Melbourne Street Photography 101: monochrome

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Friday, July 11, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1122 Bourke St Mall

On Bourke Street Mall where the city hums,
And midday light on pavement drums,
A young man stands with cap drawn low,
Beside an elder, moving slow.

She rests upon a striped bench, still,
Her hands upon the frame she fills—
A four-wheeled guide through time and pace,
While crowds pass by without a face.

He leans in close, a gentle grace,
Perhaps a word, perhaps embrace.
No need for praise or loud acclaim,
Just quiet care without a name.

Among the trams and hurried feet,
Two lives in stillness gently meet—
A moment soft, of silent art,
Drawn not in speech, but open heart.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 877 and FACE OFF

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1079 Flinders Station

Three men strode down Flinders Street,
Their steps in time, their silence neat.
The city hummed, the trams rolled by,
As clouds hung low in Melbourne’s sky.

The middle bore a light-strewn beard,
A gentler face, composed, revered.
Each side, his mates were cleanly bare—
No bristle marked their chins with care.

A curious sight in modern age,
Where stubble speaks of style and stage.
Yet here they walked, a quiet band,
As if from some more tailored land.

No phones in hand, no hurried pace,
Just shadows shifting into place.
And Flinders watched, with windows wide,
As three men crossed from time to tide.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 835 and FACE OFF

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1070 Flinders St

A man of broad and burdened frame
Did walk where trams and voices came;
His gaze was cast toward the stone,
As though the world were not his own.

Each step he took was slow, profound,
A rhythm lost in city sound;
Yet in his path, a silent grace—
A soul adrift, yet not erased.

The passers moved in hurried flight,
While he remained—a grounded sight;
No glance he raised, no word he said,
But bore the weight of thought instead.

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 826

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #995 Swanston St

In front of the library, I observe an increasing number of individuals at ease, unburdened by devices in their hands.

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 753

Monday, March 3, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #993 Russell St

There appears to be an increased presence of delivery bicycles on the roads. According to recent news reports, the food delivery industry is experiencing a downturn in its business performance.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 751

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #952 Acland St

Upon the bustling thoroughfare of Acland Street, St. Kilda, there stood two aged riders, their motorbikes gleaming like relics of a bygone era. Engaging in earnest conversation with a venerable elder, they cast shadows long and thoughtful in the afternoon sun. There, amidst the ebb and flow of modernity, history and wisdom interwove, as tales of the road were shared in the language of experience and time.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 711