Showing posts with label Purr for the course. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Purr for the course. Show all posts

Sunday, October 12, 2008

The Great Catsby

Purr For The Course

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON


You know the feeling, don't you? You're on foreign soil, concentrating on photographing one particular object - and another passes by at speed. I was in Singapore in December when that I experienced precisely that situation.

I was walking down a street, taking shots of some vibrant colours in a doorway, when I looked to my right and saw this taxi drive past. On top of the taxi was a prominent sign with a painting of a cat and the exhortation: "Save Lives, Sterilise."

The taxi was about thirty metres ahead of me when I realised there was a traffic intersection ahead. I had my fingers crossed that the cab would be caught at the intersection if the lights didn't change before that.

Could I sprint the distance and draw level with the cab before it started off again? As you can see, I did - but the focus isn't great on the shot. Just blame it on my Carl Lewis impersonation, okay?

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