Watching the Watcher #3 by auntietk

Photography • People • posted on Jul 09, 2014

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French Quarter New Orleans, Louisiana While we were waiting for our friend's daughter to come pick us up, the four of us (Robert & Kathy and Bill & I) stood around on a corner visiting. I was resting my camera on top of a garbage bin with my focus on automatic, just shooting across the street as people walked through the crosswalk. I wasn't even looking at the camera ... I was talking to Robert, who was standing 90 degrees out from the lens. To anyone looking, you would never have known I was taking pictures at all. I just clicked the shutter whenever I noticed someone in the crosswalk, hoping for some interesting candid shots. Imagine my surprise and delight when I discovered this guy on my card later! I love it that it looks like we had made a connection. It was just a lucky click ... he might have just been wondering what we were doing hovering around a garbage bin (and me in my black floppy hat and red shirt, of course). I was only peripherally aware of him, and we never made eye contact.

Comments (20)

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

3:25PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

LOL nice one Tara, he looks so ominously threatening.

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helanker

3:28PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

HAHA Yes,. It is a god way of taking pictures, when people dont really know it.. I have done that too and had slot of fun with it :-)

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MrsRatbag

3:29PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

I do love the French Quarter; so much to see, such interesting people all around! Nicely done!

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durleybeachbum

3:49PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

Brilliant serendipity!

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jayfar

4:22PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

He certainly has an interest in what you are doing Tara.

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Faemike55

4:35PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

Great shot without reading your text, I had thought that you had just made an enemy of him and he was telling you off

alanwilliams

4:38PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

a dangerous game but non the less interesting

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Wolfenshire

7:08PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

People photography can be a hazard. I just read of a woman killed for taking a photo of someone just walking along. Scary world.

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photosynthesis

8:50PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

This guy is competing for the Crotchety Guy Of The Year Award...

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rachris480907

10:44PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

He must have been impressed with the hat and shirt. I know I'm thoroughly intrigued. LOL When do we get to see a picture of these? ;-)

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RodS

10:49PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

"A-HA! It's the old 'camera on top of the garbage can trick!' Ya can't fool me!" What a riot - this is great, Tara!

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micturn

10:58PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

great shot

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wysiwig

11:50PM | Wed, 09 July 2014

"Hey you! Get off my lawn! Oh, wait, I'm in the middle of the street." This has got to be one of the greatest examples of accidental photography ever. What fabulous luck.

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