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Jan 09 2015 16 Comments

Lost and lonely Japanese girl?

Lost and lonely Japanese girl

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  1. Coli says

    1/9/2015 at 8:15 pm

    I’m really confused here. What was she doing? Just sitting in the middle of the street relaxing? I’d like to ask her what she was up to.

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    • Lee says

      1/10/2015 at 10:27 am

      Actually she was posing for a fella who was also sat on the ground. Much to his annoyance I sneaked in a shot. One that I thought was interesting in itself, and also interesting as it shows how deceptive photos can be sometimes รขโ‚ฌโ€ hence the question mark in the post title.

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      • Coli says

        1/10/2015 at 11:55 am

        I see. Hopefully he didny give you any foul mouthed remarks :). The more I look at this picture the more interesting it is.

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        • Lee says

          1/10/2015 at 2:47 pm

          Nah, just some muttering and a very dirty look. But doing that kind of thing in public makes it, well, public!

          Cheers! Certainly something different, even if it isn’t all it initially seems.

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  2. Jeffrey says

    1/10/2015 at 4:28 am

    Hope it’s her own version of “performance art” and not some manifestation of mental illness.

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    • Lee says

      1/10/2015 at 10:29 am

      Thankfully it was the former. Well, sort of performance art anyway. Explained in the comment above what she was up to. So happy to confirm it wasn’t anything worrying as it might seem.

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  3. david says

    1/10/2015 at 4:34 am

    You do produce some of the saddest pictures I’ve seen.

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    • Lee says

      1/10/2015 at 10:33 am

      Can’t say the same for most of the others, but happy to say this wasn’t sad like it looks. Exained be whole thing in the reply to Coli above.

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  4. Hans ter Horst says

    1/10/2015 at 5:29 pm

    Great reminder on how nothing is as it seems in a photo due to cropping or other decisions taken by the photographer and the fact that our brain is wired to see what we want to see ๐Ÿ˜‰

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    • Lee says

      1/10/2015 at 7:58 pm

      Yeah, photos very often contain a great deal of truth — even the truth — but like you say, that’s not always the case…

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  5. Sam says

    1/12/2015 at 7:38 pm

    Such a sad image — comforting to know she was actually ok.

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    • Lee says

      1/13/2015 at 8:51 am

      Yes, happy to say she was perfectly ok.

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  6. Theresa says

    1/12/2015 at 11:47 pm

    What’s that on the ground to her right?

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    • Lee says

      1/13/2015 at 8:53 am

      A glove. Makes a change from a lone shoe I suppose!

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  7. LAObserver says

    1/13/2015 at 3:46 am

    ‘Personal space’ is very much an Asian expectation. I am sometimes surprised you get away with some of your shots. Hans ter Horst is right that our brain sees what we want/expect to see.

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    • Lee says

      1/13/2015 at 8:57 am

      He is. Absolutely spot on.

      Speed, a smile, and sometimes a quick word tends to be my approach. Still get moaned at from time to time, but it’s surprising how much a smile diffuses any potential problems, or at least eases people’s potential concerns.

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