“Giant Sardines” : Lisbon, Portugal, 7th September 2011
Another episode in my night-time shop window photography series.
After a hard day of tourism in the Portuguese capital, I retired to my hotel, only to slip out again late in the evening after dark armed with a low-light lens to see what I could find.
Just a few blocks down the main shopping street towards the centre and this little display in a fashion boutique window caught my eye.
These mock tins of fish, symbol of Portugal’s major exports, were actually very large, perhaps a metre and a half long, and very convincing, save for the mildly comedic cartoon-like expressions on the exposed marine critters…
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