A picture that arrived today on the picture desk that caused great amusement..but why?

The cricket World Cup has presented great action pictures in countries that lend themselves to the best cricket conditions..but then nature changes everything..and in this case it poured with rain in Guyana leaving the ground staff looking cheesed off and decidedly damp!
It also made a terrific picture which has those three vital ingredients weather and people...and humour.

Again humour and the best sort of humour for a photographer..candid camera.
The picture I took in the Lake District at the Langdale Show was made for me by the sign and the man eating his ice cream.
A man of smaller build would not have grabbed my attention, the picture is a spontaneous reaction to life and its way of creating a humorous moment.

Again, unintentional and not in the least offensive, and it even raised a smile with my Welsh colleagues.
But the sign in the background for Welsh sheep sales created a smile as I walked the county show looking for a pic.

Did they know they were sitting in front of that sign...of all the places at the Cheshire Show this couple sat in front of the "Do Not Touch" sign to enjoy their sandwiches, I took the pic and they were puzzled as to why I was photographing an empty enclosure.
But then an ordinary picture suddenly had the element of humour to it.
So if, as a professional photographer and picture editor I was to offer advice, it would be to always look beyond the obvious and try to structure your picture, this case try not to be seen, and so keep the candidness of the occasion.

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