sometimes someone in the crowd looks back and wins the staring contest with humor or self-confidence
title=”The Face of Hong Kong #24″ – photo by Rupert Procter, click on the picture to enter his galleries on Flickr; I’ve introduced Rupert Procter, working in Hong Kong, already at https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/sardine-cities-and-animals/
compare:
title=”It’s full…” – photo by manganite, click on the picture to enter his galleries on Flickr
continuously searching for a “photo of the day” I like to get inspired by good series, my last three favorites:
1
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9698490/Photo-series-of-the-bond-between-a-grandmother-and-her-odd-eyed-white-cat.html
2
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/10/animals_and_their_people.html
3
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/11/austerity_protests.html?camp=obinsite
Flickr Comments 
Love the subway shot!
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Great shot, you can just hear what she is thinking…
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Wonderful photos. I never would have thought to take the picture of someone staring. Great idea! Thank you for sharing 😉
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wonderful shots
produce great stories in the brain
my example:
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Really a wonderful photo… 🙂
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my comment to Wolfgang’s photo:
da, der Onkel kann dir das Herz austauschen!
– because he was a surgeon 🙂
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very good idea….brilliant work…especially the first picture 🙂
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Love them and the telegraph photos are superb!
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Great shot… 🙂
For me eye contact means a lot
– the eyes always the first I look for – even if it’s a beautiful girl… 😉
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hi N.,
http://ledrakenoir.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/special-photo-challenge-inspiration/
talked with my wife about your childhood – and she found similar experiences in her own childhood:
inspiring and a good focus on which we should be thankful for:
COMMUNICATION …
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Communication promotes understanding between people, but only if you communicate “with” people – if you only communicates “to” people – it doesn’t help much, so it is “false” communication…
Knowledge creates “force” and security, while lack of knowledge creates fear, hate and insecurity – the main key is communication…
You learn more with your ears than with your mouth… 🙂 🙂 😉
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dear N.,
thank you for stabilizing my focus on philosophy,
not only Kierkegaard – also: Martin Buber:
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/photos-as-metaphors/
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Can’t get to your comments box for the fashion post for some reason – what a great post, this will keep me busy for awhile….
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the old comment boxes (more than 1,000 articles in my blog) are closed – they had been open doors for spam mails …
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/100-years-fashion/
– thank you for your comment actually here!
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Nasty spam – they must have so much time on their hands…
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That IS a great idea…most of us aren’t bold enough to go ahead and take the picture when someone is staring at us…
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Hey Frizz- I LOVE eye contact!!! (sometimes) Thanks for the Flicker add- I just wish I could figure out the RSS link for my other blog,,…hmmmmm
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