really? no blackberry?  by summerfield

really? no blackberry?

smart phone? non? iPhone? non?

he's smartly dressed although it's a tad too warm. but you wonder where is his iPhone? or blackberry?

inspired by @northy 's photo: http://365project.org/northy/365/2013-04-18

shot in colour from across the road. i was crossing the street. i had nothing else to do and i was holding my camera. sneaky eh?

tulips for the may-flowers challenge in my other album: http://365project.org/summerfield/365-again/2013-05-04
I don't know if I am more impressed that you found a pay phone or someone with out a cell phone.
May 5th, 2013  
Nice street capture.
May 5th, 2013  
Fantastic processing! It really is rather unusual to see someone using a public phone. Maybe he's a foreign visitor and his international roaming isn't working!
May 5th, 2013  
The usual reason is they don't want a record of the call showing up on their mobile phone.

Great street photo - almost historic - how much longer will these phone boxes be around? They are being sold off in the UK.
May 5th, 2013  
Love that is says Bell on it. Truly historic shot. And I think @gooner46 has found the reason-Shady dealings with no trail...
May 5th, 2013  
Haha leave it to you to find this. Cool edit too.
May 5th, 2013  
Definately shady! Hope his wife sees this shot - LOL :) Great work Summerfield :)
May 5th, 2013  
Amy
Great capture and I love it in black and white. I always do a double take anymore when I see someone talking at a phone booth.
May 5th, 2013  
great shot... not sure if there are any phone booths left around here
May 5th, 2013  
wonderful capture and processing. maybe he lives in an area like i do where cells phones simply do not work? only reason malcolm has one is for when he is in his truck - sometimes it works, sometimes it does not.
May 5th, 2013  
Immediately suspicious! What do they not want their partner to know!
May 5th, 2013  
Ooo...We do not have any phone booths left, that I can think of. This is great and love the processing. So he may being a bit furtive/sneaky here? He looks like it. Great catch!
May 5th, 2013  
@fullcircle - we still have a lot of pay phones around here, just that nobody seem to be using them anymore. except perhaps this guy and another person who uses the left booth every morning. thank you, cindy.

@pamfromcalgary - thank you, pam.

@salza - no, he lives around here. i've seen him around a few times. thank you, sally.

@gooner46 - one of our satellite offices in downtown toronto has a red phonebooth imported from the UK as a decoration/prop. these bell ones are still around though. thank you, chris.

@valpak - believe you me, big brother is always watching. :-) thank you, valerie.

@michaelelliott - he was there, i had my camera, what can i do? :-) thank you, ME.

@aurorajane - we're on to something, aren't we? look at his smile! thank you, aj.

@atooner - this is still an ordinary sight for me, at least in these particular corner. thank you, amy.

@lafish - thank you, laurie. they've become expensive to use though compared to elsewhere this is still cheap.

@catsmeowb - hahaha! he lives around where i live and where i live almost all people have smart phones or iphones or something, at least i think they do. thank you, camille.

@claireuk - yeah, as i told aurorajane above, just look at the expression on his face, he's obviously smiling. thank you, claire.

@espyetta - he is being furtive. he was smiling and sort of giggling that time,you know something like we used to do in high school when we talk about our crushes with our friends. this guy, and he's not young, he's just sort of secretive yet flirtatious. maybe i should print this and tape it in all the posts around the area. hahaha! thank you, MB.
May 5th, 2013  
@summerfield that would show him! Haha
May 5th, 2013  
It's hard to find a pay phone these days, much less someone using it. Great find and capture.
May 5th, 2013  
Wow that is one rare sight in this day and age
May 5th, 2013  
wow! definitely awesome find! This reminds me of Colin Farrell in Phone Booth. =)
May 6th, 2013  
@henrir - we still have a good few around the province. but i don't imagine it being completely phased out yet. thank you, henri.

@bkbinthecity - it is. thank you, brian.

@monaalta - thank you, alta.
May 6th, 2013  
Probably forgot to charge it ;-) Great capture!
May 6th, 2013  
@helstor - thank you, erik.
May 6th, 2013  
excellent streety shot! and such a rare sight these days!
May 7th, 2013  
The amazing part of this shot is the fact that he found a working telephone booth!
May 7th, 2013  
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