Hotel Lobby

[seamus finn]

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[petermfiore]

Another Great classic, Seamus...

Peter

[RSL]

Great grab, Seamus.

[seamus finn]

Peter and Russ,

It's all about 'grabs' in this genre, isn't it. You either see it or you don't, but when you do see it, it's a rush.

[jeffreybehr]

I usually don't appreciate B&W as much as many, but for me this really works the way you've developed it.

[RSL]

It's all about 'grabs' in this genre, isn't it. You either see it or you don't, but when you do see it, it's a rush.

Exactly! But to see it you have to be looking -- always. I think people like Brooks Jensen, who says he doesn't understand street photography, start out with a pre-visualized image of what they're after when they pick up a camera. Creation is full of unexpected images. The unexpected ones always tend to be the best ones.

[Bruce Cox]

The bicycle's shadow doesn't look planned and you don't know how long it will be there.

[seamus finn]

Exactly! But to see it you have to be looking -- always. I think people like Brooks Jensen, who says he doesn't understand street photography, start out with a pre-visualized image of what they're after when they pick up a camera. Creation is full of unexpected images. The unexpected ones always tend to be the best ones.

Well, that's it exactly. In the end, it's all about instinct - what you see and how you react. That particular day, I spent a long time in the streets of London before walking through my familiar, crowded hotel lobby. I saw the unexpected - the usually crowded space momentarily empty, the light streaming in, the shadows on the floor.....Take the fecking shot!

[BobDavid]

LPs in the way off background?

[Jeremy Roussak]

I wish I'd taken it.

Jeremy

[Rainer SLP]

Great 

[stamper]

As it is it is a fine image. The repeating patterns make the image but I am wondering if the light areas at the top of the image could be cloned out because the eye is attracted to them first instead of the patterns. Either way a fine image.