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12-FEB-2006

Ghost Rider, Shanghai 2006

Canon EOS 20D
1/20s f/2.8 at 58.0mm iso1600 full exif

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Guest 11-Jan-2008 15:20
Awesome shot!
nomada06-Sep-2007 16:45
outstanding photography here Kal! V
Guest 25-Feb-2006 00:44
Superb!
Guest 21-Feb-2006 11:15
Excellent use of color Kal.
Guest 20-Feb-2006 18:32
Who shall pity our transience?The flight of flesh,word and dream.As a child might scribe innocence in the sand.As a man might ink his destiny.And yet all must yield to the blur of gathered tomorrows.Thus,shall we mourn with the color of stone?That fares permanence not more than our race?Shall we celebrate with a voice of every hue?That our moment has a place,recognized in the movement of more grand machinations.
~V!~
Marisa Livet20-Feb-2006 17:48
The first element which impresses me is the warm harmony of red, yellow and golden colours, I don't know why, but in my imaginary perception ,China cannot have cold colours, it can be in black and white or it must be in warm colours, blood, fire, gold...Then the bicycle, a "must" of course, a necessary cliché, which is not a cliché, is reality.
It's very meanigful here to keep the bicycle totally blurred, not only to give the impression of movement, but to make it practically invisible and to concentrate the attention on the graffiti wall.
Nevertheless the two elements are interacting so strictly and one needs the other one to make the picture.
Marisa
Phil Douglis20-Feb-2006 16:57
Magnificent abstraction -- the rider is barely seen, and the message is barely legible, but together, they make think, wonder, and feel.
AL20-Feb-2006 15:19
Good capture - Perfect motion effect! The vibrant red/orange colors seem to give an "evil" feel... Ghost from hell?
arminb20-Feb-2006 13:22
well placed :)
Ray Rebortira20-Feb-2006 13:14
He does appear to levitate but interestingly, it is the warm, rich, glowing colours that give this image its ghostly quality.
Guest 20-Feb-2006 12:57
Brilliant shot.
Guest 20-Feb-2006 12:45
Another fabulous shot, Kal. And I like those warm colours. v.
Jennifer Zhou20-Feb-2006 12:09
This is a decisive moment, the rider happen to be caught in the middle of the two graffiti. Those graffiti look like distorted human figures, making the rider one of them. At the same time, the moving figure bring those on the wall to life.. The night has been waken~
Guest 20-Feb-2006 12:00
i like the images you do with bikes, im not sure why, i realy liked that other image with the bike and those two chaps in before it was cropped....something about bikes........
Guest 20-Feb-2006 11:49
Full of ghosts the night was... ;-)
Guest 20-Feb-2006 11:35
you know that i like this, no need to say more.
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