there's a conga line up there! by summerfield

there's a conga line up there!

beautiful sunshiny day in toronto with a high of over ten degrees, with a slight breeze. i went walking outside my office building and crossed over to the union station. i was going to get a cone of ice cream but once there, the big window hypnotized me yet again. so i just stood around and waited for people to walk across the window. i was fiddling with my camera when i looked up and saw this group of peeps walking across. i wasn't standing directly in centre of the window but a little bit to the right side. i played with the perspective in camera to get this at a decent angle. argh! sometimes i rue not eating my veggies when i was young or i'd have grown a bit taller. :-)

every time i see shadows like those above, "smiley's people" always come to mind. that's the title of a book by john le carré i believe. it's probably because the cover of that book that was published in manila at the time had little black silhouettes of people in the act of walking against a bright yellow background.

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I love this for the lighting and the black and white edit.
April 15th, 2015  
great shot and lighting
April 15th, 2015  
Oddly, my first thought was it looks like a prison, an old one like Alcatraz
April 15th, 2015  
Very cool shot! Love the contrast
April 15th, 2015  
How interesting.
April 15th, 2015  
Nice find & a cool shot.
April 15th, 2015  
love the shadows behind the windows, great catch!
April 15th, 2015  
Fabulous combination of architecture and people!
April 15th, 2015  
Love the image and the title. It makes me think they're having fun versus just making it through the day.
April 15th, 2015  
In addition to all the above, I also like that they appear to be walking at a level way above the sidewalk!
April 15th, 2015  
Awesome lines and shadows. FAV.
April 15th, 2015  
Brilliant - fav!!
April 16th, 2015  
So cool the way you caught the walking people! Great shot!
April 16th, 2015  
You lost me.....but I do like your material here!
April 16th, 2015  
LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
April 17th, 2015  
Good shot! That window has produced a lot of good pictures from you and Northy!
April 18th, 2015  
Ha! Great capture! Love those shadowy people... There is something rather mysterious about those pathways, don't you think... Such a futuristic feel... It would be so cool to get up there to walk thru them one day :)
April 19th, 2015  
Love those shadow people in the tall window! Wonderful capture, and the B&W works great!
April 22nd, 2015  
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