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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2011 18:31:25 GMT
What if those big nasty birds swoop down and carry him off?
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Post by tod2 on Jan 10, 2011 19:17:53 GMT
Thank you Bixa - I agree, he is rather gorgeous Kerouac, those kites just swooped down and maneuvered themselves between the food and the kid!
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Post by mich64 on Jan 11, 2011 0:24:55 GMT
He has a beautiful garden to play in. An absolutely adorable little one. Grandmothers pride and joy. Cheers Mich
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 24, 2011 22:47:59 GMT
Yesterday I was out at the end of my street taking some (failed) "art" pictures. Three girls came along from the store, and I pointed the camera at them and pretended to take a picture. Then I laughed and told them I was faking. They all said, "But we want you to take our picture!" They posed and I snapped off three group shots -- one full-length and the other two closer in. The results were interesting. The one who I would have said was the beauty of group didn't outshine the other two in photos. Then, when I cropped the group shots to make individual portraits, each girl's loveliness really sprang into focus. See what you all think. The first girl took a less glamorous shot, but look at those eyes!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2011 22:53:12 GMT
I think those are stunning portraits.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 29, 2011 13:51:26 GMT
Absolutely! Well done Bixa - Did you give them a print as well?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2011 22:50:19 GMT
Jeez,I had not seen these!!! That last one Bixa,is positively beautiful,hauntingly so. OMG. at a Carnival parade last night,totally random,was shooting at something else and got jarred accidentally.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2011 23:03:42 GMT
Wow -- happy accident! She's a beautiful girl (obviously the bead-flingers thought so, too) and with that pensive expression, the darkness behind her. and the flambeau flames ... whew! I love that you can just barely see one painted face as a clue to the event. Too bad she's drinking a Modelo instead of a Dixie.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2011 12:55:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2011 14:28:41 GMT
My Roma beggar had been not just begging for money and luncheon vouchers lately, but she had also been begging for a photo session after her new baby popped out. But she disappeared for about 2 months for that and then in the depth of winter she was out begging with the newborn again. She had the little girl all wrapped up in various rags but would unwrap her to show her off. Then she disappeared for a couple of weeks and reappeared begging without the baby ("bébé malade -- hôpital"); I felt like telling her it was all her fault. And then she disappeared again. Her mother ran after me one day from her own work station in front of the McDonald's to ask me to be doubly generous because everybody was sick now... And then I didn't see her for another two months. Yesterday she told me she has hepatitis C and ....(*suddenly runs away to thoroughly scrub hands and arms*).... her globules are screwed up (in a way that I would understand only if I spoke Romanian). All this to say that a finally took the photos today, and they look healthy enough to me. Sitting at her work station in front of my building baby seemed a bit sleepy baby now wearing scarf so that the family will know that she retains traditional values joined by French crackhead friend who was staggering down the street
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Post by Kimby on Apr 10, 2011 15:23:48 GMT
They look so normal. Healthy and clean, and with beautiful smiles for the camera. It's like they know that no matter what happens in their lives, these portraits you took, K2, will go on and on, and they wanted to look their best.
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Post by onlymark on Apr 11, 2011 13:17:00 GMT
She certainly at one time could afford gold teeth.
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Post by onlymark on Apr 12, 2011 8:04:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2011 8:15:46 GMT
That's amazing -- it does look like the same person. Belleville is not very far.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 12, 2011 15:03:39 GMT
Well spotted Mark! It is amazingly similar. Pity we can't see her left hand with the ring. I can't see well enough to scrutinize her eyebrow piercing in the Belleville photo but then again this may be a much earlier photo (by some years perhaps).
She should be delighted with her photos Kerouac!
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Post by onlymark on Apr 12, 2011 15:57:19 GMT
Ex Police make good facial memorisers.
Crap at names though, I am.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 12, 2011 16:16:09 GMT
Ex Police make good facial memorisers. Crap at names though, I am. Me too Roger.........
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Post by onlymark on Apr 12, 2011 19:14:56 GMT
I'll set them up mick, you smash them to the boundary.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 17, 2011 7:34:44 GMT
The images on this page are really brilliant....I especially love the portraits of the three young girls Bixa, all young girls go through a blossoming period don't they ? (mine was VERY brief but managed to nab handsome husband before I let myself go...)
I envy you your sweet little Grandson Tod...he's so sweet... ;D
K2, we used to have some Roma beggers here but I think that the police jumped on them and moved them out of the city centre, it was very difficult to see young women with tiny babies begging. I tend to just give to one begger a day when I'm in town, or donate to the Big Issue sellers (without taking one of their magazines!) I often get chastised by well meaning passers by who will say 'He'll only go and spend it on drugs/booze' etc..but how do they know?
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 21, 2011 0:58:20 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 1, 2011 19:26:58 GMT
I was pointing my camera to get a wide view of an area when I took this picture. That photo did not turn out well, but as I got ready to flush it, I saw that the man in the striped shirt was smiling at me. People don't always realize that you can't really see them from behind the camera, and it's nice to catch these random bits of friendliness. He's just gotten up from having his sandals shined. He seems pleased and the shoeshine man seems pleased with his work, as well. I was starting mindlessly out the bus window while it was stopped at a traffic light. Then I realized I was staring mindlessly at this man. Then I remembered I had a camera on me. Portrait of a man at a hot bus stop.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 11, 2011 15:35:21 GMT
Your random portraits of people collectively make a nice portrait of the place you call home!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2011 16:51:49 GMT
True -- that last photo has so much information about how you feel on a hot day, the need to keep the bus window open, the bright sun washing the blue from the wall.... Great picture.
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Post by thill25 on Jun 11, 2011 18:06:17 GMT
Not completely random:
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Post by Kimby on Jun 12, 2011 14:26:06 GMT
Maybe not random, but unexpected. Neither of these guys fits the stereotype of the surfer dude. (Though the old guy looks like he could have, as a young man.)
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Post by thill25 on Jun 12, 2011 15:51:56 GMT
These are my surfing buds. Both surf way more often that I do...my wife snapped this pic with my LX3. I never surf with typical surfer types.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2011 16:17:13 GMT
Oh, a wet suit would not look flattering on me either, these days.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2011 22:35:53 GMT
not so random. my helper,dear,dear friend's newborn son,only a week old when I took this pic.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 22, 2011 5:00:01 GMT
He's got the whole world at his head! good gossip
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2011 10:08:09 GMT
Yes,and see his right hand almost,not quite, in a raised fist!!!!!!!! What a perfectly apt caption for that pic Bixa,I love it!!!! hee hee......
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