This conductor seems a little distracted.

[queenbee288]

This cracks me up.

http://lanephotography.smugmug.com/Art/PICNIC-WITH-THE-POPSCIRQUE/picnic-pops8511/982608065_KWXMy-L.jpg

[TBath]

This cracks me up.

...dito!

[mattduboff]

Likely you're correct. That would be very distracting.
But just for the sake of argument (as I'm an amateur conductor as well), when working with dancers, very often the orchestra has to time themselves with the dancers as much as the dancer with the orchestra. So it could very well be that he's watching the movement for good reason.

But a great picture nonetheless.

[wizcreations]

Yup. I definitely started laughing. Nice capture!