The Bus Counter

Black_Square · Jul 6, 2018

Hi guys,

I met this gentleman whilst out shooting portraits. He was stood at a busy stretch of road in Bristol City centre. He was busy scribbling down numbers in a notebook. My curiosity piqued, I tried to strike up a conversation to enquire what the numbers related to. He was so pre-occupied scribbling down the numbers, that he was reluctant to talk. Just as I was about to give up, he quickly explained that the numbers are serial numbers on the buses that pass by. He then continued recording. The notebook was filled with 5 digit codes, there musy have been thousands of entries recorded.

As I bid him farewell, he looked straight at me. I lifted my camera, he smiled, I shot, I walked.

Jeff15 · Jul 6, 2018

Plenty of character in that face.......

DanOstergren · Jul 6, 2018

Did you use a strobe or natural light? It's a 9.5/10 shot for me; the one and only change that could make this a 10/10 shot for me is if you were to brighten the catch-lights in his eyes, without which the eyes are lacking life and are missing a magnetism that would make my eyes go straight to his and linger long enough to wonder more about this person and their life.

Gary A. · Jul 6, 2018

Great story and a better image. You are my hero.

Dean_Gretsch · Jul 6, 2018

You always manage to find the most interesting characters.

Granddad · Jul 7, 2018

What Dan said ^ but I'd give it a 9.85. Good work, as usual.

enezdez · Jul 7, 2018

Fabulous Shot!

Black_Square · Jul 12, 2018

Jeff15 said:
Plenty of character in that face.......

Thanks Jeff

DanOstergren said:
Did you use a strobe or natural light? It's a 9.5/10 shot for me; the one and only change that could make this a 10/10 shot for me is if you were to brighten the catch-lights in his eyes, without which the eyes are lacking life and are missing a magnetism that would make my eyes go straight to his and linger long enough to wonder more about this person and their life.

Thanks Dan, the image was lit using natural light. I can certainly brighten the catch lights in the eyes which i think is a good idea. Thanks again.

Gary A. said:
Great story and a better image. You are my hero.

No, you're my hero! I love your work!

Dean_Gretsch said:
You always manage to find the most interesting characters.

thanks Dean, I do seem to stumble on some cool looking people!

zombiesniper · Jul 12, 2018

Excellent image.

Nominated for POTM.

Black_Square · Jul 12, 2018

Granddad said:
What Dan said ^ but I'd give it a 9.85. Good work, as usual.

Thanks Granddad !

enezdez said:
Fabulous Shot!

Thanks Enezdez - glad you like!

zombiesniper said:
Excellent image.

Nominated for POTM.

ah, thanks zombie! That's really cool

fishing4sanity · Jul 13, 2018

Unbelievable detail, great photo!

TreeofLifeStairs · Jul 13, 2018

That’s a lot of serial numbers. There’s got to be a conspiracy here somewhere.

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Black_Square · Jul 13, 2018

fishing4sanity said:
Unbelievable detail, great photo!

Thank you!

TreeofLifeStairs said:
That’s a lot of serial numbers. There’s got to be a conspiracy here somewhere.

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What kind of conspiracy are you thinking?