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Mr Crow performs for St Patrick’s Festival 2005 in Cork

Mr Crow uses his head

Mr Crow teaches juggling

The look of joy

Mr Crow’s balancing act

“On the count of three you pull!”

Mr Crow is crazy, there’s no question of that. First of all he introduced his ex-girlfriend’s head, which he swung around his own head while juggling 3 doll heads! He “helped” a girl from the audience juggle, and finally he climbed up onto an unstable platform and asked two men to pull supports from under him.
Then he juggled knifes. *gulp*
Pictured in Daunt Square, Cork at the St. Patrick’s Festival.

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	40mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/125s

Grooming the Monkey

Grooming the Monkey

When you’ve had a hard morning climbing branches and swinging from tree to tree, what better way to relax than have your mother run her fingers through your fur and pick out the ticks and insects.
Pictured in Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	75mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/40s

Fixing up the Apple Store

Fixing up the Apple Store

Workers pictured in the Apple Store Magnificent Mile, Chicago.
The top of the image is the front and side of the store. This is the store in which I was asked not take photos in 2003!

Small Figures

Small Figures

Small figures run for cover to get out of the downpour.
You’ll be glad to hear that this is the last of my shots from this square for the time being!

Pictures of the day: mute, Eric, Iced Coffee, nowords, Gareth Marlow, Learning to see, Mystery Me

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/40s

Grab your bag and run!

Grab your bag and run!

I’m not sure where this is. We sheltered from a very heavy rain storm and watched while people ran for cover from all over.
Thankfully the storm didn’t last too long and I wandered to Millennium Park!

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	55mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/6s

Old Navy’s Fred

Old Navy’s Fred

If you wander into the Old Navy Store on State Street in Chicago you may bump into Fred. He has worked there for years, he’s very patient, nice and accommodating and did his level best to help us get the best bargains while shopping!
This isn’t a great photo, it was a candid photo taken in bad light and the focus settled on the background but I had to include him as a nice memory of our trip.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/15s

Please don’t feed the pigeons

Please don’t feed the pigeons

The sign obviously hasn’t worked!
This was on South Wabash, Chicago around the same time this photo was taken.

Aperture	ƒ/5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/60s

Religion isn’t free

Religion isn’t free

A preacher on State Street, just outside Old Navy. I seem to recall he was there way back in 2003 too.
I didn’t listen to anything he said but as I passed he pushed a sheet of paper into my hand. I made to take it but he wanted a quarter for it! In disgust I walked on. I’m not paying for something I won’t read anyway!
Even the guys with megaphones on Patrick Street give their propaganda for free.
A quick search on Google found out more about him: his name is Samuel Chambers, and he is a very youthful looking 66!

Samuel Chambers only wants the best for you.

So, if necessary, he won’t hesitate to tell you that you’re heading straight to hell.

Perhaps he’s told you that very thing as you were heading, instead, straight into the Old Navy store on State and Washington Streets to buy inexpensive summer tank tops. He’s the compact man, about 5 feet 6 inches with a thin moustache, dressed in a double-breasted suit and tie, holding a microphone out front on the sidewalk.

And finally, here’s a man who’ll give him a “big ol’ French kiss” the next time he walks by. “Pucker up” indeed!

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	55mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/40s

Tartan Baby

Tartan Baby

While we supped our coffee in Starbucks in Marshall Fields a baby and her mother were busy playing and enjoying each other’s company at the next table. Jacinta asked if I could take a photo of them and this is the result!

Aperture	ƒ/4.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	35mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/60s

What a big smile!

What a big smile!

While wandering the streets of Chicago taking in the sights a young boy and his mother passed me. He had the biggest grin on his face when he saw my camera and smiled gleefully when I took this shot!
Pictured in front of H&M on the Magnificent Mile near the John Hancock Center, Chicago.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/80s

Fade to white

Fade to white

A building on South Wabash, Chicago. I was on my way to Central Camera and just loved the leading lines when I looked up!
I debated with myself about removing the building on the right but left it in for context. Wabash runs parallel with State Street but is much narrower and the L runs down it covering the middle of the street. The first time you hear the train pass overhead you will look up!

Aperture	ƒ/10
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/250s

Bird Flying High

Bird Flying High

A seagull roused by traffic noise flies up from the River Lee.

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	200mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/250s