Starting Line

Posted by Alfredo J. Martiz J. (Panama City, Panama) on 26 March 2007 in Transportation.

I was starting to cross the street and could not avoid taking a shot of people in their motorcycles waiting for the green light.

Photo from a visit to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from march 11 until march 21st.

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Comments (17)

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Excellent tones in this b/w Alfredo! Do you shoot b/w or convert??

26 Mar 2007 9:26am

@Jerry: Thank you very much Jerry, I converted to b/w. I usually use the Channel mixer in monochrome and then apply a Duotone, that is when I use Adobe Photoshop CS2, now I started using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. In Lightroom I convert to grayscale and then apply a split toning, it depends which tone I want to get; I am usually going for small amount of yellow tones.

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

great BW there well done, it is like a war line! ready to charge on

26 Mar 2007 10:52am

@Dimitrios: Thank you very much Dimitrios, it felt like a war line, I was afraid of someone not happy of me shooting the photo and then following me, but thanks to God, everything was fine... =)

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Great modern cultural documentation of everyday life! Well done!

26 Mar 2007 1:52pm

@Craiger: Thank you Craiger!

Suby and Sinem from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Remoinds me of a scene from a Jackie Chan type movie :d

Suby

26 Mar 2007 2:34pm

@Suby and Sinem: Thank you Suby, I think I remember some movie of Jackie Chan with lots of motorcycles but I don't remember the name...=)

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

Looks like a picture taken in the 1960s.

26 Mar 2007 3:35pm

@Shuva Brata Deb: Thank you Shuva!

Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States

Quite a crowd there.. Great shot

26 Mar 2007 5:25pm

@Nick Passantino: Thank you Nick!

objectif-P from Belgium

superbe photo

26 Mar 2007 6:37pm

@objectif-P: Thank you very much objectif-P

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Good shot, but watch out crossing roads with that many people ready to go......

26 Mar 2007 7:01pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thank you Richard, I will take care next time... =)

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Great shot, nice tones.

26 Mar 2007 7:12pm

@Zing: Thank you Zing!

Still from Valence, France

Wow! Impressive departure for a daily race!

26 Mar 2007 8:47pm

@Still: Thank you Still, I remember them looking at me, it is an impressive city!

Yvon from Meerkerk, Netherlands

Ready, set, go! Great photo. Good choice to convert to b&w

26 Mar 2007 9:35pm

@Yvon: Thank you very much Yvon!

badala from Leiria, Portugal

I like this image. Beautiful monochrome and nice subject.

26 Mar 2007 10:27pm

@badala: Thank you Badala!

Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia

Awesome treatment Alfredo. Looks like your on the starting grid of the moto-GP.

27 Mar 2007 5:18am

@Chris Sullivan: Thank you Chris, I had to be fast for shooting this one, the light changed to green as I shot so you can imagine what happened, I had to run. =)

H.O from Victoria, Canada

Great shot Alfredo. I love it.
But when you took this picture were you scared :-)

28 Mar 2007 3:38am

@H.O: Thank you H.O. I was scared because the light turned green as I was shooting, and they were looking at me not so friendly... =)

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

huuuuuu, scary – they are already over the line. And – it must be very noisy I guess. I like this photo.

28 Mar 2007 10:56pm

@Lucca: Thank you Lucca, it was very noisy indeed and scary too, their look, I will never forget!

reflected concepts from Kyoto, Japan

These shots you have taken in Vietnam have totally blown me away!!! There is some really really good work here! Fantastic! Really timeless for me in some respects...awe inspiring!

21 Apr 2007 11:51am

@reflected concepts: Thank you very much Reflected Concepts, it makes me feel happy to read your kind comments!