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Amy, Who we can expect?

Drew and Marco, thanks for looking and commenting. One never knows, Marco, one never knows.

Amy

A nonverbal mystery  . . . I love how only the person's feet and a small slice of the left side of his head are visible.  

It does leave one wondering. . . .

On the purely visual level, I do like the colors and the brightness of the image overall, as well as the quality of the (I presume) late afternoon light.

--Lannie

the longer I look at your photo the more I like it. The shadow and blue line guide my eyes towards the mysterious feet - which are so uncanny because we don't see anything else of the person and we know something is going on, but the photo leaves us guessing and puzzled.

I agree with Wolfgang, it is a puzzling scene.  My guess is that it is the end of a long day, and the person is waiting for someone to finish shopping for supper at the Bi-Lo.  Both the damaged hood and the feet are relatively small parts of the composition, yet they stand out for me as important features.  Are they in some way related?  Are the feet tired or damaged and just need a rest?

Michael: I love photographic mysteries, I'm so glad you saw one here.

Lannie: The quality of the light is what made me want to shoot this one.

Wolfgang, of course I'm pleased that you like this one and also find some mystery here.

And Mark...you nailed it! That's exactly what it is: a person waiting for someone shopping @ the BI-Lo. I had to go back and look at my own shot to see if the BI-Lo logo was anywhere to be found, and I can't see it. (cue the Twilight Zone music here). I, too, liked the damaged hood and the feet.

As a bit of backstory, I saw the scene and asked permission of the woman to let me shoot. My heart always pounds a bit when I try to do any street photography that actually involves humans. So the interaction was a small victory for me; and I'm always torn between asking permission and just taking the shot. Her position was slightly different that when I first noticed her, but I was still pretty happy with it.

Thanks to all of you for your input.

Amy