Better view the Larger and Clearer version: http://www.pbase.com/hpicckcy/image/134942377/original
BTW, if you think the lovely little girl was trying to pose for me, sorry, you're wrong, very wrong! I also thought so when I saw her approaching slowly and quietly (with smile on her face), but what she actually did was...
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Australia
Took the opportunity of the Easter Holiday to visit my son who's studying in Melbourne. No sightseeing, no organized tour, no planned photo shoot... just stayed with the family in a little suburban town, Glen Huntly, living everyday life like local residents - accompanying my other half to the markets, taking train to the city for dinner, bringing my daughter to shopping centres...
I do not regard myself as a photographer. I'm an ordinary man but extraordinarily obsessed with capturing all the memorable scenes that I encounter in my everyday life. It's like an excited traveller craving to record his memorable journey in a memorable way, but in my case, it's the journey of my life ... If I can record my encounters in such a way that they leave an image on the mind of myself and other viewers, it's a tremendous joy and some accomplishment...
In terms of photography, I'm trying to preserve the moments as my eyes see "something" and my heart feels it too. As such, I seldom feel interested in planned, arranged or manipulated photographs...
@k@: Ha ha just enjoy how you read this! And you're also right about the previous pic - I was lying to the gentleman!:-) Cheers!
@Ronnie 2¢: Sorry to disappoint you, but this is only shot of the seagulls I could get thanks to this playful girl!:-(
@Punit: Thank you my friend! Do you recognise this "opportunity shop" (Caulfield)? http://www.pbase.com/hpicckcy/image/135004034/original