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Police arrest a barefoot pickpocket

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Peter Olexa 2 years ago

Great photo :) I like it
Carried in Cruzine: http://www.cruzine.com/2010/11/04/street-life-photography/

toothpilot 2 years ago

You got that street moment spot-on Andrew.
Hendrik

Andrew Thatcher Thanks Hendrik.

Andre du Plessis 2 years ago

So it was selected! And rightly so. Good energy here Andrew, although I do feel that a slightly darker rendition would have added to the dramatic appeal (especially gradiated towards the upper right). Then again, it is street, and the ingredients here overshadow the technicals. Bravo!

Andrew Thatcher Thanks for your comments Andre. Im going to play around with the crop and tone a bit and will put that up on my blog at some point. Cheers again.

Mal Smart 2 years ago

very nicely done Thatch, like it a lot. mal

Andrew Thatcher Thanks Mal.

Pierre Pageau 2 years ago

félicitations .

Andrew Thatcher Thank you Pierre :)

Colmar Wocke 2 years ago

The robber strikes again - exscellent capture, Andrew!

Andrew Thatcher yes and i think he will for a while yet ;) Thanks Colmar.

mjs 2 years ago

perfect timing made all the meaning that picture has.
thank you for doing such a great work

Andrew Thatcher Thank you. Means a lot.

Al Sheihk 2 years ago

very good street shot,and a perfect timing.
the moment is captured correctly,and who cares about anything else,that is what street images all about.

Andrew Thatcher Thanks for the comments Al. All the best.

Dave Nitsche 2 years ago

I'm always drawn to the small details in street shots. The hat on the ground, the barefoot, the guy just walking by glancing but just going on with his life, the lady putting on a glove (a real testament to the generation this image was taken). Street for me is about capturing small moments that we all take for granted but shouldn't. Great shot Andrew.

Andrew Thatcher Cheers Dave. Yes you are right lots of things i did not see going on when i took the shot.

Jose Luis Cunha 2 years ago

amazing composition!!

Andrew Thatcher Thanks for your kind words.

Roberto Manetta 2 years ago

Very good street

Andrew Thatcher Thanks Roberto.

JBA 2 years ago

Nice. If all the people shooting this were 1x members the screening queue would be full of coppers wrestling with this unfortunate ( in all sorts of ways ) guy for about a week!
Congrats on the publication Andrew

Andrew Thatcher Cheers, yes he did sort of get "Papped"

Bob Patefield 2 years ago

Very interesting moment and street shot. My respect goes to the Peace Officers who risk their safety each day to keep the peace. I hope the man concerned is rehabilitated, is able to re-join society and finds a more productive way to finance his existence.

RICHARD20D Do you really think that will happen Bob. In a perfect world perhaps and I'm with you before someone else gives me a grilling.

Bob Patefield I've no idea Richard. That's why I said 'I hope'. Desperate situations push people to do desperate things. Cheers B.

Susinto Djaja Wiryadi 2 years ago

nice shoot....

Andrew Thatcher Ta

Chris Dixon 2 years ago

Andrew,

great stuff. I think it is a well timed shot

Chris

Andrew Thatcher Thanks Chris. For someone who's shots take 1-2 mins Im lucky to get that :)

gerard sexton 2 years ago

Well done though I much prefer the broader shot this looks slightly soft & overall overexposed. The shoe was lost in the struggle in the middle of the road!

Andrew Thatcher Thanks for your comments Gerry. Did you pick those up along with the Bobbie hats?

Ricky Siegers 2 years ago

Excellent Andrew.

Andrew Thatcher Thanks Ricky.

RICHARD20D 2 years ago

That looks about right......5 cops to arrest 1 pickpocket.
You can never normally find a policeman when you want one....then 5 turn up at once.

Criminals are getting smart taking off thier shoes so you cant here them coming, or did he wake up in a doorway somewhere and someone had stolen them when he was asleep......Nice street photography

Regards Richard

gerard sexton Richard of course you were not there & I imagine have never been arrested or in fact seen an arrest. I am not an expert but what I can tell you is one mans strength in his struggle to gain freedom can easily equal that of two men & his motivation to escape is exponentially greater than the policemans motivation to restrain him. At one stage as this event unfolded a motor cyclist & a taxi driver & a work man all stopped to help the two overwhelmed policemen struggling to restrain this man in the middle of the road.

I was there & in fact a woman standing close to the action had the self same question I bet if it was her bag or your wallet that was stolen you may be asking a different question!

RICHARD20D Christ you take things personally. It was just a few words, I was not sticking up for the pickpocket or condemming the police. Dont read too much into peoples comments and chill out a bit mate.
And you have no idea wheather I have been mugged or not,or falsey arrested.
I was arrested by believe it or not 5 armed policemen and a policeman with a dog for going after 3 blokes who broke into one of my propertys. Locked up in a cell for a day and let out at 11.30 at night. And this is a guy who served his country in some shitty places that my goverment sent me so lighten up a bit mate.

Fancy judging me (Quote And I imagine have never been arrested or in fact seen an arrest.) You have no idea where or what I have seen in my life. I have been to countries where you would not believe what goe's on there. I was in Africa during Apartheid, also in Korea in the seventies, Croatia, Yugoslavia you want me to list anymore nice places I was in. Dont judge people until you know more about them.

Richard

gerard sexton I am sorry you see it this way Richard I imagine is an expression not a statement of damnation I will refrain from thinking in future & rather ask before I proceed. Of course though the fact is if you had been there which although a contortion on your original "judgment" you would have seen the epic struggle & may have applauded the bobbies for doing their job. Still if I have hurt your feelings please accept my sincere apologies. By the way as regards to the shoes neither of your imagined accounts are accurate he lost one in the struggle!

RICHARD20D I have sent the reply here by mistake so I have deleted it.

Wings 2 years ago

Looks like a few from the London breakfast club shot the same person. Well in that case lets just call it the charge of the digital brigade :) Nice shot. but the left is too hot. Famious last words' Im innosicant I tell yah copper," James Cagney.

Andrew Thatcher Cheers Wings. That White area is a white painted window so had not much of a chance getting that metered on the fly :)You must remember im a Landscape photographer not a Street one :) Thanks for your comments.

Wings Andrew. In that case you did a fantastic job. Now I know you didn't see people in the street. You saw trees. :)))