Life's Little Ironies

[cy_j]

The homeless carpenter
The shoeless cobbler
Life's little ironies

[E-Lim]

I like the mood bro!

[cy_j]

Originally Posted by E-Lim I like the mood bro!

Muchas gracias, compadre!

[zaren]

irony at its finest.

[rueyloon]

Originally Posted by cy_j The homeless carpenter The shoeless cobbler Life's little ironies

it is an irony only if it is true, not when you put our own romanticized bias on the subject.....

cheers

[kahheng]

Originally Posted by rueyloon it is an irony only if it is true, not when you put our own romanticized bias on the subject..... cheers

Oh, very well said!

[cy_j]

Originally Posted by rueyloon it is an irony only if it is true, not when you put our own romanticized bias on the subject..... cheers

Well, considering you weren't there when he got up, gave the shoes to the customer and walked away barefoot after I shot him, you're sound awfully an like authority on the subject!


Besides, as far as I see it, this world wouldn't last without us romantics. Everyone cold and cynical? Ugh! You can have the world to yourself.

[cy_j]

Originally Posted by kahheng Oh, very well said!

Very well said??? It may be hard for others with a thousand-dollar hobby to swallow that there are dirt-poor people still in Singapore. But they're there.

I leave you then with an invitation from another incurable romantic:

"I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one."

[rueyloon]

Originally Posted by cy_j Well, considering you weren't there when he got up, gave the shoes to the customer and walked away barefoot after I shot him, you're sound awfully an like authority on the subject! Besides, as far as I see it, this world wouldn't last without us romantics. Everyone cold and cynical? Ugh! You can have the world to yourself.

Ok, there is nothing wrong about being a romantic.

Usually (I use the word usually here), a photographer's bias comes in through the chosing of his subjects, how he protrays it and what he shows to the public. If you want to show a shoesless cobbler, you've protrayed it in your photo, but it is your caption that worrying. It seems to be putting an unnecessarily skewed viewpoint to an otherwise straightforward photo.

Authority ? I don't have any, but this is phase that I've been through in the early days, so it is more of a heads-up than a put down. When you remove your rose tinted glasses, you'll see things more clearly.

cheers

[zaren]

cool down lah cyril.... RL wanted the truth, now he got it. it was an irony after all.

[cy_j]

Originally Posted by zaren cool down lah cyril.... RL wanted the truth, now he got it. it was an irony after all.

Zaren, my main streetshooting man! What up!

He did touch a raw nerve there... Much like religion and politics, people got their viewpoints, and get touched to the quick when one says it's wrong, mine's right.

Ok, letting go of the whole thing now... whooosh!!!!

Respect, mon!

[kahheng]

Originally Posted by cy_j Very well said??? It may be hard for others with a thousand-dollar hobby to swallow that there are dirt-poor people still in Singapore. But they're there. I leave you then with an invitation from another incurable romantic: "I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one."

[with tears in eyes, sniffing]

[kahheng]

Originally Posted by zaren cool down lah cyril.... RL wanted the truth, now he got it. it was an irony after all.

Very very big irony!!!! [still crying]

[zaren]

Originally Posted by kahheng Oh, very well said!

this one is the biggest irony of them all.

[Jayson]

Very nice shot, is it all natural light or did you burn the corners? did you shoot digital or film?

[kahheng]

Originally Posted by zaren this one is the biggest irony of them all.

Oh sob sob, hand me a tissue

[erictan8888]

i like the shot, the mood and the caption.....

very nice..... and aptly titled....