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Graffiti, Reykjavik #7

Graffiti street art and sitting man, Reykjavik, Iceland

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Prowling the grey streets of Reykavik, the capital of Iceland, in the drizzle, my eyes were drawn to colours like a starving man might be drawn to a burger advert.

Fortunately for me, in amongst the monochrome steel and concrete of this modern city, some Icelanders had rebelled against their colourless existence, covering walls and hoardings with an eclectic array of both classical and abstract graffiti.

In this image I loved the humerous juxtaposition of the guy sitting on the bench seemingly oblivious to the devastation being wreaked by the killer robot behind him.

It still makes me smile even as I'm writing this.

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Image data

Filename - reykjavik graffiti 07.jpg

Camera - Canon 6D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 75mm

Exposure - 1/40 sec @ f8, ISO400

Location - Reykjavik, Iceland

This image - 800x548px JPEG

Conversion - Adobe Lightroom

Comments - Hand held exposure with lens stabilisation