Mad Togger

[Rob MacKillop]

This couple were very animated in the rain. Clearly not from round here...DP2M.

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[Pete Askew]

Excellent Rob and that second pose is something else!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, I must practice that one

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Wow! That's a great shot Rob! Nice pose!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Isn't that how you do it, Dan?

 

[Dan Cattermole]

All the time, Rob. Even without a camera.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm liking more and more the really attractive girl (who appears in both shots) clearly listening to one of my albums on headphones - hence the miserable look

 

[Pete Askew]

I see why you mean. The way she is oblivious to the antics behind her. She could easily be the main subject of the first had you titled it differently. Interesting.

 

[Dave Young]

Far too well dressed to be from around those parts

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Wash your mouth out, Dave. Edinburgh girls rival only Parisians in their sophistication. It's true.

Yes, Pete, a new story is unfolding. The girl with the pearl headphones...

 

[Douglas McMann]

Second pic is magic...what a position to get into....

 

[Rob MacKillop]

It's great. I love her right hand curving over the top. Mad.

 

[Nick Lukey]

Super capture the second has a real sixties feel to it, can just see the strap line

 

[Tom Dunne]

Had you posted the first one on it's own we would be saying how good it is, and it is. But the second one (obviously the first one you took) is class. Reminds me of some street shots of some of the old masters actually. What a body language. Great dreary B/W and I like the sheen on the wet footpath.
Perhaps she only adopts this pose when she is near a dropped kerb.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I should have posted the second one first, as that is the order I took them in, but I wasn't really thinking of which should come first when I uploaded them.

I must admit I do like Edinburgh in the rain - just as well!

 

[Pete Askew]

There is a famous image (maybe Cartier-Bresson - it has been driving me nuts trying to remember) taken in the 60s of a young woman taking a photo. It is shot from behind and she is leaning to the left in an most uncomfortable looking way and one wonders why she didn't just step to the left. This raises that same question. As Tom says, class!

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I must say that Tom packed it in real nice. Cant be said any better. Well done Rob and said Tom.

 

[Brian Moore]

The 2nd one is superb. What graceful and extravegant pose. Lovely!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, guys. I was just standing at the bus stop in the rain, and she made the whole experience a joy.