My favorites…
Waiting to pounce
In Jail - do I care?
…especially that second one, I think it's a good metaphor. And it could look very good in black and white...
Nov. 7, 2025
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I like the image, the light and the stage are interesting, and that troupe gives it a very dynamic point...
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Looking Back .... from my files as I am not doing much else these days ...
Street is capturing a moment in time!
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What an elegant image, and... that foot in the air!
And, what a coincidence, but this noon, when I was returning home:
What could go wrong? 😰
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here you go:
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I tried for the longest time to figure out what his left foot was resting on! The best aspect for me was his garb -- rather elegant by today's standards for the task at hand. Technically, since he's indoors (mostly) shouldn't his hat be off?
Lynne
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What on earth is that on the shop's roof? Three things come to mind: a very old peeled banana, a grilled sausage past its prime, and-- I dare not mention the third. Is it a sad commentary on my mindset that the third was the first to come to mind?
Lynne
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They're all good, but this is my favorite, with the looming bee second. This shot does a good job of meeting your stated objectives. It's particularly good at capturing the intensity of the player who just hit the ball -- very intense! That the ball is midflight is a serendipitous plus.
Lynne
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I've decided this is better in B&W. Sometimes the details of a scene can be lost in a color image.
Lynne
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There's a nice correlation of thoughts and ironies at work here between "Godsmack", theatre, "down on his luck"
A personal aside. The greatest concert I ever attended was at The Roundhouse in 1974. Maria Farantouri singing mainly Theodarakis protest songs. She blew the place apart. -
Lynne, thank you for all your comments. I agree that it looks better in B&W too.
As for the roof ornament - yes, it's a sausage.
And the table tennis shot - I waited for ages to try and get the ball in flight with fast shutter speed to try and freeze it. That was my third or fourth attempt.
Alan
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When I went back to the color image after I had posted the comment, I realized why the B&W is better: the splotches of red in the color image draw too much attention to themselves, distracting from the actual subject of the photo -- not that the color image is bad, the B&W is just better.
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At first glance it looks like something from Gulliver's travels :) Color one does not.
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Thank you.
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I think the BW version works better, a lot better. Clever composition! If you ask why I didn’t pick it at first, I would say that it’s more of a metaphorical shot than a visual play. It shows I wasn’t careful enough in examining your post.
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Thanks
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Museums and galleries are great places for street shots.
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Good catch !
