ( translate )