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Vibe Guy
Vibe Guy
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Challenge: Negative Space IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Date: Mar 1, 2011
Date Uploaded: Mar 1, 2011

 Initially, I guess it was the novelty of an older Hispanic male, dressed up in a Statue of Liberty costume, flagging down traffic while promoting a tax preparation service, that made me toss my camera to the car window and grab a blurred drive-by snap.
I wish now I had stopped to ask him if I could take some "real" photos. He looked like an out-of-work field laborer swallowing his pride to provide for his family. Field jobs are hard to find this time of year. Standing on a street corner in a green dress certainly must be a different sort of American dream.
When I went to town this week he was gone, so I'll probably never know his real story.

He just had those vibes...



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AuthorThread
 03/19/2011 06:12:50 PM
what beautiful photographer comments. thank you.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2011 07:37:10 AM
Donovan Quixote. Indeed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2011 04:56:26 AM
To feel you all around me,
And to take your hand, along the sand,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind - Donovan
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2011 01:20:00 AM
don quixote in the new world. it is always good to cry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2011 12:17:09 AM
Quite a story. It looks as though hes reaching for the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2011 12:24:46 PM
trying to catch the sky
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/04/2011 05:25:14 AM
Blur creates movement, just wndering what this would have looked like in colour? just to see if it would have added something more.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2011 01:08:12 AM
I can't tell if that's a dive-bombing bird, someone's arm, or a contender for the Ascot Races Hat Contest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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