Oh, What A Circus #4
6:37pm Here’s a better shot of the main face of the high-rise block. The open window near the top would have had a camera hanging out it – they certainly used this sort of viewpoint on previous days.
Rainbow high-rise, from the front
Canon EOS 350D, EF-S 18-55 USM @ 30 | ISO 200 | Av | 1/800s f/8.0
6:39pm I think the young kids were missing the attention they’d previously enjoyed when all the crowds were around – a couple of them became quite chatty. Then the girl on the left asked if I’d take her photo. Partly in the hope that she’d "leave me in peace" if I did (in this day and age, sadly, you have to be careful, as a stranger, talking to young kids…), I agreed. There was an immediate chorus of "me too" from her friends. I directed them to stand in front of the fence here, to get them with the high-rise in the background.
Local kids
Canon EOS 350D, EF-S 18-55 USM @ 22 | ISO 200 | Av | 1/500s f/8.0
I wish I could take credit for this arrangement of this shot – I took a test shot (which had a poor arrangement) and on hearing the shutter go off they thought that was it and moved away from their poses. I took this shot about a second later and it turned out to be quite a dynamic pose! I’m only sorry that one of the kids was almost totally hidden behind the centre-forward girl. They seemed quite taken with the idea that their picture might appear "on the internet". 