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  • #1

    High Stakes!


    'Last of the Pool Room hustlers' ...
    spotted these guys yesterday as we were
    scoffing baked roast beef at the Thoona Pub.

    Un-cropped, unedited full-frame below

    XZ-2 @ max zoom (35mm equiv' = 112mm) from about 40ft, processed from RAW.

    As a matter of interest, I posted a thread on the Thoona Pub last July and the dinner we ate yesterday was identical!
    http://e-group.uk.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27956
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  • #2
    Re: High Stakes!

    by golly he has been trained by a pro....even knows about "a little bit of English" on the ball😜

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    • #3
      Re: High Stakes!

      Now "a little bit of English" is all Chinese to me there, Bill as I haven't heard that expression before ... presumably Pool Room jargon I take it?

      But that kid with the cue sure looks like a pro and I did notice that his young friend didn't get too many shots!

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      • #4
        Re: High Stakes!

        Looks like a real hustler to me, I wouldn't want to play him - at least not for money!

        Great bit of cloning on the watching boy's head, by the way, Mark. Very impressive!
        John

        "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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        • #5
          Re: High Stakes!

          A nice bit of cropping. You'd get locked up here for taking photos of kids!
          Stephen

          A camera takes a picture. A photographer makes a picture

          Fuji X system, + Leica and Bronica film

          My Flickr site

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          • #6
            Re: High Stakes!

            Originally posted by StephenL View Post
            A nice bit of cropping. You'd get locked up here for taking photos of kids!
            Sadly, you would have a lot of explaining to do.
            John

            "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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            • #7
              Re: High Stakes!

              Originally posted by Zuiko View Post
              Looks like a real hustler to me, I wouldn't want to play him - at least not for money! Great bit of cloning on the watching boy's head, by the way, Mark. Very impressive!
              Far from undetectable John, but then you weren't supposed to notice! And btw, "Hustler" was the word I was groping for (not scalper) Thanks!
              Originally posted by StephenL View Post
              A nice bit of cropping. You'd get locked up here for taking photos of kids!
              Not sure just how much leeway there is here with regard to photographing people on trains or indeed kids such as these in public places ... I suppose that every streetscape must inevitably capture people who may believe that their privacy is violated when such pictures are published. Anyway, I agree that I should probably refrain from continuing the practice until I know precisely where the line of the law is drawn in this country.
              Originally posted by Zuiko View Post
              Sadly, you would have a lot of explaining to do.
              Sadly you are most likely right, John.
              There have been and there still are some very high profile celebrities who have alarmed the public and prompted governments to enact some very strict laws.

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              • #8
                Re: High Stakes!

                Mark, the only reason I noticed the cloning was that the thing on the wall in the original was missing from the edited shot!
                John

                "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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                • #9
                  Re: High Stakes!

                  John, you are very observant. I knew that might be a dead giveaway.

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                  • #10
                    Re: High Stakes!

                    Originally posted by pandora View Post
                    Now "a little bit of English" is all Chinese to me there, Bill as I haven't heard that expression before ... presumably Pool Room jargon I take it?

                    But that kid with the cue sure looks like a pro and I did notice that his young friend didn't get too many shots!
                    No Mark...snooker!! but of course the boys are playing "bang ball" which is American, not English billiards or Snooker

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