All the people
So many people
They all go hand in hand
Hand in hand through their Parklife
Know what I mean?
Blur circa 1994 - Britpop
This is one of several entrances to Vernon Park in Basford and is on one of my regular lunchtime walk routes (I have 3 or 4 variations of my walk and don't decide which variation I do until I have crossed the bridge at Basford Tram Stop.
Shot with my Panny TZ7. I waited for the gentleman to walk into frame as I thought he added a little bit of dynamism and movement into the shot.
The man is out of uniform, I usually see him in his overall and high vis jacket and trolley. He is a street cleaner in Basford, emptying the litter bins and keeping our streets clean.
I am on nodding terms with him and I think he might make a good "stranger" for my "100 strangers series" (which seems to have stalled at 13 for the best part of a month)
Edited in GIMP / G'MIC with a black and white filter with pseudo greys bumped up to the maximum setting.
You captured him well mid-stride. A little air of melancholy about this photo in b&w. (I've got a bit bored with my strangers' project. Expect it will revive some time.)
Thanks everyone for your comments and support. I have struggled to do any photos this week. It's been a grey and wet week in nottingham and dark by mid afternoon. December light is always bad for photos :( and today it rained all day at the football and was a car headlight on all day kind of day
@annied thanks annie, the words are not mine, they aare from blur from back in the day :) @kwind thanks for your kind comment @jennywren thanks jen , I waited for the gentleman to walk into the frame @ivan thanks for the fave ivan @quietpurplehaze thanks haze, i think you set off at a great pace on your strangers project , it is a hard task , @sangwann cheers dione one snazzy coat indeed @rhodie thanks rhodie for your lovely comments
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@annied thanks annie, the words are not mine, they aare from blur from back in the day :)
@kwind thanks for your kind comment
@jennywren thanks jen , I waited for the gentleman to walk into the frame
@ivan thanks for the fave ivan
@quietpurplehaze thanks haze, i think you set off at a great pace on your strangers project , it is a hard task ,
@sangwann cheers dione one snazzy coat indeed
@rhodie thanks rhodie for your lovely comments