Melbourne Candid Series #1310 Swanston St

 

Two bags each, and a pastry mid-bite,
Commerce accomplished in broad daylight.
One scans the street like a seasoned scout,
The other’s more focused on what’s in her mouth.

“Glassons,” the logos quietly proclaim
Proof that restraint is a negotiable game.
Behind them, a man checks messages unseen,
While the city performs its usual in-between.

No grand event, no curtain, no cue
Just errands, indulgence, and a crossing to do.
Yet in this small theatre of pavement and pace,
Retail meets ritual—with crumbs on its face.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1309 Swanston St

 

On a weekday corner where buses sigh,
Five voices rise to interrupt the sky
No sleigh bells here, no tinsel cheer,
Just photocopied harmonies, slightly off-key but sincere.

One hides behind sunglasses and a page,
Another sings like rent is due this age,
A pillar listens, stoic, unimpressed
While traffic hums its basso, doing the rest.

It isn’t winter, no festive decree
Just a choir ambushing passersby casually,
Proving with folders and unapologetic breath:
Joy doesn’t need a season—just a bit of public depth.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne candid series #1308 Flinders St

 

One wheel, one man, one questionable plan
a blade in the air like a punchline that ran.

He balances bravely on physics’ thin thread,
while common sense quietly shakes its head.

A flick of the wrist, a grin slightly wild,
half circus performer, half reckless child.

If gravity’s watching, it’s holding its breath
for comedy, courage, and near-miss with death.

Pentax K20D

FE 200mm f4 

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Melbourne Candid Series #1307 Swanston St

 

He fishes for coins like a plot twist late,
wallet yawning—tragically light.
Around him, the city keeps perfect time:
footsteps, chatter, neon appetite.

A bicycle waits with quiet judgment,
a sushi sign hums of better plans
yet here he stands, mid-transaction with fate,
negotiating lunch with empty hands.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1306 Swanston St

 

They walk where errands pretend to be urgent,
past an ATM and a dozen small dramas
a queue, a glance, a shrug.

Fingers laced like a quiet conspiracy,
they carry no map, only momentum
and the soft defiance of choosing each other
over everything loudly for sale.

The world blurs helpfully behind them
proof that love, when properly held,
turns even a footpath into a destination.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1305 Collins Arcade

 

A sip, a stir, a Parisian pose
though we’re nowhere near where the Seine River flows.
“L’échanson” hums from a curated wall,
while coffee decides the fate of us all.

One bites a pastry like it holds truth,
another scrolls time away in youth,
and behind the bar, with a practiced art,
espresso keeps the world from falling apart.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series 1304 Collins Arcade

 

Arms folded like a man on pause,
beneath grand arches and retail laws
while windows whisper, “Buy, become,”
he stands immune, politely numb.

Around him swirls the market’s tide,
soft chatter, footsteps side to side,
yet in this cathedral of glass and spend,
he queues for nothing… and wins in the end.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1303 Collins st arcade

 

A chessboard floor, but no one plays fair
pawns in prams roll through patterned air.
Polka dots march with a startled stare,
while fairy lights gossip from everywhere.

A child rides high on a father’s crown,
a queen in black glides the stroller down,
and time, in monochrome, slows the town
mid-step, mid-thought, mid up-and-down.

Sony A7RV 

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1302 Swanston St

 

Footsteps drum along the street,
A pavement parade of wandering feet.
Some drift left, some drift right,
One strides through like Monday’s might.

Bags, backpacks, sandals and style
Everyone owns the sidewalk a while.
Under Ted’s sign the city agrees:
Life is traffic… just slower than cars

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1301 Swanston St

 

On Lonsdale’s pavement the city streams,
A river of errands, bags, and schemes.
Caps pulled low, and faces set,
Each chasing a clock they haven’t met.

One wheels supper home for tea,
One scrolls through life invisibly,
While shoppers march in casual file—
Urban ballet, block by mile.

The lights say wait, the feet say go;
The city hums in monochrome flow.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 

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Melbourne Candid Series 1300 Swanston St

 

She pauses mid-stride on the neon street,
where doughnuts glow and dumplings meet.
The crowd flows past in urban streams,
but she stands still—inside her schemes.

Afro halo, glasses bright,
a quiet island in city light.
While others hurry, scroll, or queue,
she studies the menu like a philosopher would do.

Is it sushi? Dumplings? Something fried?
The night is young, the options wide.
For wisdom comes, as sages say,
to those who stop…
before choosing takeaway

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1299 Swanston St

 

Beneath the sign of Tropicana’s glow,
where pyramids of oranges patiently grow,
a traveller leans in, bag swinging low
perhaps for a juice, perhaps just to know.

The street hums softly in monochrome light,
heels on the pavement, a city at night.
A woman checks her phone, half-lost in a text,
while citrus and neon debate what comes next.

“Fresh juice!” declares the fruit in a heap,
“Wake up the tired! Revive the half-asleep!”
And somewhere between the window and street,
two strangers pause
for vitamin C and a moment to meet.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1298 Swanston St

 

The light turns white, the crowd pours through,
A daily tide of errands due.
A pram rolls forth, a shopper strides,
While fashion, frowns, and flip-flops glide.

Each face a story mid-chapter told
Young, hurried, patient, bold.
The city sighs, the signal blinks…
And everyone crosses, lost in their thinks.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1297 Swanston St

 

A cap, a stride, a summer pace,
A man half-lost in city space.
The pavement hums, the shopfronts stare,
While strangers drift through midday air.

He walks as though he’s late for none,
Just chasing shade instead of sun
In black and white the moment stays:
A quiet hero of passing days.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1296 Bourke Street Mall

 

Outside the shopfront, tinsel droops in style,
A queue of patience stretching half a mile.
Benches host the weary—bags, kids, and sighs
While bargains glitter somewhere just inside.

A father negotiates with a yawning boy,
Two girls giggle over some small joy.
An elder surveys the bustling scene
Retail theatre, loud but routine.

And off to the side, apart from the fuss,
A woman scrolls through a quieter world than us.
Here commerce hums, festive and dire
The great seasonal sport: surviving Myer

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1295 Collins St

 

Headphones on, the city mute,
He strides to some internal flute.
Scooters glare and engines preen
He’s marching through a private scene.

“Vapes!” cries signage overhead,
“Parking!” argues white and red
But none of it can quite compete
With whatever’s got that beat.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1294 Swanston St

 

Arm in arm through city glare,
He scans the world; she claims her share.
Sunglasses on, opinions strong
They stride as if the street’s their song.

Behind them rolls the weekday crowd,
Unimpressed and slightly loud.
Love, however, doesn’t wait
It jaywalks confidently past fate.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1293 Swanston St

 

He walks through traffic lights and fate,
A pilgrim to the glowing slate.
The city hums, the people stream
He scrolls inside a smaller dream.

Shoes on pavement, thumb in flight,
Crossing streets by screen-lit light.
The world says “Look!” with horn and shout
He double-taps and tunes it out.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1292 Swanston St

 

Levi’s logo, midday glare,
Footsteps stitched through city air.
Backpacks sway in commuter rhyme,
Each one late, or killing time.

Pram pit-stop, shoelace fate,
Traffic hums, it doesn’t wait.
Sidewalk theatre, no tickets sold
Just ordinary stories, bold.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1291 Swanston St

 

Headphones on, the world on mute,
He strides past bacon, eggs, and fruit.
Cafe chatter fades to bass,
Sidewalk turns to private space.

Patterned shirt, unhurried pace
City blurs, he keeps his face.
Some chase brunch and daily buzz;
He walks to whatever rhythm was.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1290 Collins St

 

Sidewalk symphony in monochrome tone,
City hums in a grayscale drone.
Bucket hat declares, “I’ve things to say!”
Sunglasses reply, “Not today.”

Backpacks drift like urban shells,
Shopfront glass their secrets tells.
Between each stride and passing glance,
The pavement hosts its daily dance.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 G

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Melbourne Candid Series #1289 Collins St

 

Dickens hangs above Collins Street air,
Promising ale and serialised despair.
Empire flaps gently over modern shoes,
History waving with after-work blues.

Step inside—where characters gather at five,
Half in the novel, half just trying to survive.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1288 Elizabeth St

Rush hour choreography on a narrow stage,
A dance of shopping bags and quiet rage.
One man stalled mid-stride to take a call,
While ten small lives must weave around his wall.

Sunlight slices stripes across the crowd,
Each face a story thinking thoughts out loud.
No one meets another’s hurried eye
We brush like pages as the minutes fly.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 GM
 

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Candid 1134

Melbourne Candid Series #1287 Collins St

 

One man chats like time is free,
One man laughs at destiny,
One strides past in mid-life doubt,
Phone in hand to sort things out.

The city hums, the feet all roam 
Everyone rushing somewhere called home.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1286 Collins St

 

They stroll past signs that promise change,
Money, rooms — the city strange.
Love walks steady, hand in hand,
Through neon deals and shifting sand.

By the window, watchful eyes
Measure truths and passing lies;
In streets where stories brush and part,
Every footstep plays a part.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1285 Collins St

 

He strolls the street with casual flair,
A plastic fan slung like mountain gear.
No breeze today? No need to plan 
He simply walks with his own fan.

A stool for rest, a cord for hope,
Urban survival by extension-rope.
While others chase the summer sun,
He’s already cool — problem done.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1284 Swanston St

 

She strides like she owns the crosswalk’s decree,
Pointing directions to destiny.
Behind her, the city queues and stalls
Reflections arguing on glassy walls.

A Lime bike waits, a bus sighs deep,
While pedestrians practice their urban leap.
Some follow signs, some follow feet
All rehearsing the ballet of the street.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1283 Swanston St

 

Under a sign that promises everything clicks,
She scrolls through silence and sips her fix.
Cap low, eyes high,
Watching the world buffering by.

Straw in cup, thoughts on mute
City life: loud, caffeinated, and astute.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1282 Swanston St

 

Under striped awnings, life queues in grayscale,
Nike dreams and bubble tea trails.
One man scrolls, one man stares,
One carries groceries, one carries cares.

The city hums in monochrome beat
Caffeine, tapioca, tired feet.
Everyone heading somewhere fast,
Together in a moment that will never last.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1281 Swanston St

 

Under The Optical Co. sign’s gaze,
he walks in uncompromising rays
half in shadow, half in sun,
as if the day’s not quite begun.

“Now Open,” the sandwich board cries,
while traffic hums and daylight fries;
he carries nothing but a stare
that says, I’ve seen enough—don’t care.

Backpack slung, expression stoic,
urban, unsmiling, mildly heroic
a lone straight line through city sprawl,
ignoring every sale and call.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1280 Swanston St

 

Beneath a sign that promises
“Om Vegetarian — All You Can Eat,”
the carnivores of commerce stride
in steady, sunlit beat.

A Coles bag swings like a metronome
to footpath percussion and shade,
while sunglasses guard their private thoughts
from the bargains just displayed.

“I ♥ Melbourne,” declares above,
as if we needed proof
the city hums in monochrome
beneath a corrugated roof.

One man drifts with pillow in tow,
a soft rebellion on wheels;
another marches, long of limb,
in practical urban heels.

Graffiti mutters on the wall,
souvenirs wink from within
and somewhere between lunch and life
the afternoon strolls in.

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4 G

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Melbourne Candid Series #1279 Swanston St

 

Behind the glass, he conquers lunch,
A quiet, single-person brunch.

Outside, the city streaks and blurs—
Inside, it’s noodles, thoughts, and slurs

Of sunlight striping table and knee;
Melbourne rushes—he sips tea.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1278 Swanston St

 

Sun slices Swanston into shade and glare,
Half the crowd in light, half unaware.

One negotiates life through a glowing screen,
One hauls retail trophies, seventeen.

Behind them commerce, ahead unknown
The city scrolls; they carry on.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1277 Swanston St

 

Swanston Street in monochrome stride,
Sunlight flickers, brickwork wide.
One with a grin, one lost in thought
City lessons quietly taught.

Hand in hand through urban hum,
Between café steam and tramline drum,
Youth skips forward, time walks steady
Melbourne’s always camera-ready.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1276 Swanston St

 

Helmets on, city hums,
pedals poised and traffic drums;
one bike naps upon the stone
clearly tired of rolling alone.

Sale signs shout and engines sigh,
scooters stand in neat reply;
urban ballet, chrome and glare
lycra, laughter, wind in hair.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1275 Swanston St

 

King of the pram, one hand on the wheel,
the other on life’s never-ending deal;
sale signs shout and footpaths stream,
but bub just surveys the grayscale scene.

Dad rolls steady, beard set firm
CEO of naps and snack-term;
in a city sprinting two-for-one,
he pushes tomorrow in the sun.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 GM

Candid 1121

Melbourne Candid Series #1274 Swanston St

 

Caps low, sunnies high,
city marching in monochrome stride
a father leads with backpack pride,
two lads flank him, retail trophies wide.

Minotaur bags swing like urban shields,
sidewalk a runway of concrete fields;
bikes gleam, trees lean, shop windows preen
Saturday struts through a black-and-white scene.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1273 Swanston St

 

On Swanston Street the sign says OPEN bright,
A neon promise in black and white.
Shelves stand stacked in tidy rows,
Commerce hums, the city flows.

She guards the counter, phone in hand
Thumb on duty more than planned.
Outside, trams clang their daily trope
Inside, business runs on Wi-Fi hope.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 

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Melbourne Candid Series #1272 Swanston St

 

Swanston Street at knock-off hour
Sunlight sharp, commuters sour.
One man strides with banker’s grace,
Deadline stitched upon his face.

Behind him drifts the city’s tide
Shoppers, dreamers, side by side.
Melbourne moves in black and white,
All late for something by five tonight.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1271 Swanston St

 

Swanston Street hums in grayscale tone,
Trams ding, sneakers tap, the city’s grown.
Backpacks march with commuter pride,
While headphones build a world inside.

He scrolls through life at signal’s edge
Thumb the captain, curb the ledge.
Around him Melbourne rushes past,
But Wi-Fi holds him steady, fast.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1270 Swanston St

 

Midday sun on Swanston’s spine,
one man walks the shadow line.
Shop signs blink, “optical” and bright
yet he squints through Melbourne light.

Cars crawl slow, pedestrians fade,
coffee plans already made.
No headline act, no grand parade
just a bloke and his stubborn shade.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1269 Swanston St

 

Swanston Street strides in monochrome beat,
heels and sneakers tapping shared concrete.
One checks time, one scans the sky,
one walks past with a practised sigh.

Shopfront clocks promise “you’re alive,”
traffic hums its daily drive.
Everyone starring, no script, no stage
just Melbourne turning another page.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1268 Swanston St

 

Three abreast on Swanston Street,
summer heat beneath their feet.
Shop signs shout and scooters lean,
life hums loud in black-and-white sheen.

One looks stern, one hides in shade,
one strides on—decisions made.
Footpaths flow like urban streams,
everyone walking inside their schemes.

No grand drama, no parade
just city stories, casually displayed.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Candid 1114

Melbourne Candid Series #1267 Elizabeth St

 

Elizabeth Street flows with quiet urgency beneath bright shopfronts.
Pedestrians pass in steady rhythm, absorbed in their private errands.
One man pauses, gazing upward as the city moves around him.
Here, even stillness becomes part of the street’s enduring theatre.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1266 Elizabeth St

 

Elizabeth Street struts on caffeine and chatter,
breakfast boards promise juice that absolutely matters.
A couple glide past like they own the lane,
dodging brunch philosophers nursing espresso pain.

Sunnies on, purpose strong, mid-footpath parade 
Melbourne’s runway where small dramas are made.
Behind them the city sips, scrolls, and pretends
that every quick coffee turns strangers to friends.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1265 Elizabeth St

 

On Elizabeth Street the footpath hums,
a parade of errands, coffees, and crumbs.
One bloke plants himself — thongs, camera, glare 
hunting a masterpiece mid-retail warfare.

Shoppers drift like tides through glass-front seas,
someone checks sport scores with grave expertise.
The bench waits patiently, wiser than most,
watching Melbourne rush while the moment strikes a pose.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1264 Swanston St

 

Under the 40 sign he waits
half tourist, half philosopher of tram-stop fates.
Backpack packed like he might flee
to Brunswick… or just JB Hi-Fi.

Shadows argue with the sun,
Typo clocks say errands aren’t done,
while Swanston Street streams brisk and loud
a moving, honking, retail crowd.

He studies traffic like modern art:
Is that my tram… or just a false start?
Bench beside him offers a seat
but commitment moves too fast on Swanston Street.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1263 Swanston St

 

Hair first, schedule later
Swanston Street’s unofficial narrator
struts past glass that doubles the cast,
one version future, one version past.

Phone in hand like urgent news
(“Tram delayed… or what to choose?”),
shopping bag swings with retail pride
proof that lunchtime goals were satisfied.

Reflections gossip in polished panes,
traffic hums its weekday refrains,
and somewhere between the lights and feet
fashion negotiates with Swanston Street.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

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Melbourne Candid Series #1290 Collins St

 

Beneath the arcade’s polite old sign,
One man devours his lunch on time.
A child walks slowly, eyes downcast,
Texting her way through the present fast.

Sun and shadow divide the street
History strolls while screens compete.

Sony A7RV

FE 16mm f1.8

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Melbourne Candid Series #1262 Swanston St

 

On Swanston Street they stride in sync,
bags swinging, thoughts mid-blink
a Marvel tee, a quiet smile,
footsteps drumming city-mile.

Trams hum gossip down the lane,
shopfronts blink in glass and grain,
sunlight spills through urban trees
like caffeine on a weekday breeze.

Strangers passing, stories crossed,
no one counting what is lost
just pavement, chatter, moving feet,
the everyday parade of Swanston Street.

Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

Check out Candid 1108