We Are Pickled Minds

I was doing some digital housekeeping this morning when I came across this photo. The scene was shot on Brick Lane, London with my favourite film camera of all time - the Olympus 35 RC and AgfaPhoto Vista 200 Plus.

The scene is of a busking band, and it appears something had amused three of the members to the right. The man smoking and holding the microphone is actually a beat-boxer who at the point of the shot was taking a little break while the sax and guitar sounds filled the air.

What I didn't notice at the time of taking the photo, which amused me to no end after getting the photo developed, was the drunk superhero to the right of the frame. He's apparently bent the lamp post with just one hand and had done a super-puke. Can you imagine if Superman ever got drunk and threw up?

That is one of the joys of analog photography that is so hard to replicate - the surprises that you sometimes get after the fact. Had it been a digital camera, I would probably have noticed the shot straight away, because I'd be able to see it immediately on the LCD, even if I didn't realise it at the point of pressing the shutter.

I was so focused on the band, that I didn't realise what else was going on in the frame. Also, because I was shooting in full manual mode, all the settings were up to me, so I had to focus pretty hard (no pun intended).

As a minor side-point, the human perception isn't to be trusted. Can you imagine if I was asked to give witness in court in a case depending on if or not I "saw a drunk man walk by the band"? I'd probably testify in the negative, and I'd be wrong!

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Adé

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