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RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
edited July 19, 2010 in Street and Documentary
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  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2010
    Nice hat!

    …Josey Wales?

    …the definitive mosey!

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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2010
    Recent pic
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    Into hats!

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2010
    Richard wrote: »
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    Very nice, Richard - There is something WTFish in the contrast between the guy - particularly the hat and beard - and the wall.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2010
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Very nice, Richard - There is something WTFish in the contrast between the guy - particularly the hat and beard - and the wall.


    rolleyes1.gifWTFish! Love it.

    Accurate description though.
    Although you haven't posted a b&w version Richard, I can't imagine it working as well as the color.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2010
    Absolutely not - it's that wonderful pumpkin soup and the brown pants that do it.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2010
    Like it more I visit it thumb.gif

    Stepping right up to weird :D

    Is Pumpkin soup a color ne_nau.gif ? :D
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2010
    Wonderful pic!

    Now how long did you camp out here waiting for the right person to happen by?
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited July 17, 2010
    Thanks, everyone. The hat was the first thing I noticed, then the yellow wall.
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Very nice, Richard - There is something WTFish in the contrast between the guy - particularly the hat and beard - and the wall.

    A new analytical tool, BD--WTFish. I love it. I agree that there's something strange about it, but I can't exactly say why. I think that's what appeals to me here.
    lizzard_nyc wrote: »
    Although you haven't posted a b&w version Richard, I can't imagine it working as well as the color.
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Absolutely not - it's that wonderful pumpkin soup and the brown pants that do it.

    nod.gif B&W doesn't work nearly as well for this one. The colors are almost designer matched.
    rainbow wrote: »
    Now how long did you camp out here waiting for the right person to happen by?

    lol3.gif Quite the contrary on this one, rainbow. I spotted the guy well ahead of me on the other side of the street but walking in the same direction. I was only carrying a 17-40 and had to run to catch him while he was still in front of the yellow wall. Had I been younger I might have been able to get ahead of him and catch him from the front, though that might have been a little too obvious ne_nau.gif.
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  • FlowermanFlowerman Registered Users Posts: 141 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2010
    Fantastic shot. The pumpkin colored wall compliments the subject perfectly.
    IMO it is a perfect street shot as it tells a story - "I am going somewhere - don't know where - but I am going."
    ED
  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2010
    Really wonderful capture. Love the framing and the tone palette.

    I thought about whether it would be better if we could see his face, but I think not. The composition works just right the way it is.

    Bravo.

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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2010
    Definitely not a B&W image Richard. I too like it more and more each time I look at it. Quite the character against that wall.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited July 19, 2010
    Thanks for the kind words, Ed, Virginia and Patti. thumb.gif
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