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Sixth Ave & 8th Street. Greenwich Village, NYC

 

 

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[stuny]

Ben -

 

Excellent composition, light, color and detail.

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[Marquinius]

Ben,

 

I really like the way you walk around and pick up the lines and colors of everyday life. I guess people get to know your presence and don't mind too much about you taking photo's.

 

Nice work!

 

Marco

[epand56]

Ben, you always have this fantastic characters in your pictures.. Do you hire them to improve your pictures?

This is beautiful, i love the colour tones.

[lanetomlane]

A wonderful shot of everyday life, captured really well.

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Cheers, tom

 

 

Photography by Tom Lane

[roguewave]

Thanks all for your comments.

 

Ben,

 

I really like the way you walk around and pick up the lines and colors of everyday life. I guess people get to know your presence and don't mind too much about you taking photo's.

 

Nice work! Marco

 

Marco, I indeed "walked around" this guy for a few moments. He appeared from out of the stairs onto the street & I guess he was waiting for someone/something. As is often the case in NYC, people are always vigilant & "checking you out". Just natural survival skills. I didn't engage him verbally, but I usually do. He was nervous and I liked the edge which I tried to capture. Truth be told, most people in my hood know me because I'm on the streets everyday or evening with my cameras & I'm just part of the circus, not an attraction or oddity. All the advice that I have gotten from world-class photo-journalists in NYC, is to be direct, engaged, straight forward & part of the milieu, not someone that is "capturing or taking" something of or from the environment, but someone in the pond swimming with the subjects.

[elansprint72]

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Your approach certainly works; yet another good one!

[thompsonkirk]

Ben, your statement about the way you work is as eloquent as your photographs - including this one!

 

Kirk

[Bo_Lorentzen]

Ben,

 

Great shot, Thank you for the insight in your workflow. Clearly there is a lot to learn.!

[Hodc]

Ben,

 

Great title and image, caught between Bagel and Organic Shop.

 

New York is growing on me too, thanks to all your pictures and Stuarts a.o.

I love too visit the city some time.

 

Harry

[mark_goode]

Ben - I agree with Kirk's comments about your insight and your image. Well done!

[Marquinius]

Ben,

 

I absolutely agree with your way of wandering around and being part of what's going on. Not a consumer, but somebody who adds to the everyday life.

 

About asking if it's OK to take a photo: in China I couldn't ask verbally, but found that holding up your camera and smiling a question mark did wonders.

 

Marco

[Guest wls.shanghai]

good image & careful compostion

 

I like it

 

Regards

wls

[andym911]

ben

i like this one a lot....the stance of the guy is just good.

 

Nie to see you coming up for air after being in the subway's a lot just lately;)

 

always look and enjoy your work.

 

cheers

andy