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smoothdude Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 286 W: 3 N: 101] (1330)
I work near the courts in downtown Manhattan. Sometimes I see men and the occcasional woman being brought into a holding cell behind one of the large court buildings. Today I captured this scene.

I didn't want to be noticed so I basically walked past them, swung my body around and snapped this one shot. The cutting off of the heads was accidental but I do like the way it worked out, leaving the focus and centered attention on the shackled hands.
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smoothdude Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 286 W: 3 N: 101] (1330)
Crop, contrast
Edited by:irishsunflower Silver Star Critiquer [C: 42 W: 2 N: 0] (106)
I just tightened the image to focus more on the subject and remove a little bit of what I consider noise from the background.
I upped the contrast a touch to make the cuffs darker as compared to the suspects shirt.

This removes what I saw as a slight problem area - the man in the jacket's neck without a head.

Hope you enjoy.

Matthew.