** HELLO! ** Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Scene: Just after pulling up in a taxi to the Great Wall at Huang Hua, all the local vendors jumped into action. This guy was at my door before I had time to blink trying to sell me some postcards. So... like any good tourist, I took his picture. He was actually smiling most of the time he was trying to sell stuff to me. He was one of the happiest looking people I've ever seen.

I had to use my wide angle lens, as he was so in my face the whole time with his postcards!

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davecall (575) 2004-07-08 17:09

Beautifully caught Mike. I would go as far as to say it's such a good human-interest pic that, with the background blurred out, it would have been superb in its own right. In fact it seems there are a couple of scenes in the background that would have made good photos in their own right. As it is, this is crisp, humourous and uplifting to look at.

kooki (550) 2004-07-15 0:24