BODY38 : QUICKDRAW BENCH

A favorite and almost impossible moment that nearly cost me my life.

I stood at the corner on the opposite side of the street, waiting for my light to turn green. The situation had already caught my eye.

As I prepared to walk towards him, he was turned to his right, away from Denzel's Gun, deeply lost in thought. I was confident I had time to line up the composition until an oncoming bus startled him.

The moment he jumped, I ran into the street knowing I'd have but a flash to get off a shot. The bus would at the very least kill the moment if not possibly me.

I shoot with a single fixed wide. I'm not a sniper. I have to get close.

A swiftly closing window, I centered myself in front of the bench just long enough to fire the shutter while simultaneously jumping out of the bus' path. An angry driver peered at me through his window as the bus came to a stop just a couple feet to my left.

I walked away fearing I hadn't gotten it... but I had.

Elated at the realization I'd captured the moment, it took me a beat to realize the hand in his pocket looked as if he'd been attempting to draw his own pistol.

I will never not hear the howl of the bus horn when I look at this shot.

I don't even know if he ever realized I'd shot him, myself.