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He doesn't have the biting sharpness I would have liked or expected.

I do like his 'misfittedness'! (I think I just invented that word) :-)
 

Matt - I chose not to see this Trier film as I did not fancy witnessing the personal battle between the two directors, so the Bombay section of the film doesn't mean anything. But crossing Waterloo station during the evening rush hour one does stand out if wearing a DJ (Tux).
 

For what was presumably a grab shot you've got lots of composition here. Not 'Lite' at all :-)

I love the way that the d-o-f lifts the main subject off the page and makes it look like he is following his stare. He is definitely leaving the photograph.
 

John,

If it would help to allay your fears, it's oddly Lars von Trier's kindest film, and the resulting shorts are brilliant.
 

Thanks Matt - I'll add it to my DVD rental list!
 

so many people and this one gentleman is not only walking in another direction but is wearing different clothes.
A picture that gets you asking who, where an why.
 

I find him very static in a sea of movement. It must be that stare. Not sure he's against the flow more taking his time within it.
 

I was immediately drawn to the Tux man's eyes. Very intent and intense. Very interesting context and the similarities of the color scheme with the Tux man and the woman on the right while she holds the paper "Life", as though she was prepared to remind us of these situations. (or is that "lite"?)

Only niggle is the high key ceiling at the middle top, I'd burn that down as it seems distracting.
 

This is very much a fleeting moment caught.

Unlike Guy, I don't think of the man as static. He seems very much on the move with eyes and intention fixed on his destination. That bit of motion blur could be annoying, but instead it seems to help with the atmosphere and feeling.

The "out of place" tux adds to the drama. It does remind me of a movie scene just in general -- I'm not familiar with the film mentioned.
 

Thanks for the varied comments. I suppose one could say that this is work in progress in my lengthy apprenticeship in street photography.

Having just taken delivery of Robert Frank's 'The Americans' I feel that I am entitled to a bit of motion blur and a bright ceiling area!! I'm not sure about a "grab shot"!!

The paper is 'London Lite'. It is a controversial free newspaper published by an association that includes the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard: both right-wing papers. During the recent mayoral election, a strong negative campaign was run by the Standard against the then then incumbent mayor: what was printed in the Standard was repeated in the free version. I took this about a week before the election although the photo has nothing to do with it.
 

I'm not sure about a "grab shot"!!

Sorry if that sounded rude. If it helps at all, I would class my photos in similar circumstances as 'grab shots'.

All I mean is that you aren't working for the DJ Hire company and the gent isn't a long standing friend of yours posing on the way to a reunion or something. Without the planning that that would allow, these slices of life passing by are reactions, or grabs.

Glad you liked the Frank.
 

Colin - thanks for that: most reassuring! It's a strange word and I've heard it used with more negative connotations in PAGB circles.
 

Matt - I've now seen 'the five obstructions'. Your comparison is fairly apt: you can see him thinking about the meal already!