toppled bus stop

Posted by danthro (Suburbia, United States) on 3 February 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

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Comments (9)

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Great capture...wonder how that happened?

3 Feb 2008 9:00am

@Jen: thank you. i don't know. the broken glass on the ground from one of the windows suggests that it was probably caused by a human being but that's just a guess. i just saw it and took a photo 'cause it looked so odd.

baobab from Cambridge, United States

Neat - I like the wry fact that it's in a couple of metered parking spots. How did it look in colour? - the cones would presumably provide very vivid elements.

Only thing I'd like to change about this shot is not having the cars in the background, since they're a distraction rather than adding to the story.

3 Feb 2008 8:09pm

@baobab: thanks. just for you i put the resized original up here. i think you're right about the car, but i'm not sure i have enough photoshop skill to remove them and i guess the weird looks i was getting for photographing it at all sorta kept me from going between the car and the booth-thing to photograph in the other direction.

Kevin at OrganicPIX.com from Dallas, United States

I really like this in sepia tone. The scene is pure 'crazyness' as my dear grandmother would say. I really like everything about it. Why would you want to PS anything out of it???

3 Feb 2008 9:21pm

baobab from Cambridge, United States

Cool - thanks. The colour photo is quite different. I like the symmetry and opposition of the orange and blue: hadn't really noticed the cones in the background in the b&w version. In the colour version you get an implied horizontal line between the blue parking meter and blue (? - something?) on the bus shelter, crossed by implied diagonal lines between the background and foreground cones. This tension and dynamism disappears in the b&w version, more focus on the bus shelter itself.

I hear you on being sensitive to receiving odd looks... we have to learn to be less selfconscious / more comfortable with appearing weird. It's probably one of the reasons why I tend to like taking wilderness photos. I'm always impressed by but too shy to emulate others' (e.g. Rags) ability to take candid photos of total strangers.

3 Feb 2008 9:23pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

I don't think the cars are a distraction, certainly not enough of one to justify the effort that would be spent to remove them. Screw the people who look at you oddly. Just act like you belong there taking photos and do what you want.

6 Feb 2008 12:26pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

BTW, I like this version MUCH better.

6 Feb 2008 12:27pm

@Twelvebit: thanks!

CraHan from Koolkerke, Belgium

I checked the original version you mentioned and i have to say that you did a great job post-processing this. Well done. Crazy image and quite dramatic.

6 Feb 2008 2:37pm

@CraHan: thanks a lot!

JeBeKe from Bruges, Belgium

Amazing this post-processing. This is another proof that good photography = taking pictures + good postprocessing !!
Jan

7 Feb 2008 4:31am

@JeBeKe: thanks! i agree. i'm still new at post-processing but i've tried to learn primarily because i sort of think that since i use a point-and-shoot it's extra important to make up for initial quality afterward.