Human traffic

A few captured moments of another busy day at London’s Victoria railway station – the capital’s gateway to the south of England. This concourse is always buzzing with human activity, all heading in different directions.

You must be prepared to dodge other travellers and be nudged off course as you walk to your destination.

These three separate photographs are interesting to study in more detail. It’s obvious that some people are already squinting at the departures board. In two of the frames, only one person who stands quite still – a woman collecting for charity. It seems unlikely that any of the travellers will stop for her…

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Tags: candids, concourse, human traffic, London, monochrome, photography, travel, Victoria train station

16 thoughts on “Human traffic”

willheyphotography on June 26, 2013 at 18:54 said:

Really like this, how did you get on photographing in a public space? Any problems?

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- mikeosbornphoto on June 26, 2013 at 19:06 said:
  
  Thanks Adrian. I was at Victoria and Earl’s Court and roundly ignored. But I did have some concerns. It rather has the sense of CCTV and of course we’re all photographed thousands of times a day.
  
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  - willheyphotography on June 26, 2013 at 19:09 said:
    
    Good point, people can be so funny about it though. Glad to see that you are making the absolute most if it.
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on June 26, 2013 at 19:12 said:
      
      Cheers Adrian. Well I was in an area overlooking the concourse so was effectively hidden from view. And they were too busy going about their business to even notice. A weekday morning would be even more crowded and effective.
      
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rabirius on June 26, 2013 at 20:33 said:

Brilliant!

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- mikeosbornphoto on June 26, 2013 at 20:34 said:
  
  Thank you very much!
  
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ckponderings on June 26, 2013 at 23:36 said:

Great images – all stunning in their own way. Were these taken from the raised bar area?

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- mikeosbornphoto on June 26, 2013 at 23:41 said:
  
  Thanks Richard. Yes, I was perched near Wetherspoons or some such place. Better than being down with the crowd!
  
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  - ckponderings on June 27, 2013 at 06:32 said:
    
    Haha.. Definitely! :)
    
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DesArtsUK on June 27, 2013 at 08:06 said:

Reblogged this on DesArtsUK.

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- mikeosbornphoto on June 27, 2013 at 18:15 said:
  
  Thank you very much for sharing, much appreciated.
  
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Noeline Smith on June 27, 2013 at 12:11 said:

Great shots – they also work surprisingly well as a triptych. I don’t normally go for heavy manipulation but it would be interesting to see what this looks like with really high contrast or some weird filter effect to lose the personal identity and make it quite abstract ….

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- mikeosbornphoto on June 27, 2013 at 20:52 said:
  
  Thank you Noeline. I thought melding the frames together would increase the sense of human activity. An abstract process sounds interesting! I avoid them too, though have been tempted to try some out.
  
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EarlHarrisPhotography.com on July 11, 2013 at 19:50 said:

I very much like the similarity and contrast of the three images as they are viewed together. There is a sense of ongoing change and progression not communicated as starkly by one of the images viewed alone. Nice job.

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- mikeosbornphoto on July 11, 2013 at 20:23 said:
  
  Thank you for your observations, Earl, much appreciated. It was a good exercise to be out of the throng and simply watching.
  
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