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Oct 30 2019 6 Comments

A little old lady like a rabbit in the headlights

This old lady’s bewilderment was thankfully only brief, as after a quick smile she was straight back into corralling all her beer crates. But having passed by this spot more times than I’d care to remember, to finally get an interesting photo made for a particularly memorable five hundredths of a second.

a surprised looking old Japanese lady

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  1. Jenn says

    10/30/2019 at 9:27 am

    I love it! You’ve captured such a funny expression! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      10/30/2019 at 8:41 pm

      Thanks. It was certainly quite an interesting reaction!

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  2. Coli says

    10/30/2019 at 10:09 am

    Wonderful! Like you’ve caught her the act of stealing something or sneaking up behind someone to scare them. Brilliant timing:)

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    • Lee says

      10/30/2019 at 8:43 pm

      Cheers! Haha, she does, doesn’t she? Maybe she doesn’t actually work there at all!

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  3. YTSL says

    10/30/2019 at 1:01 pm

    I was in Japan once again recently and saw scenes or people that reminded me of your photos. In the case of the latter: there were times when I wished I had your daring to memorialize the visual via my camera but I just didn’t have the nerve to do so!

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    • Lee says

      10/30/2019 at 8:46 pm

      That’s nice to hear. Thank you. Always good to be thought of!

      It’s a bit daunting at first. Exactly how I used to feel. But start doing it, and getting results you are happy with, and slowly but surely those nerves begin to disappear.

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