| Three Colours: Red - 12.19.07 |
| submitter: | Smart Set |
| location: | Acton, London, UK |
| Car, bus and pub. The Redback is the place to be if you're an Aussie or a Kiwi in Acton. |
| category: | Seen Worse |
| comments: | 23 |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.29.07 | | You were out of the loop. |
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| wim commented on 12.28.07 | | how come I was not informed? |
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| Horse commented on 12.24.07 | | BTW,nice Kieœlowski reference. |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.21.07 | | Thanks, both of you. I like to think I'm pretty dedicated to mattress photography. |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 12.21.07 | | Sounds like an excellent comedy moment, Smartset. Balloons, toy guitars, shopping, camera, and a disgruntled five year old on the run... That's what I call dedication to the cause. |
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| Horse commented on 12.20.07 | | Full credit for still getting the shot. |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.20.07 | | Almost forgot - I was also trying to keep hold of a pink balloon. No string, just gripping the little tied-off bit. |
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| Horse commented on 12.20.07 | | I've got my bearing now. |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.20.07 | | OK, to the right. In #15030 you can see the bollard that's in this shot. |
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| Horse commented on 12.20.07 | | As in "at right angles" |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.20.07 | | Left or right of what? |
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| Horse commented on 12.20.07 | | To the left or right ? |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.20.07 | | If you want to see how far away I was when I saw the matt, see #15030. That matt was in the same location as this one, albeit at right angles. |
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| Horse commented on 12.20.07 | | Good shot breakdown.I feel like I was there |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.20.07 | | More background to this photo: I was walking my 5-year-old son home from school when I spotted what could be a matt from about 200 yards off. I must have looked a bit strange because I had two toy guitars slung about my neck (a Strat and an Explorer, guitar fans). My son had just been given them by the man in the newsagent's, and I was lumbered with them. I was holding his hand, and carrying shopping with the other, and he wasn't too pleased that we were taking a detour across the park. When we arrived at the matt I had to let go his hand, and he instantly ran off, so I had to be quick. |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.20.07 | | Horse, there was a bus there waiting at the lights when I arrived. Being a bendy bus (18 metres long) it stretched across the entire frame, so that was shot 1. In case it was blurred I lined up a second shot, and as I did so, the bus moved off, but was replaced by this one, just as the girl went to feed the matt. Later I decided that the human interest made the second shot the one to submit. |
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| Smart Set commented on 12.20.07 | | Jim, what kind of meters can they jump - gas, electricity, parking? |
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| Jim commented on 12.20.07 | | probably spotted aforementioned Redback and wants to appease and survive--they can jump meters when fired up by cold weather--- |
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| Horse commented on 12.20.07 | | Is this female trying to feed the matt ? |
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| Jim commented on 12.20.07 | | and with females?--well----- |
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| Jim commented on 12.20.07 | | the Redback is a venomous Aussie spider which usually lurks underneath toilet seats and then bites u on the bum--umm rather painful--and can leave males impotent and limp for many years-not well liked in Oz |
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| Horse commented on 12.20.07 | | Excellent shot. Did you wait for a bus or was it good fortune ? |
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| robert k commented on 12.19.07 | | even red on the pants! great shot ss |
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