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Published: 2007-08-09 14:51:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 10760; Favourites: 213; Downloads: 799
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i'm not much of a street photographer, but i sure have this knack for finding the most cliched of subjects and scenarios. this shot looks so posed, but i swear it isn't. i was just walking to the tate modern on my first day in london and ofcourse, getting my first taste for foggy london mornings. as we reached waterloo bridge, i saw this man who looked like he had to be joking. no serious man would be sitting on a bridge at 8:30 in the morning reading with his bike leaned against him - and most of all, wearing a bowler's hat. this was a scene out of a movie.so the ever ready me took a photo of him and just as i did he looked up. one of my few street shots where the subject has actually noticed me(i'm quite surreptitious). this man looked rather annoyed, so i sort of got a bit lost for words and just smiled awkwardly in a "i'm a japanese tourist, i swear!" way. but then he smiled back in a "well i guess i am in a photo-worthy pose right now" way. when i walked pass him i turned around and asked him for another shot. but he was facing the sun this time, so had a funny squinting expression on his face.
i think if all else fails, when i grow up i can take photographs for tacky travel books.
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Hiya, awesome picture i love it.. Can i perhaps use this for a manip? Cheers
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It's really great. It looks like a prepare shot (I mean the quality), though it's calm and casual.
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Woh... The background is really important here, it makes a really nice atmosphere, I like it ! So warm and soft
The man is good too, he is in his world here :3
A simple and strong shot !
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I love this photo and I think it makes it even more amazing that it wasn't posed. I don't know...somehow it seems more magical.
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What a great shot... I love the story that goes with it as well ^^ it's such a natural looking photo yet at the same time it totally does look like it's straight out of a movie haha
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hahaha this is the best thing i've ever seen.
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Oh wow! It's a wonderful picture... and a wonderful story, too.
Look at his feet... he seems to wait just for somebody who is brave enough to portray him. 
You didn't just portray him, you captured the mood of this morning on the bridge, and that is what makes me look at it again and again.
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thank you
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one of the best photos i've ever seen....i luv these kind' of photos
i failed taking one once.....she was a really cute in a innocent way beautiful girl on the subway...waiting 4 the train to come....in the light of his headlights, her hair was winded in the air just a little by the curent from the tunnel....she was with her hands in the pockets of her jeans and held her eyes closed.....that was like one of the sweetest scenario ever......but i did not had my camera with me cause i was going to work....this happend bout' 2 weeks ago....the weird fact is that i'm still thinking bout' her sometimes
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at least there is an image in your mind that you wont forget
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yes....and that is amaizing
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How very charming... the gentleman certainly knows how to spend a morning.
Very glad you stumbled upon him and had a camera with which to capture the scene.
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i love how the yellows contrast with the darker shades.
this is a really really nice photo
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I love this photograph! I bet he was going to work or something (well...that hat lets me doubt it but anyway) and he was so curious about the action in his book that he just HAD to stop and continue on reading... lol hope you know what I mean.
You've done a really good job, I do love it.
I'm way too shy for something like this. Like melonfairie said before, I'm just not brave enough to take a picture and being caught while doing it. I feel so embarrassed that I normally just walk away with an awkward smile on my face.
so, this goes to my favs
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thanks for the comment and fav
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that's true.wow, thanks! Now I feel better about it!
you're so welcome, this picture has to be a fav
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lol, he was asking for it looking like that...
beautiful shot, fave! ^^
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maybe the london fog got to his head so he didnt realize what he was wearing? lol j/k j/k but in all seriousness i think this is amazing shot
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i think he is the number one person id like to meet right now..
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yes, i'd love to meet him again, show him the photo, thank him for it, and ask him why the FUCK he was in that pose wearing what he was wearing at that time of day.
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its interesting how sudden moments remind us of so much -- as random as it seems -- it quite the perfect frame -- when i was there -- i happen to pass something similar -- but never thought to capture it -- thanks for taking my mind back -- later days
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Wow, this is a brilliant shot, it's so calming and pensieve
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i think it's if you take 5 or more. or something like that...
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Ah ok, you and your fine print....
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Lovely photograph. I find street photography daunting. I remember trying to do it in mainland China. People got angry, or at least embarrassed and turned away quickly. Others decided to shout something out loud at me. No idea what it was, didn't really speak mando. But i have taken a few, making a soldier guarding the front of a political embassy VERY uncomfortable with my fully extended lens pointing at his face and letting the shutter go off several times
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If my eyes do not lie to me, he's actually seen you in that photo. He's not looking downwards, his eyes are looking at you.
I had someone do the same thing to me today...I was sitting on top of one of the rocks in the park with rocks in, cross-legged, reading. I didn't actually notice when they took it, because my hair blocked them. But I noticed after...and I felt a little odd...
Street photographers are weird. I know I'd never be able to work up the courage to take random photos of random people...
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yep, he sure is looking at me
i'm getting more and more thick skinned about these things.
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good timing u have
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Did you crouch down to get his head out of the skyline? Nice vision if you did, this is a fantastic photo.
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picture-perfect shot, sunni. i like it very much.
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thanks fliccckkkkkkitty
you're going off to marshmead now
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This is so great! Jeez, I would so love to be a street photographer, but I don't think I'm any good at it. I'm always really cautious and worried about others seeing me taking photos of them! XD You were so brave to turn around and ask for another photo, I'd have to grow oodles of confidence before I could actually ask to take someone's photo.
Anyway, this is really fantastic!
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i'm really shy too, but once eye contact is made, i guess it's a lot less daunting. i mean, it means they've already noticed that you're taking a photo of them, so why not ask for another one? just say please and thankyou.
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I guess. Thanks for the advice! =]
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This is fucking cool, and that's the beauty of this modernised clichΓ© pre - modern street photography...it's so damn appealing.
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