One the way out

TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited May 5, 2012 in Street and Documentary
Leaving the Leesburg FL Bikefest I passed this:

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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2012
    I want to love it- the black and white treatment is outstanding - but it is just too damn busy to work for me.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2012
    bdcolen wrote: »
    I want to love it- the black and white treatment is outstanding - but it is just too damn busy to work for me.

    I will try to shoo away some of the paramedics next time I
    see a car crash.

    (I don't use those little symbols/emoticons. What's the one
    for "Just joking"?)

    Personally, I like the cop reflected in my car mirror.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2012
    I think it's a great shot, Tony. Someone show me a scene like this that's not " busy ". And this is a forum, is it not, for folks who demand realism?

    Unfortunately, I've been on the " receiving end " of rescue people's functions and, I can assure you, the busier things are, the better.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2012
    Good grab Tony, seems to me it's about orderly chaos (an environmental shot)

    Nice conversion
    Rags
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2012
    I have a mixed reaction to this capture. I like the B&W treatment, I like the cop in the mirror in the lower right. However the picture as a whole just doesn't reach me or hold my interest. Something is going on but I'm not really sure. Whatever is going on isn't captured in the image.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2012
    TonyCooper wrote: »
    I will try to shoo away some of the paramedics next time I
    see a car crash.

    (I don't use those little symbols/emoticons. What's the one
    for "Just joking"?)

    Personally, I like the cop reflected in my car mirror.

    I do too! And I like the way everyone is positioned. But still...
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2012
    As a photographer, I like the conversion. Busy? Sure but there's little doubt what's going on.

    As a rider myself, I noticed "ARMY Retired", so I hope he's OK. Bike sitting upright could be the result of others or never went down due to crash bars. But the gal on the curb has her chaps down and appears to be very little clothing under that and I think I see a bloody forearm between the EMT's. It's shots like this that still scare the snot of out me riding.


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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2012
    M38A1 wrote: »
    As a photographer, I like the conversion. Busy? Sure but there's little doubt what's going on.

    As a rider myself, I noticed "ARMY Retired", so I hope he's OK. Bike sitting upright could be the result of others or never went down due to crash bars. But the gal on the curb has her chaps down and appears to be very little clothing under that and I think I see a bloody forearm between the EMT's. It's shots like this that still scare the snot of out me riding.

    .

    I shot this from my car when driving past the scene in bumper-to-bumper
    traffic. I have no idea of the seriousness of the injuries. As I've seen
    leaving several such all-day biker events, the thick traffic that results in bikers
    weaving in and out, and the beer consumed earlier in the day, almost
    always means I'll drive past at least one accident.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
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