Year of the Dragon 1

Year of the Dragon 1 – Old Chinatown Plaza, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA

Of all the captures I made last Sunday, I thought these young ladies typified the heart and soul of the 2012 Year of the Dragon Chinese New Year Celebration.

Nikon D3 DSLR, AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200 mm f/2.8D ED, Nikon SB-800 Speedlight, exposure: f/5.0, 1/200 sec., ISO: 800, exposure Program: Aperture Priority. flash: Manual, subject distance: 7.1 meters, focal length: 110 mm, handheld.

Tags: acrobats, Chinatown, Chinese New Year, dancers, Los Angeles, Old Chinatown Plaza, photographers, photography, photos, Year of the Dragon

14 thoughts on “Year of the Dragon 1”

Bisogno Scotti on February 6, 2012 at 6:23 am said:

Hey bigbook. Thanks for liking!

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Bisogno Scotti on February 6, 2012 at 6:40 am said:

Hi Claire. Thanks for liking and following Blog-Bisogno!

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Bisogno Scotti on February 6, 2012 at 10:46 am said:

Thanks for liking and following Blog-Bisogno Kenneth!

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Bisogno Scotti on February 6, 2012 at 10:48 am said:

Thanks for liking J. Brooks!

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Dawn on February 7, 2012 at 7:12 am said:

How beautifully bright and colourful. A perfect way to see such a special event.

Thank you, B.

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Bisogno Scotti on February 7, 2012 at 8:25 am said:

Thanks Dawn. I find the Asian color palette fascinating as it is so different than our own western version.

It was an honor to take part in the Los Angeles Chinese New Year Celebration of The year of the Dragon. I would have loved to be born in the Year of the Dragon, but unfortunately I am a pig. The Chinese zodiac doesn’t make it sound too bad though:

Honest, gallant, sturdy, sociable, peace-loving, patient, loyal, hard-working, trusting, sincere, calm, understanding, thoughtful, scrupulous, passionate, and intelligent. Can be naïve, over-reliant, self-indulgent, gullible, fatalistic, and materialistic.

I’ll take that! 🙂

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- Dawn on February 7, 2012 at 8:34 am said:
  
  I like your description of yourself…a Pig? Haha, no way! Although, in the Chinese way, you sound okay by me. 🙂
  
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Bisogno Scotti on February 7, 2012 at 9:24 am said:

Yeah, I’ll go with the Chinese version! 🙂

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Nature's Child on February 7, 2012 at 1:12 pm said:

What brilliant colours, beautiful ladies and poses, their makeup is stunning!
I bet it was hard to find something else that was so refreshing to the eye { I mean lens!}

You must have had a wonderful day for your parade?

I too am a pig! What month are you?

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- Bisogno Scotti on February 7, 2012 at 6:02 pm said:
  
  Chinese New Year Celebration seems to get better every year in Los Angeles Chinatown. My downtown loft is walking distance so I’m over there all the time. I Love Chinese food!
  
  The festivities were non stop over two days so there was plenty to capture.
  
  I think it was around 70 and partly sunny. Perfect!
  
  I’m sorry to hear that Marina. 🙂 October
  
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Nature's Child on February 7, 2012 at 1:14 pm said:

Sorry Scotti, This is my {Marina’s} wordpress address.

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- Bisogno Scotti on February 7, 2012 at 6:03 pm said:
  
  I’ll check it out Nature’s Child. 🙂
  
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- Bisogno Scotti on February 7, 2012 at 6:11 pm said:
  
  I went to your Gravatar profile, but did not see a link to your blog. Where is it?
  
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Bisogno Scotti on March 26, 2012 at 3:50 am said:

Thanks for liking this one too Adriane! 🙂

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