Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt 2014: On the street

Hi again.

I like to group my random scavenger hunt photos together under a theme and today's were all captured while I was out and about on the street.

[The hunt is hosted by Rinda over at Gallo Organico - drop by Rinda's for the full details].

No.6: An urban street scene

This was taken just off the high street in Stockton [on-Tees] and I was trying to capture the teenagers and their make-shift skateboard ramp because that seemed like a pretty urban thing to document.

But I  didn't really want them to see what I was doing ... which resulted in them not exactly being the focal point of the shot.  You might just be able to make them out in the background!

Here's something a bit closer for you ...

No.17: A lamp post 

In amongst all the Tour de France Grand Depart decorations in Harrogate [all the bunting and bikes spray-painted yellow I mentioned in my June Month in Numbers post] I spotted a suitably Victorian style lamp post in this historic spa town.

And, still in Harrogate, but not so picturesque is my version of ...

No.5: A rack of postcards

That's a lot of primary colours isn't it? This was outside The Works, where I'd just bought some stationary and some zebra-print duct tape. Why wouldn't I?

Now, while I certainly didn't notice this at the time ... when I looked at this shot on my laptop screen I realised I'd caught my friend Janet still browsing inside the shop. Then I looked closer still, over Janet's head, and saw another face. Facing forwards ... one of the shop assistants was staring out at me!!

Can you see him? I know the resolution isn't great with me zooming in so far. But look under the 'What will you discover?' sign.

Clearly what I was going to discover was him inside watching me outside taking a photo of the rack of postcards ... although I'm now wondering if he thought I was taking his photo.

Which in a way I was!

I'm not sure if it counts, but if I don't find a better one before the end of summer, I think I'll use him as my: No. 10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)

Thanks for dropping in on me today.

I might not see your comments for a few days as I'm away from my emails, but please don't let that put you off saying 'hi'. It'll be nice to open them once I'm re-internetified.

Julie x