I would like to say I knew the sign in the background said, “How are you?” but it’s more likely I did not. I’m glad it worked out, and it just proves that you have to be ready to take the photograph when you’re doing street photography or you’ll miss the moment.
In 2004, Ireland was in the midst of a mobile phone boom. The average Irish person was sending lots of text messages per month. The phones of the era were mostly Nokia models and early flip phones. The iPhone wouldn’t arrive for another three years. Making an actual voice call, as this woman is doing, was still the primary use of a mobile phone, rather than the app-launching, social-media-scrolling pocket computers we carry today.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.4 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 28.5mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1000s |
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@donncha Or a heron in an urban garden as we had this morning; and a cheeky magpie about to pull the heron’s tail. Photographed through the conservatory windows, as I didn’t have time to do anything else, and didn’t want to disturb it by opening the door.
@HarriettMB nicely caught! I didn't see the magpie at first!
@donncha The maggies here are very possessive of their territory. Sparrowhawk, squirrels, cats get a really hard time, on top of the hard time they give everyone else in the area.
Love your photos! Love you also xx
@donncha maybe a Vodafone poster?
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I think you’re right! Apparently they axed that campaign in 2005, a year after this photo was taken.