I posted a question in a Flickr Group about where's the best vantage point to shoot Downtown from the West Side from I-20 . . .
Atlanta has a large online photography, and one of the more active members told me he would be passing right by my place and we could go scouting for a good place to shoot some night shots of Downtown . . . Turns out it was the moderator of that group, and well familiar with exploring Atlanta ...
I should say that a very popular thing to do with these groups is have photo-strolls. Not me, but alot of people go to run down neighborhoods and old industrial areas . . .
We drove around many areas that had things to shoot, but I didn't want to stop. As it was, I pulled up to an old church with a view of downtown. I took a couple of pictures of downtown that weren't that good of a view, and when I turned around to try to shoot a good picture of the Church, and here came Mean Gene, the Dancin' Machine . . .
Two white guys and two big cameras were like a magnet to the guy, and Phil asked him if he could take his picture, and he started Dancing & Mumbling ... He looked like he lived under a bridge, or that vacant building ... Phil then pulled out a fiver like he'd done it before, and we left ...
Here's one of my favorites . . .
http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mariettastreetqw3.jpg
