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"Mellow Yellow"

"Mellow Yellow"
~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-)))

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 :-)

Added to ~ Soundtrack to Life

Listen here ~ Mellow Yellow ~ Donovan

Gary Schotel, Marco F. Delminho, aNNa schramm, Rafael and 25 other people have particularly liked this photo


29 comments - The latest ones
 uwschu
uwschu club
schönes CK, genauso so suche ich manchmal meine Fotos aus :-)! Erst muss die Musik passen.
Viele Grüße, Uwe
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to uwschu club
Thanks very much, Uwe :-)
9 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
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...
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Thanks very much indeed, Sami. And, yes, that guy looks like he could very well be taking a photo :-)
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
Dynamic perspective and striking colour setting up tension across the view.
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Thanks very much indeed, John. And, cheers for adding my work to your faves.
9 years ago.
 Dida From Augsburg
Dida From Augsburg club
Great pov and colorkey, perfect soundtrack - love it!
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Dida From Augsburg club
Thanks so much, Dida :-) And thank you for faving my work.
9 years ago.
 HappySnapper
HappySnapper
Great piece of colour popping.
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to HappySnapper
Thanks very much indeed, Maurice.
9 years ago.
 Love Song
Love Song club
fantastic pic, tnx *_* J*************************************************
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Love Song club
Thank you very much, Love Song. And, thanks for faving my work and for the invitations :-)
9 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Great use of selective colour and quite a blast from the past!
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to tiabunna club
Thank you very much, George. And, cheers for faving my photo. Yep, a blast from the past absolutely :-))
9 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
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. :)
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Karen's Place club
Thanks so very much, Karen :-) And, thank you for faving my work. Umm.........smoking pencil shavings doesn't sound too appetising to me but perhaps with better advertising it should have become even more popular than cigarettes :-) I remember trying 'cigs' that were kind of a cross between a cigarette and a cigar. They 'wos' pretty 'orrible so I never bothered after that :-)
9 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Great capture.
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Don Sutherland club
Thank you very much, Don. And, cheers for faving my photo.
9 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal club
Very cool processing,and I love the song, too! :-)
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Valfal club
Thank you very much, Val. And, I appreciate you adding my photo to your faves :-)
9 years ago.
 Heidiho
Heidiho club
Ah, Donovan ..... how long I didn`t hear this song ...
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Heidiho club
Thanks very much for faving my photo. Pleased I have brought back memories for you. And, thank you for the invitation, Heidiho.
9 years ago.
 Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
... and a wonderful perspective too !
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Thank you very much, Christiane.
9 years ago.
 Biscotte.....Impertinente !
Biscotte.....Imperti…
J aime bien ce personnage qui bloque la vue et donne l énergie a la photo en plus du jaune soleil
9 years ago.
 aNNa schramm
aNNa schramm club
well with reduced color -- ****** greetings aNNa*
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to aNNa schramm club
Thanks very much, Anna.
3 weeks ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
Thank you very much to Laura (Raingirl) for inviting this photo to be added to the 'Yellow Dominates' Group. Very much appreciated :-)
3 weeks ago. Edited 3 weeks ago.
raingirl club has replied to Roger Bennion club
You're welcome! It's is fun to have photos from the past be seen again! And this one deserves it. Fun to listen to the music also.
3 weeks ago.

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