TGIF

today is Friday, and the sun came out :)

thank you for all the lovely comments on my blink and hat shots from yesterday...

[TC]

Cool lighting...love the silhouette & shadow of the pedestrian!

[Leslie]

Great street and b&w

[Maggiemae]

Paricularly his legs! This is super!

[Simply Amanda]

Stunning light and shadows. What a great street shot. Fav and TGIF!!!

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

Wonderful street scene. Love the shadow of the guy

[Jeff Walker]

wow! FAV. This is wonderful with the light and shadow

[Bill]

Awe some

[Kate Klinck]

fav for me too, i just love the lighting!

[Karen H]

Fab light, FAV

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Meagan]

This is wonderful! Great job

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

OMG I ADORE THIS SHOT!! Fat fav from me. That light is just stunning and the man running, gah... awesome, awesome, awesome!

[❀ Lynn]

This is wonderful....there is something special about it....fav

[Kimberly Balychev]

Oh my goodness this is a incredible shot my dear! :) Perfect lighting! I love the way the man stands out that is crossing the street! Super! :)

[Sharon Lee]

Fabulous.. You rock this type of photography

[Melody Tanner]

I love it! Great lighting and silhouette

[GiGi]

You have trained your eye to find light like a pro, I see it always in your work, very special talent

[Stuey]

Great street shot. Brilliant contrasts

[Jake]

love the silhouette and the reflection, brilliant, and Fav

[Sheila]

FAV from me too! Love it! Really drawn in!

[Grant Davidson]

Great street scene - love it in B&W.

[KWind]

An excellent silhouette. I love the lighting.

[joey d.Muli]

Superb !!

[beachradish]

Fav. The light reflecting of the overhead lines really create the ambiance with the lines of the crosswalk.

[Johanna]

Great street scene. The light is favulous. :)

[Lisa]

Great shot - wonderful light , silhouette and fab shadow! : ) fav

[Jase]

When did it become TGIF, for me its still TFIF, anyway, this is great and good see you back on the streets, where you belong, so to speak. :D

[Frida]

I would love to hang this on my wall, right next to that cyclist in the sunset from October. I love it! Big fav!

[amy spada]

This is great. Great crop, great lines, great light, great contrast. Great fav too :)

[☠northy]

@frida tx Frida! and indeed... that cyclist shot was taken from the same vantage point :)

@jase_h i had to google that to see if it meant something other than what i thought it did, and was surprised at how many hits came up... i'd never heard that expression before ;D

[Michael Elliott]

My kind of shot - Fav!

[Abhijit]

Awesome shot

[aurorajane]

Wow, great shot

[Julie]

Great silhouette. Fav from me.

[Anne ❀]

cool lighting, i like the wires and roof tops, nice comp too!

[Nicole]

beautiful effect of the sun in b&w!

[Kate Goring]

Fabulous shot!

[Huda Morcos]

Wonderful city shot, you have an amazing B & W album.

[Katie]

Awesome moodiness and fabulous, crisp silhouette!

[Binny]

This is awesome.

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

@northy Have been back for more looks! I reckon this has to be one of my all time fav's from you! Also one of my all time fav's from my fav's, I reckon.

[emily tull]

cool street scene

[Alison Tomlin]

Oo this is very cool. Love the backlighting and you;ve timed it perfectly. fav

[Jani M]

:-) it's perfect. Fav.

[Robyn]

Jani's right. It's simply perfect. One more fav!

[bardejov]

Congratulations. Fav. I loove b&w urban scenes.

[cityflash]

very nice lights

[Stacey]

What you have achieved here is so amazing, what light and shadow! This would look great displayed on a cafe wall somewhere. FAV

[Mara]

Incredible lighting, surreal atmosphere. FAV

P.S. I like your album & very personal style.

[Carla]

well how awesome is this light?! The shadows are beautifully lit up lines are incredible.

[Miley]

Great lighting, the contrast are very atmospheric.

[Humphrey Hippo]

Fantastic light! Love the shadow.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Fav! This is so interesting! Love how the light showcases the walker. Ad so much to look at!

[jerry plume]

Fantastic silhouette! Love that lighting!

[Gark]

Totally WOWED!!!! BIG-TIME FAV!!!

[Simon Halstead]

Excellent. I really love this.

[Joanna Payne]

Totally awesome, Northy, you rock like a ..... rocky thing!

[Gloria]

Whoa!
Thud
Fav
That's all I got

[Katia]

FAV! :)

[Paulina]

Amazing shot!!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Perfect. Great silhouette, fantastic shadow. Fav xx

[Steve Angell]

Fantastic light...well done!

[Chelsea]

Wow really cool!

[Juliette Packham]

awesomeness - fav fav fav!

[Jenny Hubble]

Great composition!

[jayn]

So good. Fav

[Rach_who]

I love the mood of this hot

[Amaya Williams]

Great light and little gritty! Like it.

[Tracy McD]

Really like the crisp lighting in this shot.

[Matt Clendon]

Excellent.

[Peter de Graaff]

Fav. Really good

[Andreas]

Fabulous light, love the shadow. Fav

[Matt]

Yikes that's good. Fav

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

Absolutely amazing and a 47th fav from me :D You are a natural with this black and white thing!

[paola]

wow..a fav..I say...wow.

[David]

FAB! FAV! No question!

[Lisa A Wood]

All around great ... composition, shadow, reflection ... excellent in the b&w! Fav

[Leah]

Great light and contrast.

[Simply Amanda]

WOOHOO...you are #1. Congrats!!!

[Therese]

Awesome shot! Congrats on no. 1 in top 20!!!

[Aaron]

Excellent! Congrats on T20!

[lindseyingphoto]

holy moley crazy amazing- i DREAM of capturing this kind of street shot. well done!

[Humphrey Hippo]

#1 - yay! Congrats. :)

[Jani M]

:-) So worth the #1 spot

[jerry plume]

Wohoooooooooo!!!! Number one, Baby! Congrats, Northy!

[Robyn]

#1 all the way, baby!!! So well deserved. xoxoxox! I can hear myself saying to friends "I knew her when . . . " :)

[Peter de Graaff]

Congrats. Well deserved #1

[John Falconer]

Fabulous shot. Well done.

[Stacey]

Top Twenty wy to go, still missing vowel from my computer.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

No 1...perfect spot for this...it has so many good things in it! well done you!

[kerryn wotton]

beautiful!!!!

[Ruth Lueth]

Top 1!!!!!!!! Great shot, Northy, congratiolations.

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

Congratulations on #1. Well deserved!

[Al Bailey]

Congratulations on the top spot this week :)

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Came to see some great photos in the Top 20 from last week..saw yours made it to #1. Congrats! It deserved it!

[Judith Greenwood]

Been a bit AWOL of late so very glad of the Top 20 so that I didn't miss this beauty.

[PasadenaRose]

Totally awesome. Fav. 'Nuff said. :-)

[mum13/Michelle]

I missed this...such a great great shot. every thing about it.

[Caryn]

Was just checking in on Jase...did he leave again?!

[☠northy]

@cmc1200 yep... and while his account is still up on flickr, last i checked he hadn't posted anything new in a while

[Aleksandra]

How on earth did i miss this amazing shot! Just randomly found it in someone else's favs and it literally jumped out at me! It is spectacular! LOVE this!

[Krista Marson]

atmospheric.