Late afternoon rest (in Helsinki)

[Olli]

Sometimes the pillow is not the softest ...

http://www.laasanen.net/POTN/IMG_3953-rest.jpg

[cfpackerfan]

A lot of emotion in this shot.

There's a story here.

[Caysnco]

an emotive shot done so very well...

[jlozano180]

Thats funny, sorry if no one else thinks so. great shot

[Olli]

A lot of emotion in this shot.

There's a story here.

an emotive shot done so very well...

Thanks Cat and Caysnco. Yes, emotions and stories. The guy with a cell phone seemed to know the fellow resting on the street, but with whome he was talking ... and about what ...?

Thats funny, sorry if no one else thinks so. great shotI agree. There are two sides in the coin .. Good the get your comment, jlozano.

[JeffCanon]

IMO the focus is too soft

[Olli]

IMO the focus is too softAppreciate you feedback, Jeff. Softening made during post-processing.

[condyk]

Wow, seems the server costs and resonsibilities of running POTN are really getting to Pekka ;-)

[Olli]

Wow, seems the server costs and resonsibilities of running POTN are really getting to Pekka ;-)Oh yes. Pekka (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=973301&postcount=1) needs help (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/donate.php)!

[_aravena]

Interesting. Are they crying or resting though?

[Olli]

Interesting. Are they crying or resting though?In this specific case, crying was closer than resting. :confused:

[BottomBracket]

Interesting shot, Olli! He doesn't seem homeless, I wonder what the story is?

Dave, I almost spat out coffee all over my keyboard. Lol!

[Olli]

I'm quite sure he is not homeless. There is a element in the picture - plastic bag in which you can imagine to be more beer bottles - which is indicating that this young man (?) has had a day off, and then he's off.

We even have novel about such a day: "Mikko Rimminen's first novel Pussikaljaromaani (Tittle in English is something like: "Plasticbagfull of beer - A Novel") is indeed worth reading. I read that Pushkin Press and KiWi are going to publish English and German translations. The book itself is a weird and wonderfull mixture of Joyce's Ulysses and the "Dude" character from Big Lebowski by brothers Coen." <- link (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/archives/2006/01/10/all_around_the.html)

[Amfamora]

Id say he bit off more than he chew.. went hard then crashed.. literally, into the sidewalk.... Man on the phone is calling him a cab :)

[condyk]

The book itself is a weird and wonderfull mixture of Joyce's Ulysses and the "Dude" character from Big Lebowski by brothers Coen.

That sounds like a good read ...

Id say he bit off more than he chew.. went hard then crashed.. literally, into the sidewalk.... Man on the phone is calling him a cab :)

Yeah ... I remember my mate Charlie doing that. A small group of us used to drink at a particular pub called the Generous Briton and this one night he had way too much of the ale. He was staggering behind us on the way home and then suddenly just fell over like someone had stolen all his bones and crashed head-first to the pavement. We picked him up and like a cartoon a huge bump started to rise from his forehead. We then had to call a cab to get to the medical centre. Pretty funny the next day but not so funny at the time.

This same guy I played a great joke on. He liked a bit of weed to puff and one evening I pretended I had some and rolled him a 'joint'. But is was actually Earl Grey tea-leaves. Man that guy was high on the placebo effect :lol::lol::lol:

[Dorman]

Diggin' the subject on this one, with the guy sleeping and ignored by the passers by on the street. Not a fan of the glowy processing.

[Olli]

Cheers and thanks for comment Brad. - Better to like the subject that to be the object. ;)