[iandrews]

Really struggled with the theme this month, and as such also haven’t commented on many of the other photos, sorry.

Seen this chap on London Bridge a few times. Have to hope that with the current economic climate with more and more people loosing there jobs and homes that this doesn’t become a more regular sight.

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Camera: Canon S5
Focal Length: 54mm
Shutter Speed: 1/160
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 80
Date / Time: 21/04/2009 13:15

In Elements 6, cropped, adjusted shadows / highlights, increased contrast, added grain, re-sized, sharpened, boarder added.

Couldn’t decide whether to go with colour or black & white, and whether or not to include the grain. In the end I went with this one as I thought the colour showed how real the situation is, but the grain added a bit of darkness to represent the place this chap is in his life at the moment.

Ian.

[AVTEZ59]

iandrews....this is right on theme and well caught.Not seeing the chaps face makes this great shot.

Terry

[goso]

Like this, distracted by the tile lines above his head.....but beggars cant be choosers

[Antpink]

This is a great pic. The lines of the tiles are almost like a cross - many connotations there, all in all really on theme and thought provoking to say the least!

[Paranormalist]

Very powerful image and on theme totally.

[bodoman]

Well done Ian
Apologies for not commenting on yours or any other entries this month, was not too well, but am alive and kicking again now

[AVTEZ59]

Congratulations Ian...a worthy winner, a great image.

Terry