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03/18/2009 11:55:23 AM |
| I think this is perfect. I guess I was your lone 10. |
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03/18/2009 11:54:32 AM |
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03/18/2009 10:20:44 AM |
| Came back to express my appreciation of this uninhibited bit of London. |
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03/17/2009 11:41:57 PM |
| This just makes me smile. Fantastic capture - the guy is just perfect. 9 |
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03/17/2009 11:35:14 PM |
| Nice candid, and good b/w |
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03/17/2009 09:15:18 PM |
never know what you're going to find when you go over that wall, or who you're going to meet. reminds me of this guy...
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03/17/2009 08:55:04 PM |
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03/17/2009 07:25:51 PM |
How adorable! BW was a good choice.
Not voting. |
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03/17/2009 07:10:02 PM |
| Wow I love it! The composition and mood are prefect. |
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03/17/2009 01:19:13 PM |
| I like this shot, has a lot of personality in it. |
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03/17/2009 10:25:42 AM |
Quite the chappie!
Happy with his own life, still show that touch of civility. +2 |
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03/17/2009 09:13:41 AM |
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03/16/2009 11:51:19 PM |
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03/16/2009 04:09:49 PM |
| very nice tones....good lighting |
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03/16/2009 02:19:10 PM |
| This is really great...so much character and personality captured in the man and the scene. Well done! |
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03/16/2009 04:02:48 AM |
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03/16/2009 01:19:23 AM |
| Nice capture, excellent post processing. |
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03/15/2009 10:22:21 PM |
| Love this as a candid ... has to be BW |
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03/15/2009 08:03:54 PM |
| nice edge burn, but i wish i could see more in the face |
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03/15/2009 10:28:14 AM |
| Quite eccentric! Wish he were a little bigger in the frame. Your B&W process is very good! |
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03/15/2009 10:15:44 AM |
| Ha! Very interesting and fun. |
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03/15/2009 06:37:43 AM |
| nice candid shot here, excellent b&w tones , 7 |
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03/15/2009 05:05:14 AM |
that I loooove London soooooo....
;D brano |
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03/15/2009 12:30:19 AM |
| Nice B&W portrait of the man and the river. |
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03/15/2009 12:25:03 AM |
She collapsed upon the sodden sand, tears streaming from her eyes, sobs breaking from her throat, her body going limp, giving up, and sorrow owned her.
She had left the house, running for her life, for her sanity, and had not given thought to where she was going. She ran blindly, wildly, and had somehow ended up here, on this lonely stretch of sand so far from where she had started.
Her sobs continued, as she hung her head and lamented her life, when suddenly she noticed a movement from the corner of her eye, and quickly looked up, suddenly ashamed to be caught there like this by some stranger, and then gasped.
For there, rising out of the water, came the figure of an elderly man. She blinked tears away and swiped at her eyes, believing herself to be having some kind of hallucination, but no. He remained, and now he was standing on the water, and was walking her way.
She remained there on her knees, and gaped at this insanity. How? How was there an old man coming towards her after... he did not just rise from the water did he!? That was impossible! Yet he had, she knew he had. She didn't know why, but she knew that it hadn't been some hallucination of a crazy crying woman, it was real.
So she kneeled, and watched him come strolling towards her, leaning on some kind of walking stick, and a great big smile plastered on her face, and he came, and as he did it seemed that her cares and her worries and her fears were simply swept away. His smile became infectious, and she returned it in kind. As he reached her, his eyes shining with an unnatural kindness and empathy, he lowered his hand, and cupped her chin and lifted her face so that she looked right into his eyes with her own.
Then, he nodded his head, and blinked, and laughed a small twinkling laugh that seemed to drift away on the breeze and then he was gone. Just like that, without a sound or any measure of his passing he was gone. Yet left behind, a feeling that penetrated her very soul, and left her feeling happier and more joyous and calm than she had ever felt in her life.
And so she stood and walked off into the day, whistling a little tune and basking in the wonder of the miracle on the beach. |
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03/14/2009 10:22:53 PM |
| nice conversion to black and white |
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03/14/2009 08:38:09 PM |
| Looks like a fine gent to me. Great personality capture. |
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03/14/2009 10:58:37 AM |
| ahhh, this is wonderful...the shot and the selection of it by you, speak wonderfully about you as an observer of the world around you...a real delight.. |
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03/14/2009 05:24:55 AM |
| Nice Shot. I think I have seen this in a magazine about three months ago. |
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03/14/2009 02:30:23 AM |
| A lovely simple-complex photograph. I imagine this to inhabit that sacred ground between a candid and a posed portrait ... I'm sure the photographer does not know the man, and yet it's not a stolen moment like most 'street' photographs. Instead it's a shared moment; the man sees the photographer, there is an instant of unspoken communication, and then an instant of shared salute, each to the other. Exactly the thing that makes photography a matter of connection ... between photographer and subject, between photographer and viewer, and (most magically of all) between subject and viewer. The man knows he's going to be looked at by people he will never know, and he salutes them, even more than he salutes the person with the camera. So it's a one-of-a-kind moment, never to be repeated. 9. |
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03/14/2009 12:34:15 AM |
| I'm trying to place the spot where you took this, ... and can't. You've certainly captured a character here. |
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03/13/2009 11:35:47 PM |
| Hmmmm, so Londoner's do strange things? It looks odd with the boats and bridge full of cars behind the person. I like it. |
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03/13/2009 10:31:31 PM |
| bravo, double bravo! What a great character, and seems darn authentic. Good luck. |
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03/13/2009 08:07:06 PM |
| I like the raw real life feeling of this. Not too pose-y or set up. Just natural. It's great! |
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03/13/2009 03:25:19 PM |
| Okay, I will go with that. |
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03/13/2009 02:11:29 PM |
| toning sets the mood, the moment is priceless |
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03/13/2009 02:08:32 PM |
| A real character! Very good candid shot, nice placement and detail! |
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03/13/2009 12:27:25 PM |
| Good shot. I like the choice of b&w here. |
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03/13/2009 12:11:04 PM |
| This made me smile. The pic 8tself is very good in many other ways. |
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03/13/2009 04:17:10 AM |
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03/13/2009 03:05:32 AM |
| i can almost hear his accent |
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03/12/2009 11:36:26 PM |
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03/12/2009 08:37:00 PM |
| My lady friend's an expatriate Brit, and she loves the song. According to her, this image makes her homesick. Since I already liked it very well myself, that's worth a bump :-) |
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03/12/2009 07:26:27 PM |
| Brilliant image, great focus and contrast. |
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03/12/2009 07:19:47 PM |
| lol he looks like he is having fun, thanks for the smile. Well done :) |
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03/12/2009 07:03:16 PM |
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03/12/2009 06:51:33 PM |
| Nice character portrait. Am curious to know what he's holding up in his hand. |
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03/12/2009 05:56:04 PM |
| A nice portrait. The B&W conversion looks nice. |
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03/12/2009 03:47:18 PM |
| great candid wonderful shot |
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03/12/2009 03:16:26 PM |
| Nice picture. Good expression. |
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03/12/2009 09:50:21 AM |
| Looks like a nice place to walk and take in the scenery. |
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03/12/2009 09:42:20 AM |
| Well, I don't get the title but I love the picture. I hope the tide doesn't come in too quickly! |
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03/12/2009 06:20:58 AM |
| exelent street photo - well done |
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03/12/2009 12:21:22 AM |
| Great, full of character, nice tones. Perhaps a bit sharper, maybe slightly more grainy on top of that and I'm sure this woudl do well across at 1X - 7 |
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03/11/2009 10:46:22 PM |
| I like this guy. Great picture. |
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03/11/2009 10:11:31 PM |
| Great capture of his character, this shot makes me want to meet this fellow. |
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03/11/2009 09:07:33 PM |
| This is great. The expression says it all. |
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03/11/2009 06:39:58 PM |
| What a quirky shot! Great tones and humor. |
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03/11/2009 04:48:22 PM |
| He puts a smile on my face. Great shot. |
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03/11/2009 03:59:14 PM |
| What a charming and delightful fellow! His cheerful attitude completely overrides the bland day - he creates light of his own, it seems. Fun, fun shot! |
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03/11/2009 03:29:43 PM |
| I'm a little puzzled by the title and what he is doing. I don't know if this is the Thames or America. However I do like the shot. I'd like to see the guy closer up or zoomed in, maybe between his feet and the bottom of the bridge. |
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03/11/2009 01:34:30 PM |
| This photo just made me smile - Love it when I find a photo that can do that. |
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03/11/2009 01:17:24 PM |
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03/11/2009 10:03:10 AM |
| i would have filled the frame with him |
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03/11/2009 09:57:00 AM |
| He is so cute and happy looking. haha. I like it in black and white. Nice. |
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03/11/2009 08:30:08 AM |
| good capture that probably looks better in large size. here it lacks a bit of detail in the man's face |
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03/11/2009 05:31:40 AM |
| tells a lot about that man :) like it 9 |
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03/11/2009 01:47:53 AM |
| Well just be glad I'm not voting on the title because I don't like it.. now the image (which should always speak for itself) is great! Nice choice with the black and white. 7 |
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