One Man Smoking - One Man Coughing

Two men outside a street cafe in Arnold, Nottingham

One man lights up a cigarette while his friend coughs....hence the title..."One Man Smoking - One Man Coughing"

As I enter the last few images of my 365 I'm going all urban B/W...a genre that I really like.

FYI : For none UK viewers, smoking in all places of work was banned in England on 01 July 2006, which in effect made smoking indoors in public illegal......a law which was a "breath of fresh air one might say" !!

I'll let the image do the talking and you make your own judgements.

[Mike]

...and I thought you were about to tell a joke! Great shot though

[Kerri]

Great black and white

[Jennifer C]

great candid image, love the title, could be used on an anti smoking add

[Mags]

Excellent black and white and another statement about re-egineering society. Wow! Great work, Phil! Another one for history!

[Phil Howcroft]

@caddick good line about me telling a joke mike....there was an Englishman, A Scots man and a ...........oooh err slipped into 1970's joke mode then !!!

[Phil Howcroft]

@jenrobcarr Jennifer, thanks for your support , it's quite a busy image ..i should have got a bit closer

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens cheers kerri :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam thnx Maggie....you are very kind with your praise of my urban shots :)...as for 're-egineering society'......from a health point of view, this was probably quite good 're-egineering' :)

[Anita]

@caddick I had exactly the same thoughts as you, Mike! Good one, Phil!

[Pat Knowles]

That man coughing must be down wind of the smoker !! Plenty of signs to read while they are sitting, won't need to buy a newspaper ! I like your b/w !

[ShadowDancer]

Haha, great street shot, that's an interesting moment you've captured! :-)

[Steve Hollingsworth]

B& w suits this one well , nice find phil

[Sue Wilde]

Great shot and love the B&W.

[Peter de Graaff]

Love this

[peter/zipp]

nice urban streety action... maybe crop out the fella in the background?

[Mike]

@sleepdozer57 You can't remove the interesting young man who has a much older reflection!

[ann]

Outstanding, Phil! Great story with it!

[peter/zipp]

@caddick aha! now then, good spot.. can't believe i missed that! i like to see all those little things, nice one mate. and @phil_howcroft ..leave it be, i'm sure you knew.

[Judith Greenwood]

@caddick @sleepdozer57 that's hilarious!! That's a young smoker seeing his 'heart age' self!!

[Judith Greenwood]

PS not stopping are you Phil?

[Mike]

@judithg @phil_howcroft Interesting how the reflection appears to need spectacles!

[Phil Howcroft]

@sleepdozer57 @caddick @judithg hey I never noticed the young mans old reflection...I only left him in the shot because me and Ruby walked past him and he had a Liverpool scarf on and Bolton beat Liverpool at the weekend......work that logic out !

[Phil Howcroft]

@new2this thank you very much ann :)

[Phil Howcroft]

Thanks everyone for your kind words, went out tonight so apologies for a group reply and thank you @anron @swilde @shadowdancer @peterdegraaff @steveh @shadowdancer @happypat

[Phil Howcroft]

@judithg Judith am I stopping ...I've got to finish yet !!!...I might take a couple of weeks off !!

[patsyj]

This is a great image Phil! You have captured the moment and the story in this one..and the black & white is an excellent choice.

[Juliette Packham]

great shot! there is some bizarre humour in the scene. Like the way you do these B&W's.

[Allison Williams]

Not a very considerate frined, but I guess smoking does that to you! Great use of B&W. I particularly like the shine of the metal chairs and tables. Great composition.