These photographs were taken about a week ago, once again during the Canada 150 celebrations in Greenfield Park. This young group, Les Poules À Colin, were one of the opening acts of the evening before the concert given by Angel Forrest, photographs of which you can find by following this link. Les Poules À Colin are a group of five young musicians from the Lanaudière region of Quebec. They are all children of musical parents and play traditional folk songs with, as their website says, a little bit of jazz, pop and bluegrass mixed into their songs as well. They put on a very entertaining show, including and extended musical jam when they 
discovered they still had another 20 minutes left to play at what they thought was the end of their set. After a little improvisation, it was back to their original songs which left the crowd. Though the band is named Les Poules À Colin, Colin (an actual band member) is rarely seen in these photographs as he was seated off to the far right of the stage and was not really very well lit by the stage lights. As a result, you get a whole lot of Les Poules in this set, but very little Colin. The first photograph was taken at f/4, 1/60sec, ISO 1000 at 88mm and the second photograph was taken at f/4.5, 1/125sec, ISO 1000 at 160mm. Here are a few more photographs that I took while the band was on the stage.
discovered they still had another 20 minutes left to play at what they thought was the end of their set. After a little improvisation, it was back to their original songs which left the crowd. Though the band is named Les Poules À Colin, Colin (an actual band member) is rarely seen in these photographs as he was seated off to the far right of the stage and was not really very well lit by the stage lights. As a result, you get a whole lot of Les Poules in this set, but very little Colin. The first photograph was taken at f/4, 1/60sec, ISO 1000 at 88mm and the second photograph was taken at f/4.5, 1/125sec, ISO 1000 at 160mm. Here are a few more photographs that I took while the band was on the stage.
f/4, 1/100sec, ISO 1600 at 200mm
f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 135mm
f/4, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 135mm
f/4, 1/200sec ISO 1600 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 1600 at 90mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 1600 at 115mm
f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 190mm
f/3.5, 1/30sec, ISO 1600 at 88mm
f/3.5, 1/160sec, ISO 1600 at 80mm
One of the things that I look for in a concert, other than good music, is if the band seems to be having fun. It was pretty evident during their set that Les Poules à Colin were having a good time as they were often smiling and laughing with each other, despite some unfortunate feedback issues that probably came from the soundboard. All in all, it was a terrific show and another fun new discovery.
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