The 7-up will stay on this fokkomuller.wordpress domain and for now it will be the only purpose that I use it for.

Really good December photos were posted in the Flickr group “Your best street photo”. As always I only feature photos that were taken in the specific month, so keep shooting and post your photos on time when you want to be showcased here!

Check out my 7 favorites; if you click on the photo you will be linked to the image on Flickr and you can have a look at the photo stream of the photographer.

Francesca Fascione

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Ola from Sweden

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Emilio Barillaro (all right reserved) website

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Petr Kleiner

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Rene de Bruijn

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Christian Nilson

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Thomas Leuthard

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Intermediate position of the group: 572 members posted their 2330 best street photos.

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in January 2013. I will select my 7 favorites on February 9th 2013

Check here for all the former 7-ups!

Let me know what your favorite is!

Check out my selection; if you click on the photo you will be linked to the image on Flickr and you can have a look at the photo stream of the photographer.

Hector Isaac
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Frank Knaack
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Matt Obrey
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Igor Rudenko
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Vasco Leao
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Achim Katzberg
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Peter Dunsche
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Intermediate position of the group: 491 members posted their 2091 best street photos. Almost 500 members in the group!!

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in December 2012. I will select my 7 favorites on January 5th 2013

Check out the photos; if you click on the photo you will be linked to the image on Flickr and you can have a look at the photo stream of the photographer.

Fernando Coelho
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Achim Katzberg
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Thomas Richaudeau
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Georgie Pauwels
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Bastian Staude
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Thomas Leuthard
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Hugo Bernard
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All photos are published with consent of the photographers.
Intermediate position of the group: 456 members posted their 1947 best street photos.

I hope you enjoyed my selection.  I experienced good compositions, light, mixed emotions, tension, close-up and so on. All components that make great street photos.

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in November 2012. I will select my 7 favorites on December 8th.

If you want to check out previous versions of 7-up!s here they are!

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Intermediate position of the group:
426 members posted their 1808 best street photos.

Check out the photos; if you click on the photo, you will be linked to the image on Flickr and you can have a look at the photo stream of the photographer.

Matt Obrey

Amazing composition and colors. The person’s shadow completes this simple but very strong image. Definitely my favorite!
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Theo Olfers

Perfect use of light and a strong composition. Cinematic image. I keep looking and asking myself what’s happening in his head.
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Achim Katzberg

Again a very good example of playing with light and shadows. Good composition, framing and wonderful tones.
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Georgie Pauwels

Wonderful rain portrait. The dreamy look and attempts to keep her bag dry. The rain drops. Excellent DoF. Love it!
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Erwin Rademaker

Impressive photo of a man that seems to have been through a lot in his life. Beautiful b&w.The light behind the doors gives it an extra layer.
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Emilie Houwat

Brilliant street portrait. What a wonderful smile on her wrinkled face. Well composed with an interesting background. I love the colors too.
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Tilman TausB

Words are superfluous. Those eyes make this image. Very powerful.
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I hope you enjoyed my selection as much as I do.  All photos are published with consent of the photographers.

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in October 2012. I will select my 7 favorites November 10th.

If you want to check out previous versions of 7-up!s here they are!

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There were some very good pictures with children in it. I never publish pictures of children that you can recognize. Not my own pictures and not the pictures of others. It is not a problem that you post them in the group, but they will never get featured.

Intermediate position of the group:
373 members posted their 1451 best street photos.

Take a look at my selection of May 2012 in ‘Your best street photo’:
(if you click on the photo, you will be linked to the image on Flickr and you can have a look at the photo stream of the photographer)

Igor Rudenko

Incredible street photo. Very cinematic. It looks like Igor put all the actors in the right position. Beautiful B&W and a perfect composition. My favorite of this month. Well done Igor.

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Jeff Krol

Very impressive street portrait. The tones are magnificent, beautiful DoF and the guy looks very much like a gentleman. Very good work!

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Carandol Eruaphadion

The great thing of this group is that we can see street photography from all over the world. I can assure you that a photo like this can never been taken in The Netherlands. Carandol lives in The Philippines and I guess he took the photo here. It shows a lot of people in a small space. (Younger people don’t let the old woman sit: this was not a correct interpretation by me. In the comments below you can find an explanation by Alan). Great mood!

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John Drossos

Good example of  public transport reflection street photography. The picture has a classic touch, also caused by the looks of the woman. The lovely smile is a bonus for all of us.

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Rodi Kanjo

Very eye-catching photo. Of course my first look is at this beautiful woman in her yellow dress. But there are so much other things to discover: her hat and the shadows on her face, the boy with the cap and the child swimming in the back.
Details like the bag and the shoe draw the attention again to the yellow dress …
(the children on this picture are not recognizable, thats why I have no problem publishing it)

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Hugo Kintzler

This picture shows to me how beautiful simple street can be. I like the composition and the contrasts. The man is listening to the radio according to the title. When you look at the large size on Flickr you can see that. Good work!

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Ronan / ImageAllThePeople

Another reflection photo. The color tones are gorgeous, and the smile of the woman too. Nice contrast with the expression of the man. I like the framing of the leading actor. Lot’s of details, like her hands, the sugar pot, the print on the t-shirt of the man, the person on the right, the reflections.

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I hope you enjoy my selection as much as I do.  All photos are published with consent of the photographers.

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in June 2012. I will select my 7 favorites July 7, so you have enough time left to shoot your 2 best June photos.

If you want to check out previous versions of 7-up!s, here they are!

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I am happy to feature my 7 favorite pictures posted by you in Flickr group ‘ Your best street photo’. All photos were taken in April 2012. There were lots of other good photos since the last 7-up! but for the feature I select only photos that were taken in the specific month. Keep up posting old photos if they are your best.

Intermediate position of the group:
333 members posted their 1322 best street photos.

Take a look at my selection of April 2012 in ‘Your best street photo’:
(if you click on the photo, you will be linked to the image on Flickr and you can have a look at the photo stream of the photographer)

Brian Sparks

What a fantastic color explosion! The DoF is great and gives the photo a nice perspective. The color of the smart phones matches the trees very good. This photo makes me happy!
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Thomas Leuthard

Everything is good in this photo. Composition, light, shadow, perspective, PoV. Master piece! What can I say more than I wished I was there on that moment with my DMC-GX1 …
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Nancy Lehrer

Beautiful color tones, composition good. I love the subtle details like the hair in the wind and her hand keeping her dress in place. The movement of the train and the reflections in the window. And don’t forget the blue tone nails … Very good!
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Bernard Jolivalt

I selected this photo because it is original story telling.  Such a recognizable scene on the street recorded in 3 simple pictures. Fun!
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David Martin

Strong portrait of a woman struggling with her umbrella in wind and rain. I love the light on her face and umbrella. Good contrast. I am not sure if the background is blurred during post processing, but it works good here.
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Vasco Leao

The title ‘ Out of the shadows’  is exactly what we see here. Strong composition, beautiful B&W. I love these minimalistic photos and know they are not easy to make. The trees are nice, the position of  the second person is not 100% perfect, but who cares?
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Gerard Dubois

Very impressive shot! A very threatening sky, lightened by the stadium lights. The people framed between the walls and the floor. Good PoV. I keep on looking at the people and try to figure out their emotions.
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I hope you enjoy my selection as much as I do.  All photos are published with consent of the photographers.

Thanks everybody for posting your photos every month!

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in May 2012. I will select my 7 favorites June 9, so get your cam and hit the streets!

If you want to check out previous versions of 7-up!s, here they are!

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The selection process is very subjective of course. I use Evernote to store the first selection. I create 2 sections: best and good.
Photos that really stand out, end up in ‘best’ immediately.  Most of the time that’s one or two photos. The rest are stored in ‘good’, this time 20 photos exactly. I open all pictures in Flickr and look at their composition, scenery, mood, light and color. I shuffle with the tabs to order my favorites. And like always I think ‘ why didn’t I named this column 15-up!

The name is 7-up! and here they are:

Intermediate position of the group:
303 members posted their 1211 best street photos.

Take a look at my selection of March 2012 in ‘Your best street photo’:
(if you click on the photo, you will be linked to the image on Flickr)

Tany Kely

I’m a big fan of the pictures of her. She has the talent to make some special of ordinary street scenes. Composition, movement, the beautiful tones in B&W, the light, the shadows. It’s all there!
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Sven Scholz

Beautiful combination of color, light and shadows. A lot to see and to discover. The colors of the flag divide the image in two. Very good one!
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Emilie Houwat

Priceless expression! Her eyes are really eye-catching. I like the point of view. A good moment that makes me laugh when I look at it.
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Hugo  Kintzler

Perfect timing here, good composition and it’s got a lot of humor in it. Fine B&W processing. Love it!
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Rafael Franco

Interesting self-portrait. It is an intriguing photo with a lot of reflections and nice lines that lead you into this shot.  Different layers. I like it a lot.
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intouch80

Good street scene and perfect timing. It speaks for it self. (‘ DomFeger’  means Dom Cathedral Cleaner)
I like street workers; I have my own series with street workers.
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Sjoerd Booij (www.sjoerdbooij.nl)

Fantastic light on the faces of the two men. And a beautiful view on a typical Amsterdam street. This photo gives me an Ed van der Elsken  feeling.
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I hope you like my selection in this 7-up! All photos are published with consent of the photographers.

Thanks everybody for posting your photos every month!

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in April 2012. I will select my 7 favorites May 6th, so you still have plenty of time to post.

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But I picked my 7 favorites from photos that were taken in February 2012. So please don’t be disappointed if you posted photos that were taken in another period. It’s fun to look at them, but I will only feature photos that were taken recently.

Intermediate position of the group:
282 members posted their 1098 best street photos.

Take a look at my selection of February 2012 in ‘Your best street photo’:
(if you click on the photo, you will be linked to the image on Flickr)

 Jason Martini

Absolutely my favorite. What a classic street photo! Beautiful character, i like the low point of view  and the background. Cracker!
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Linda Wisdom

I keep looking at this photo. The expression of the woman is wonderful. She wants to hide behind the flowers, but she is also curious. It’s crowded and the composition is difficult, but it works very good for me.
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Roduan Kanjo

I see a lot of reflection photos, it’s fun to do. Strong for me is that head and hands seem to be apart from his body. It’s like a ghost. Good expression and although there are a lot of reflections, the photo is quite calm. I probably had cropped a part of the right of the photo, but that’s very personal.
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Bart van Dijk

Normally I am not very interested in street photos  with people shot from the back. In this case it works good with the text on the poster. It makes me think what they are looking at. I like the composition although I had cropped a little bit on the right and left.
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Hugo Kintzler

What I like of this photo is the strong contrasts. I wonder what the boy is doing.  There is lots to see in this photo. Very good one!
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Linda Wisdom

I won’t make it a habit to feature one person twice, but I couldn’t resist this one. Such a beautiful intimate moment and good timing of the shot. Difficult light conditions, very good photo!
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Dan Redrup

Good eye and good moment. I like the details, the hands of the kid, the toy in the window. Nice B&W processing.
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I hope you like my selection in this 7-up!

‘You recognize a good street photo  when you see it’ – Fokko Muller

Thanks everybody for posting your photos every month!

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in March 2012. I will select my 7 favorites April 4th, so you still have plenty of time to post.

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Have a look at my 7 favorite street photos that were taken in September 2011 and were posted in the Flickr group ‘Your best street  photo’.
I would like to thank everyone that posts their 2 best street photos every month. It’s a pleasure to check out the photos and see what’s happening on the streets all over the world.

Intermediate position of the group:
254 members posted their 819 best street photos.

Take a look at my selection of September 2011 in ‘Your best street photo’:
(if you click on the photo, you will be linked to the image on Flickr)

Florian t h e _ d u d e

A very impressive picture. The light and colors are amazing. There is so much black and it makes this photo very strong in my opinion. Definitely my favorite of September.
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Laurent Roch

Such a beautiful portrait from this old lady. I like the contrast, the light and the b&w processing. Very strong picture.
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Carla Drago

I like the composition in this photo, the talking women, the child looking at you and the guy taking the ‘Simit’. Lovely tones although it’s a little dark in my opinion.
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Brian Sparks

Good decisive moment in Venice, the boys afraid of some shit coming out of these sea gulls.  Typical 50mm shot, good focus and nice blur.
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Pedro Santiago

A great portrait of this man. Lots of details: his face, the big ears, shoes without laces, titties, the horse. Beautiful!
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Hugo Kintzler

Funny shot because of the composition.Well seen and shot on the right moment. Good detail is the man in the top right corner.
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Chris Moret

Nice geometric street photo. Good point of view. Your eyes are guided through this scene. Nice grey tones. I think I would have cropped the arm in the bottom right.
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I like them all, how about you?

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in November 2011. I will select my 7 favorites December 10th, so you still have plenty of time to post.  The 7-up of October will be posted soon. I’m one month behind schedule.

Let me know which photo you like most in a comment!

This selection is from photos that were taken in august 2011. No problem if you post older pictures, but I only feature photos taken in the specific month.

Intermediate position of the group:
242 members posted their 729 best street photos.

Take a look at my selection of august 2011 in ‘Your best street photo’:
(if you click on the photo, you will be linked to the image on Flickr)

Linda Wisdom

I featured Linda’s photos before. She has a tremendous eye for good moments. I like the framing, use of b&w, the expression of the girl and the man behind her. Definitely my favorite of august.
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Jason Martini

Stunning 50mm street portrait. I like the use of the light, the spots of sun on her face are fabulous. Wonderful DoF. I keep looking at this portrait.
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Gavin

Great light and composition. I like the b&w and use of contrast here. Look at Flickr for the story behind this photo. Patience will be rewarded on the streets.
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Frank Knaack

I love the scene here, the concentration of these guys. It is a good moment. I think the photo could use some more contrast, it is a bit grey for me.
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Huub Louppen

I often see humor in photos of Huub. The title ‘Excuse me’ makes me laugh. Perfect combining with background poster.
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Patrick Wouters

Very good moment. The expression of the child, beautiful light on her face, the grown ups busy to find the right platform probably. Photo is quite dark, could use a bit more contrast in my opinion.
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Pedro Santiago

Perfect decisive moment for me. The love of this man and woman is overwhelming. Pedro was close with his 50mm. I like the b&w and contrast here.
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I hope you enjoyed my selection. For me it is an honor that I may feature these beautiful street photos.

Please join ‘Your best street photo’  and post your photos taken in september 2011. I will select my 7 favorites October 9th, so you still have a week to post.

‘May the light be with you’ (by Thomas Leuthard)

Let me know which photo you like most in a comment!