The Power of Pikachu!

This is my entry for the #TravelPhotoContest by @lightcaptured. The theme this time is "People in the City." I haven't really been to the city since I did some Christmas shopping in Santa Monica, California. I made a quick dash there between dropping my wife off at work and picking her up, and was able to find a nice gift for her at the Third Street Promenade.

I have to admit something here...I'm a Pokemon Go addict. I play every day, even if just for a few minutes. I was excited to spin some new poke stops and catch a few pokemon while I was shopping. And then...I saw this...a Pikachu spirit hood! And would you believe it? The guy selling it was playing Pokemon Go on his phone. No, he wasn't really...just texting. But that would have made a better story, wouldn't it have?

So, the story of this photo, the "People in the City," isn't the guy in the photo. It's this guy, me, the one with the camera, who came so close to buying that spirit hood. But that would have let my wife know that I had been shopping and lessen her surprise on Christmas day. And I couldn't chance that. But if I ever see that Pikachu hood again...

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_{Original photograph by @kunschj. All rights reserved}

Category	Travel Photography
Settings	1/60 sec, f/6.4, ISO 6400, focal length 50.0 mm
Camera	Canon EOS 80D
Lens	Canon EFS 18-55 mm kit lens
Editing Software	GIMP
Location	Santa Monica, California

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