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Published: 2004-10-31 19:36:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 676; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 72
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...feeding the pigeons.Richmond Oct 2004
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I've sat on the next bench down from this guy during this spring past - I'm pretty sure he's a regular there at weekends. I remember being struck at the time by his quiet and calm - and that hat - like a still centre around which all the regular chaos of Richmond riverside was happening 
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that is so weird!!! I saw him for the first time in my life for 5 minutes. And you are telling me that you have seen him before?
It is a small world afterall....
thank you so much
Alex
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yep - I was sat eating lunch and just noticed him on the next bench down - I think it was the hat, and also he reminds me of someone (not sure who)
I prefer the tagline from the Planetary comicbook - "Its a strange world. Let's keep it that way"
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Very intimate this one... As for the busy background, maybe next time try f2.8 
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can you believe that I havent had a chance to explore my new camera???? I dont have a bloody clue yet! lol
I started a new job and my life is a bit messy at the moment, so my photography and DA is a stress relief tool.
Hopefully in the future I will be able to produce much better results, if I actually give some time to my beloved hobby!!
thank you you are very kind
Alex
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I love the lighting in this one
Looks so peacefull
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merci mon ami!!!
Tu est tres simpa!!!! (my french is crap but at least I try,,,lol)
ALex
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You don't have to talk french to me though 
I'm not french speaking
I try to talk french to french people though
German to german people
I even babble some Portuguese words
But I'm dutch speaking
I prefer english though
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I dont know a word in dutch!
But.. have been told here in Britain that my accent sounds dutch, which I dont know if its good or bad cause I dont know how dutch sounds!! lol
you know so many languages? but yes belgium is the language country, i envy you !
Alex
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Dutch sounds..dutch, lol..don't know how to describe it
word in dutch:
hello = hallo
I don't know them fluent, but I can make myself be understood in them
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lol lol
oh well thank you for telling
ALex
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Great!!! I like the tones and the subject!!! Street photography rulez!!!
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hehe street is my thing untill now, but who knows I may expand to other areas as well
Time will show
Alex
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...And you are doing great!!!! Congratulations... I am thinking to start shooting on the streets too....
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You are absolutely right... it is not so easy to capture the emotion that is created by what u see... This is the difficulty and what makes a photo great and another ordinary... I like the way u do it!!!
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street is a category that is full of emotions. or at least that is how I see it, so many different reactions, interaction, people, faces, characters, moods.
Street photography is easy cause everything is just there, you just capture it and its lovely
Thank you
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very good!
i like the statement of that picture and the way you hav captured it
did you ask him?
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no I didnt. I just positioned the camera in a way that wasnt directly in the middle giving the impression that I am playing around with my camera and taking photos of the buidlings at the background lol lol
I have to use my tricks in order not to offend people
Thank you very much
Alex
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This is a lovely photograph Alex. The background is fairly busy as someone mentioned, but it's a great shot. Love his hat. I want a hat like that! lol
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hehe when you come in London we will get you one
Thank you for commenting Rachel, you know how much it means especially when it comes from friends like you
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I may have to come to London soon! Like before the next 4 years are up. lol You're most welcome.
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awww
will be at the airport when you decide!
Alex
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another lonely & sad one, although not nearly as grim as Imprisoned
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Love the pattern on the jacket. In both these lonely pieces, there's a quiet nobility (can I use that word?) portrayed by your human subjects.
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yes, that is what I love about the people I shoot. I feel particularly touched by people who are behaving, living and existing that way. That kind of proudness that is not loud the dignity and the beauty of individuality.
I admire this as no 1 value in my life. And I try to portray it every time I can.
Thank you for the awesome comments, you make me want to elaborate, a thing that I usually find hard to do in responses.
Alex
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i like this. kinda interesting. normally i wouldn't like a busy background but this is an exception.
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Thank you very much for the kind comment
Alex
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When looking at these kinda pics I always wonder where the photographer is seated - how close to the person and stuff. I always feel so annoyed when I walk around with my cam pointing it to strangers; or at least that is when they spotted you..
Keep up the work!
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I was sitting on the bench next to him, but I didnt point the camera at him. Sometimes you have have to frame that person at the side of your picture and then crop it to your liking.
Or at least that is what I do. The unessecary right hand side buildings are all cropped out.
Thanks for the lovely comment
Alex
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good work on this one. these are always fun to take, but its hard not to look intruding.
daveainley
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Thank you Dave! Well I have my own little trick. I never position the subject in the middle, so usually my lense is pointing a bit on the right or on the left of the subject, but I always make sure to focus on them first and them move my camera slightly and take the photo.
This way they act normal and they dont care and you get extra close up photos with lovely spontanous results
Thanks again
Alex
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good trick. i pull that one, too, sometimes. its a perfect recipe for success. you never want your subject dead center of your shot anyway (well at least not in 95% of all shots) so it's guaranteed to make everyone happy.
daveainley
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true true, very true
they are my favourite ones, they are risky and I like that! lol lol
Alex
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You are fast becoming the utmost master of B&W photography. We oughta plan our honeymoon.
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Thank you for the kind words and the favourite!
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I'd rather be in Tokyo
I'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh
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There's something slightly mysterious about this, I'm not too sure whether it's the tone of the poem, or the subject itself. Very nice contrasts.
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I think its the person in the photo. He had this kind of look that reminded me of the past. Something out of a book. A special character.
Thank u for commenting
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of course you know i still love you. a relationship is made of confrontations, isn't it?
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thank you
About the id submission, I do understand what you mean and I respect it. Lets just leave it there, no reason for harsh comments yes?
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beautiful and a bit sad..it 's the compostion..the title and the look on the face of the man..great work!Your people shots are really amazing!And i love the b/w!
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Thanks Florian!
I usually try to photograph people that have a "story" in their faces. I dont know how to explain better lol
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I know he looks great! He sat next to me on the bench next to where I was sitting and I tried to take the shot as carefully as I could
Glad you like it
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