Call to Prayer

Muslim man shouting out stuff and giving out leaflets outside Whitechapel tube station this afternoon..

He's probably just come out of the East London Mosque after Friday prayers. The mosque is one of the largest in the UK holding well over 5000 people and is currently being doubled in size!!

I've no idea what he was shouting.... But I can have a pretty good guess..

There's always radical groups of men handing leaflets out in this area, searching for the weak minded.. You rarely see them give leaflets to clearly non-Muslim people, but more so the people they think they can "influence".. Hmmmm........!

[Steve Hollingsworth]

Well its a good shot Andy, looks good in B&W
but i wonder what would happen if you started giving these sort of leaflets out,... "remembering the security man & your camera around the gherkin last year" ... lol

[JP]

nice shot! captures the situation perfectly!

[Nod]

This is a beautiful street shot!! BTW, if you don't mind, what is the focal length? EXIF says 5.5mm!

[andy c]

@viranod thanks mate..this is with my panasonic p&s which is 5.5mm - 16.5mm (equiv to 33-100mm... so Mr Google tells me.. lol..)
@steveh haha... I'd be banged up for sure...

[Darren Griffen]

Nice B&W Andy, like the contrast and tones against the whitness of his top

[Charlene]

Reading a book at the moment called The Islamist, about a guy who used to be a member of radical Islam - it mentions East London Mosque a lot...

[Constance Brinkley]

I love the sign behind him that reads Fresh Whitechapel....seems like a juxtaposition of words and picture... Great street shot again.

[Juliette Packham]

great shot Andy - cool PoV

[Trina P Holub]

Excellent BW shot

[Netkonnexion]

Great shot, great profile. Nice one.

[robinwarner]

fab shot Andy..you had some great entries..this one and that man briskly walking. I really wish i could have picked 10...that man was very high on my list...

[Mrs. Smith]

Wow! This is fantastic!

[Richard Tyson]

super shot Andy. You got the new Hipsta stuff yet? This weekend only RetroPak and a Nike freebie. The retro got Tejas, Melodie and Salvador lens.You might already have em?

[Tanya]

the white works really well for a B&W. wow 5000 that would be an amazing sight!

[Heather (pixelchix)]

Awesome street shot! Live the wider view and the b&w is perfect here.

[andy c]

thanks for all the views and comments guys...
@robinwarner WHAT.. I'm not in the top 5... Right thats it Ms Robin.. me and you are gonna seriously fall out...lol... Seriously, no worries, there was some fantastic pics entered wasn't there..
@rich57 Cheers for the text as well mate, wanted the Dali lens so well pleased to pick that one up...

[Aaron L]

Nice Andy. You did'nt grab a leaflet and sign up then?

@rich57 iphone nerd. ;-)

[andy c]

@azza_l Assalam Alaikum Brother....
@rich57 Ignore him Rich... He's just jealous..lol