fat cats & toxic investments

    for some reason ordinary folk are allowing themselves to take the brunt of the impact of the economic slowdown while the people who created the circumstances for it walk away with a golden handshake.

    Romantic Ireland is dead and gone ...

    Strobist
    AB800 1/16th fitted with 22"beauty dish (DIY) camera above & left
    AB800 1/32 camera right with 15 degree grid, for separation.

    Looks too dark when uploaded to flickr

    PP - Exposure tweak in lightroom

    Comments and faves

    1. irish james, steelskys, Anti-Girl, Fenchurch!, and 30 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. irish james (40 months ago | reply)

      this is top class work!!!

    3. Sean McCormack (40 months ago | reply)

      And add the halfpence to the pence...

      for sure..

    4. Dave G Kelly (40 months ago | reply)

      There's revolution in the air.

      Gasmask is a good idea then.

      It does look a bit dark alright, esp on the right - a bit more juice maybe?

    5. dontshoot.me! (40 months ago | reply)

      I'm with you Dave. I think my monitor at home may be out of whack. I might have to invest in a proper one.

      Cheers Sean
      Thanks James

    6. frainphoto (40 months ago | reply)

      Like it - very apt in the modern climate.

    7. Andre Vautour 2 [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)

      fantastic.

    8. fern88v (37 months ago | reply)

      Love the colors and comp. Spot on.

    9. AtalantaGurl [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)

      love this.. it's too cool. and very creative. cool.

    10. philip t mack [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)

      crackin' shot, love the background as well, reminds me of a Bell X1 album cover.

    11. VIP Vilcu (37 months ago | reply)

      Absolutely amazing! Great composition.

    12. ydaci (35 months ago | reply)

      Nice one.I got a similar take with a gas mask and the same messag pretty much.

    13. Arciphel (34 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called World War Z, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    14. '_ellen_' (29 months ago | reply)

      Hi I am an admin for the group called Irish Photographer - (Invite Only) and would love to have this photograph added to the group.

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      Seen on your photo stream. (?)

    15. jbvikingo (28 months ago | reply)

      Totally awesome .... cool background !!!!

    16. Yamanize (28 months ago | reply)

      Haha, awesome!

    17. Danielle_T (25 months ago | reply)

      so awesome !!!!

    18. Emiliano Mattana (25 months ago | reply)

      POST-postmodern !?

    19. T. Gulbrandsen (17 months ago | reply)

      I´m so in love with the genuine concept behind this shoot. Great content. Nice styling, especially love the posture where he has his arms behind his back as if to say "I´m not guilty in creating financial chaos" Well done.

    20. dontshoot.me! (13 months ago | reply)

      This has been used to promote the 2011 Primavera Del Teatri [festival of theatre] in Castrovillari, Italia.

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