Out Of The Loop...

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[IzzieK]

By the expression of faces here, it looks like something sad just happened and/or still happening. I know this relates to the fire scene you had previously in another post but I am looking at this shot separately from that since you have it here in a separate post. I like the conversion to B/W, that is beyond question so I am not commenting on them, just the sad feeling that you conveyed here. Good shot, Jack.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture and conversion.

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Thanks John.

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Thanks Izzie. The woman in the background with the white hat was a resident of the building. I don't know what floor or apartment, she could be displaced due to smoke/water damage or she could have lost everything. What caught my eye was the firefighter (with the knit cap) who was the only one not looking (or at the least, facing) in the same direction as everyone else.

[FootLoose]

Good shot, Jack. I wonder if you need the tree in the frame.

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Thanks Greg. As to the tree, I agree it adds nothing but, if I crop it out I lose a length of the hose that forms the loop. To me the loop is as much of the photo as any other feature. I think. Maybe. Dunno....

[IzzieK]

Thanks Izzie. The woman in the background with the white hat was a resident of the building. I don't know what floor or apartment, she could be displaced due to smoke/water damage or she could have lost everything. What caught my eye was the firefighter (with the knit cap) who was the only one not looking (or at the least, facing) in the same direction as everyone else.

That caught my attention as well for the first time and I was wondering why...then I looked closer, he is holding something in his hand, thinking if he might be a photographer but it wasn't a camera, then I went to looking at the faces of everyone and why they were looking up, apparently it was the fire or smoke. Four of them are not looking at the camera anyway but the most prominent was the guy in the knitted hat being at the front. Interesting to look at the faces of people when there is a happening like this...that got my attention here first and foremost..

[John 2]

Nice bit of social comment Jack. Everyone looks bored to death. Reminiscent of those fire drills at work where the building has to be evacuated but it's just for practice.

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Izzie, the fireman in the knit hat is the chauffeur, or driver. He is responsibility for the apparatus (good running order, driving, engine placement, water supply and other duties) and most likely was looking back to check on his engine.

Thanks John(2). Same kinds of look as when a building is evacuated because of a false alarm or other malfunction. In this case some are just locals watching, some are (displaced) residents of the building and of course, firefighters who either are done working or waiting to be assigned.

[IzzieK]

Oh...OK...thanks for the info. I will look at firemen and their cahoots in a different way now....with duties too apart from fight out fires...no one think of them really but the spotlight seems to be with the firefighters who has their coats on.

Now I am learning to appreciate this shot more...that is why he is the one "out of the loop"...interesting shot, interesting title -- very apt.