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Le Baiser de St. George Street
« on: September 09, 2021, 10:07:38 am »

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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2021, 10:40:24 am »

Quite charming.
The sunny background and the fence-top decorations enhance the happy mood of the lovers.
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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2021, 02:51:22 pm »

Hmmm...
Reminds me of the kiss of Doisneau.
Sorry to say this but the hand on the left with what looks like a smartphone suggests that the moment was staged :-(
Just MHO
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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2021, 03:11:47 pm »

Hi Eric, Actually it was after dark, but there was a lot of light on St. George street, St. Augustine.

And Rab: Exactly. I had Doisneau’s “kiss at the Hôtel de Ville”  in mind when I named it. The difference is that this one wasn’t staged. I don’t see a hand at the left or the smartphone. There’s something over there, but it’d be easy to remove it.
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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2021, 07:43:31 pm »

I don’t see a hand at the left or the smartphone. There’s something over there, but it’d be easy to remove it.

You must be getting old, Russ.  :D

At the extreme left of the frame there is obviously the hand of another person holding a smartphone. However, he/she might be just browsing his emails for all we know.
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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2021, 07:54:41 pm »

Sorry, Ray. I don't see any such thing.
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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2021, 10:39:09 pm »

Sorry, Ray. I don't see any such thing.

That's because you've just edited the image.  :D
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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2021, 06:59:08 am »

You think? Well, now everybody can relax and not have a heart attack.
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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2021, 12:14:40 pm »

But at least you didn't crop it.   ;)
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Re: Le Baiser de St. George Street
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2021, 02:23:34 pm »

Right, Eric. I chopped off a meaningless hunk from the left. We don't call that "cropping."
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