Lamb & Flag, a photo from London, England

Photographer's Note

Among all the attractions of London, pubs are well-placed.
Covent Garden, the popular, touristic and busy area has a lot of good pubs.
The Lamb & Flag is one of the oldest in London, the oldest of Covent Garden : it was open en 1623 !
We can have difficulties to find it in its little street but the crowd around help to localate it.
As others old pubs, it has kept its original decorating, outside (the wooden fa蓷de) and inside.
Busy men like come here to have a beer and a fast food at the bar, before going to work again.

Cretense, casperduppy, polter, mikeyeats, delnaja, DonGusti has marked this note useful

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wolf38 (30) 2008-10-17 9:00

Hello Yannis. Nothing is more interesting than photos of people. This kind of pictures states more over a country and its social conditions than for example monuments. The photo pleases me well. It is alive and worth seeing. Informative text. Best regards, Wolfgang.

mamalia (242) 2008-10-17 13:11

salut yannis,
jolie scene de rue un peu r彋ro, un peu d嶰al廥 ces hommes en costumes qui te regardent avec le sourire (encore un frenchie qui prend un pub en photo se disent ils!). j'adore l'homme en arri鋨e fond les bras crois廥. en tout cas le noir et blanc rend tr鋊 bien.
amalia

JLG (2086) 2008-10-17 14:40

bonsoir Yannis
super cette photo, le noir et blanc lui donne un caractere vraiment particulier
j'adore !!!
jean louis

Photo65Net (43144) 2008-10-18 1:58

Salut Yannis,
J'aime beaucoup cette atmosph鋨e bien londonienne que tu as capt� ici.
L'attitude des personnes est vraiment sympa, le NB est un bon choix... bien vu !
Bonne journ嶪,
JB.

Cretense (68709) 2008-10-18 10:43

Bonsoir Yannis!

Fantastic daily life scene, excellent multiple portrait, it has a "retro" feeling, not only because of the excellent choice of b&w, but also for the attitude of the men looking at you! Excellent framing and composition, perfect light managment! Congratulations!

Hercules

casperduppy (1794) 2008-10-18 11:23

Hi Yannis,
The look these guys are giving you speaks volumes! The English are a funny lot, and sometimes a camera staring at them brings out the worst! But you 'shot' them, and all they could do was stare back, and you are still here to tell the tale :) It's a good daily life shot, which fits together well. If you haven't seen the film "football factory with Danny Dyer, get it out!

All the best, casper

steliosk (4802) 2008-10-19 5:44

just like magnum photos! nice atmosphere, retro feeling.

ben4321 (9875) 2008-10-21 2:02

I like the moment you caught here Yannis - the poses and expressions of these guys are great.
Your B&W conversion needs some work though - at the moment it's all too greyish. It needs some work to separate the tones.
Sometimes a bit of tilt can enhance a photo, lending a bit of energy and dynamism. Here though, in what is quite a static shot, the tilt doesn't look right - next time try to hold your camera straight!
I know it's not easy to approach people with your camera so directly, so well done for having a go. The result is very good.

Cheers,
Ben

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noborders (1010) 2008-11-06 9:48

Tu as d� s壜ement attirer leur attention, ce qui est int廨essant, ce sont aussi les 2 personnes � l'int廨ieur qui te regardent aussi... Je regrette un peu l'homme � gauche, le seul qui ne parait pas vraiment concern� - amusant, comme sc鋝e N&B !
Bien vu,
Cath.

polter (7239) 2008-11-06 15:18

Lamb&Flag ? Was there only one month ago. Drinking bear upstairs... :)))
Think I do prefer version in WS - but the original version seems promising for sure.
Greetings T.

donluicu (24741) 2008-11-10 9:15

excellent
j'adore cette ambiance pubs..
bien jou� le coup des mecs de la city qui font une pause avant d'aller amasser (ou perdre!!!) des millions!

cheers

mikeyeats (136) 2009-01-11 11:29 [Comment]

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pabau (488) 2009-01-11 13:15

bonjour Yannis
flegme britanique face � french photographer, les regards et les attitudes sont tr鋊 parlants.

delnaja (2056) 2009-02-23 12:52

de sacr嶪s gueules que voici. Un petit c矌� "Arnaques, crimes et botanique". Film Anglais. Oui, je vois bien une sc鋝e d'un film. Bon n&b encore une fois.

Photo Information

Copyright: Yannis Bautrait (yaya13baut) (3344)
Genre: 人物
Medium: 黑白
Date Taken: 2008-04-04
Categories: 日常生活
Photo Version：Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s)：mes + populaires / my most popular, Great British Icons [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-10-17 8:16