Bicycle

mosack · October 21, 2009

I took this image of the bicycle parked next to a "house", in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. I used my Canon 5d and a 100-400 zoom lens.

Mr. Quiet · October 21, 2009

LOVE IT! Great composition IMHO.

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rutt · October 21, 2009

B&W would work better for this IMHO. I'd like to see better contrast between the bicycle and background.

That said, the composition does work. I'm not sure what it tells us, though. There must be a million stories in Afghanistan. Which one is this?

black mamba · October 21, 2009

If that's not a B&W picture, one of two facts prevail: that's the most monotone environment I've ever seen or all the color cones in my eyes have ceased working.

Tom

bdcolen · October 21, 2009

rutt wrote:

B&W would work better for this IMHO. I'd like to see better contrast between the bicycle and background.

That said, the composition does work. I'm not sure what it tells us, though. There must be a million stories in Afghanistan. Which one is this?

Precisely. That image you posted yesterday of the young women framed in the window told a myriad of stories and was visually captivating. But this one? Yes, it's composed nicely, but it's yet another bicycle leaning against yet another mud-brick walled building somewhere in the developing world.

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