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bag snatch. . she's getting away. . .

A failed bag snatcher being detained. His female accomplice seems to be getting away ;-)

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ticktock 2 years ago

what a great story to tell here.. rare moment by the way .. i love this picture :)

Uwe Trappe 2 years ago

nice moment

Sunchoko Duta Pakshiraka 2 years ago

good moment!

Lina Gunawan 2 years ago

What a perfect moment!! great shot!

Jose Luis Cunha 2 years ago

amazing!!!!

Fatih Altunkaya 2 years ago

great advertising from ARMANI :)

JulienC 2 years ago

excellent shot, in which we can see a social signification as well

Fadi Tarawneh 2 years ago

Fantastic street and moment, I have to say I do not like the tile at all....but the image is something else! congrats.

Eduard 2 years ago

Great shot :)

JBA Thanks Eduard.

Mal Smart 2 years ago

super shot Jon, love it. mal

JBA Thanks Mal, a bit of street on the front page is always nice. Especially if it's mine!

Soner Simsek 2 years ago

did he tried to get the bag of armani lady?
:)
great timing!

JBA She jumped onto the bus and pretended to be a poster. . . ;-)

Phyllis Clarke 2 years ago

Jon, this is the moment all street photographers dream of - and you were there - and actually got the shot. My very big congratulations! Phyllis

JBA Thanks Phyllis, I'm glad it got published too, that made it even better. There were lots of people with cameras and mobile phones clicking away, so I wasn't alone. . . But I got lucky with the bus and poster.

Kurtcebe Kirecci 2 years ago

nice catch

JBA Thanks, it just fell into my net ;-)

Teguh Prasetyo 2 years ago

nice moment

JBA Thanks Teguh

Maciej Skowronski 2 years ago

excellent street photo, great moment !

JBA Thanks Maciej

Carlos Tico 2 years ago

Be honest: you were in cahoots with the snatcher and the bus driver! What a timing!

JBA Shhh! i still owe them ten pounds each. . .

mirror 2 years ago

super timing

JBA The bus driver had perfect timing too ;-)

Lev Tsimring 2 years ago

what a catch - both theirs and yours! bravo!

JBA Thanks for that Lev.

Orazio Scuderi 2 years ago

it's perfect time!

JBA Thanks Orazio.

E.Amer 2 years ago

I loved it!!

JBA Thanks E.Amer.

shayan perna 2 years ago

thats great bro .. wonderful ... :)))

JBA Thanks mate.

gerard sexton 2 years ago

Well done Jon & the bus poster is a nice touch; serendipity!

JBA Cheers, Gerry. I hope to see one of your close-ups in here soon.

Diego Bardone 2 years ago

Yep, perfect timing...

JBA A first for me then ;-)

Bread and Shutter 2 years ago

PERFECT TIMING !!!!!

JBA Thanks a lot 'Bread' ;-)

Andrew Thatcher 2 years ago

Great image. And Gerrys not hogging the background ;)

JBA I had to work quick before gerry got in there. Cheers Andrew.

RICHARD20D 2 years ago

Fantastic street photography, and what luck the image of the woman on the bus.
There is so much to see in this pic like the guy in the top deck of the bus has noticed you, well taken.

Kind Regards Richard

JBA Thanks a lot Richard

jedusi 2 years ago

Great work :- )

JBA Thanks jedusi

Christophe Debon 2 years ago

Well seen !

JBA Thanks Christophe

Colmar Wocke 2 years ago

Street allright - right in the middle of it!

Congrats on the upload!

JBA Thanks Colmar, They stopped the traffic for me ;-)

marius grozea 2 years ago

great!

JBA Thanks marius

Monique 2 years ago

what a wonderful coincidence..
you really had luck ,John.
this lady on the bus takes this photo on the next level
wonderful street.
bravo!

JBA My street eyes were working independently of my brain ;-) hmmm

Dennis Binda 2 years ago

right place, right time, a bit of luck but you were there, congrats!!

JBA Thanks Dennis.

Dmitry Laudin 2 years ago

great shot!

JBA Thanks Dmitry

Ramin jalali moghaddam 2 years ago

it was one second, one place, one moment, one object & ONE PHOTOGRAPHER & it was you...
great photo my friend...

JBA Cheers Ramin

WK Chew 2 years ago

What a wonderful capture. Excellent

Andre du Plessis 2 years ago

Super street work Jon, and so funny! I missed this part of the action - was still watching Ricky photograph a very pretty French girl.

JBA Damn! I missed the very pretty french girl! Oh well, a sacrifice made for the sake of Art ;-)

Dave Nitsche 2 years ago

Knowing it's a bag snatch makes the picture on the bus just that much more special. Great capture.

JBA I have to admit i didn't notice the bus poster at the time, the bus was a good compositional element, but as soon as I saw the picture on screen it hit me ;-) Well, I've heard really good street shooters say that this happens to them a lot so I don't feel quite so just-plain-lucky ;-)

Chris Dixon 2 years ago

John,

great shot. Makes the London Calling event worthwhile...we'll have to see what we can arrange for next time

Cheers Chris

JBA Thanks Chris, Can you arrange some nude tap dancers for next time or something? ;-)

Chris Dixon I've never seen a nude tap let alone one that dances :-)

Edmondo 2 years ago

Great photo..

JBA Thanks Edmondo.

Nicolas Marino 2 years ago

what a perfect situation you captured here JBA! great shot!

JBA Thanks a lot Nicolas.

John Parminter 2 years ago

Excellent moment captured. One's faith in the bobby is rekindled temporarily....

JP

JBA Thanks JP, four more squad cars rolled up to help out, not to mention a couple of taxi drivers. i think Gerry got some good close ups.

Wings 2 years ago

JBA This is more than Sissy street. It's catching a cross dresser with a Victoria Secrete bag which you had got for your dear one. The simple act of shooting and placing the bag of goods down was all to alluring for the poor bloke in need of a new costume for Halloween. Well good going way to se a trap like the bird photographers do. Excused the pun. "This is one caged bird". :)))) as always your friend. good shot. One can always appreciate real street even if its about a bag of undergarments from a vintage period. Did you say ww2.

JBA Thanks Wings, The girl on the bus was a stroke of luck.

Wings LUck? Oh JBA not LUCK:). You did the right thing all the way. You followed the entire thing. Hats off. I thought I'd give you a laugh bout the bag. cheers