frank theriault wrote: Hi Frank,
> Well, it has a "wall of somthing" look about it, eh? <g> > > Funny, but the guy wasn't going very fast at all - I mean > look at the bike he's riding, pulling a trailer, and all > bundled up with winter clothes. It was freaking cold that > day, IIRC, and he was just puttering along at about 5 or 10 > mph. It's just that I was actually hyperfocused at about > f16, and I think it unexpectedly got a bit dark (cloud over > the sun or some such). The LX was set to Auto, and I'm > pretty sure the shutter speed was about 1/15th. > It was ~slow~, anyway. There is so much you can read into this photo. Dream sequence of a cycle tourist? Your mind tells you that it's a cycle with a trailer and can't be at a racing speed but the composition allows your mind some slack for some other interpretations to be put on it. > I kind of wish the bike and/or rider would have been a bit > sharper, but the background and streetcar (some places call > them trams) tracks in the foreground made such nice "speed > lines", I kind of overlooked the fuzzy bike/rider. Funny isn't it, but more sharpness to me would help lose some of it's appeal. > It's really just a fun shot, and I like it in that context. > I think it has potential, but I've got to think some more of > what exactly I'm going to do with it. I like the surrealism of it. Regards, Malcolm
