Traffic lights intermittently ease the steady waves of people at Shibuya Crossing, but if the intention of this man was to actually stop them completely, then it’s arguable that even King Canute would have considered him deluded.
Stopping the crowds at Shibuya Crossing?
[Gm] says
Haha… he was like the meme:
“They said I could be anything, so I became a traffic light”
:D…
Lee says
Unfortunately a traffic light that nobody takes any notice of!
Meow • Japan & Urbex says
At first, I read: “Stopping the crows at Shibuya Crossing”. Then I saw the picture of that guy holding his arms in the air. Mmm. Well, I think I need a coffee 😉
Lee says
Stopping crows would probably be easier!
john says
He needs help. Many hands make lights work!
Lee says
Indeed!
setu says
found him!
http://portal.nifty.com/kiji/120320154416_1.htm
Lee says
Excellent! Cheers for that. So that’s what he was up to.
winnie says
Interesting!!
He must be standing still at same position from the starting of green traffic light until it turned red
🙂
Lee says
Yeah, not a huge amount of time, but just about enough to create the effect he was after.
vovo says
testing
JOno says
Aha – looks like he’s doing an online review for a Neutral Density (ND) filter for his SLR.
Basically, a Neutral Density filter cuts a large amount of visible light (that black disc he’s holding in the linked page) – so in bright daylight you can get a really slow shutter speed – enough to make all the moving pedestrians merge into a blur while this bloke and his mate stand still. Interesting effect. He still would have looked like a clown in this position though.
Good pickup to whomever found this – wow.
Lee says
Yes, I was amazed to see that. The internet can be an interesting place at times.
masanori ANDO says
Thank you for taking my picture!
http://portal.nifty.com/kiji/120320154416_1.htm
Lee says
You are welcome. Thanks for making it such an interesting image!