Problem or benefit? When you’re trying to take a picture of a grand building, spectacular mural or attractive door the passersby who stride, run, pedal or scoot into your field of view are likely to be out of focus. The fuzzy human extra might ruin the photo or they might just improve it, depending on your point of view.
Boulevard Magenta, Paris, April 2016
In a hurry – Palais Royal -March 2017
Rue Grenelle, Paris, May 2017
Piacenza, December 2016
Brocante, Paris, October 2016
Piacenza, December 2016
Piacenza, December 2016
Milan, December 2016
The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge Focus has given me an excuse to search out some favourites among my photos with added passersby. Some of these images were deliberate – I’d waited for a likely pedestrian or cyclist to pass – but others are simply fortuitous. Can you tell which are which?
(Click on any image to view the gallery)
Beyond the Window Box 
June 20, 2017 at 8:24 am
Great images! All carefully contrived I’m sure.
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June 20, 2017 at 8:30 am
Half of them are pure good fortune or snatching the moment in passing!
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June 21, 2017 at 1:15 pm
Improvement – I have share my thoughts with you on this before. I think images can have a tendency to be sterile – I often feel that about my street art pictures. Often I will include people or ‘street furniture’ in my images to bring them to life…but not always.
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June 22, 2017 at 12:34 am
Nice photos.
Sometimes the passing person, animal, or vehicle is a lucky accident. Other times I’m waiting for them.
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June 24, 2017 at 1:05 pm
Definitely an improvement. Frankly, I don’t care whether you waited or it was a coincidence. 🙂 The effect is achieved. I especially like the last one.
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