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5th April 2008 YesBut

3rd Place - Reality by YesBut

London

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ctfchallenge07-Apr-2008 01:09
Awesome, amazing timing! This topic is made for you, YB. This guy really can't bear it...so sad. Truly ironic. With Mick singing "Sympathy for the Devil", ... argh! Cheers, -mikey
ctfchallenge06-Apr-2008 18:16
No honest gov' I didn't slip the guy "a few quid". I was walking past the National Portrait Gallery when I saw the potential for a shot. Within seconds the man walked by - snap.That was the first shot, I stayed there another 30 minutes but never got a shot to match it.

Just before taking this shot I had taken the one posted in Exhibition of a young man on the phone - again that shot wasn't posed, I just saw the young woman jumping into his ear!
ctfchallenge06-Apr-2008 16:02
Haha, this shot wouldn't require walking, more waiting. Quite the perfectly timed passing, then? Tell me you didn't give this guy a couple quid to walk by like that. In the US a "lose weight" sign would be an easy mark, but you'd have to wait a long while to get one humped-over person to walk in front of a "cannot bear very much reality" sign. Still, well done, in any event ":^) Cheers, -mikey
Canon DSLR Challenge06-Apr-2008 14:33
Well done YB :-)
~Brent
Rod 06-Apr-2008 10:37
The walking has paid off cos you have the best Irony picys so far.
ctfchallenge06-Apr-2008 08:52
It ain't me gov! I'm far better looking.
Though he looks like my feet feel after walking around London looking for ironic shots.
YB
Rod 05-Apr-2008 21:02
Of course this aint YesNo, he's really old & bald:-)
ctfchallenge05-Apr-2008 20:47
Well done in the irony department. Is that you, YB? Looks like y'all need a brew or two? Cheers, -mikey
ctfchallenge05-Apr-2008 17:15
If that is Mick on the left, then the right must be how Keith sees Mick:) Great urban shot! -Angioman