Giddy Up

Story continued ... I setup the camera on the tripod, got out the lens etc. took a light meter reading and then went under the dark cloth. As I was under the cloth and fiddling with the lens swing, focusing etc. I noticed it was getting quite quiet. Didn't really think anything of it but once I came out from under the dark cloth to get a film holder I found I was all alone in the playground. The mothers had scooped up their kids and took off. Sucks to be an older, unaccompanied male in a playground. I guess I should have brought my grandkids to show all these nervous mothers I was not a child molester. Not that having grandkids proves anything. Boy times have changed.

How have times changed? No doubt true, but how is that suggested in the photo?

It's not suppose to be suggested in the photo. I was just relating what went on while the photo was being made.

Yes, something about playgrounds adds a huge creeper factor. I set up my camera on a tripod near a busy intersection in Boston and literally randomly stopped strangers walking by and asked if I could photograph them. At least half the people were happy to oblige. If I had set that same rig up in a playground I am sure someone would’ve called the police.

J

@Eric Rose The photo suggests something about the past to me. Your comment about "changed times" made the photo seem editorial...ie illustrated your idea.