Left Behind

Posted by Alfredo J. Martiz J. (Panama City, Panama) on 14 September 2007 in Transportation.

Carla and my Father discovered this abandoned bicycle in Daikanyama around one month ago. Yesterday my father took me to that place so I could make some photos, he said that the grass was taller, probably they cleaned a bit but the bicycle was still there, amazing.
I observed the bicycle for a while, thought where to start from and well this is the first photo I made, after that I focused on details.
This is the beginning of a series of photos of this bicycle, I hope you like it!

Photo dedicated to Damon Schreiber, who was hit by a car while riding a bike on last week Friday evening and needs a new bike now. Thanks to God he is fine!
I hope you can get a really nice new bike!

Daikanyama. September 13th, 2007

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Comments (15)

Sriram from Chennai, India

Superb shot! Amazing tones and a total nostalgia attached to it!

14 Sep 2007 6:02am

@Sriram: Thank you very much Sriram!

Silvia from steyr, Austria

Tolles B/W Foto! Bravo!

14 Sep 2007 6:18am

@Silvia: Thank you very much Silvia!

Wayne from Melbourne, Australia

Beautiful shot as always =D

14 Sep 2007 8:39am

@Wayne: Thank you very much Wayne!

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Save for the vines that are growing on it, it looks as though it was carefully placed there.

14 Sep 2007 6:38pm

@Laurie: Thank you very much Laurie, I also think it was carefully placed there, =)

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Only in Japan! The rest of the world could take some lessons from the Japanese on social correctness and how to live together!

14 Sep 2007 6:39pm

@Craiger: Thank you very much Craiger!

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

Alfredo, what an amazing start to a series that I am sure will please. I cannot find fault in this shot. I love it!

14 Sep 2007 6:40pm

@Dawn Sutherland: Thank you very much Dawn!

Nadine from Montréal, Canada

Good one !

14 Sep 2007 9:44pm

@Nadine: Thank you Nadine!

agathe from pau, France

very nice shot!

14 Sep 2007 10:01pm

@agathe: Thank you very much agathe!

See The Light from Newcastle, United States

Beautiful B&W shot. Great composition.

15 Sep 2007 1:18am

@See The Light: Thank you very much See the Light!

paperdoll from Panama

To Damon Shreiber: Get well soon and hope you can get a new bike soon as well. =)
About the pic: You really like bikes fred! All of your bike series are nice and this one will not be the exception... I'm positive about that! A bike's rest... nice b&w!

15 Sep 2007 1:43am

@paperdoll: Thank you very much Paperdoll, I really like bicycles, =)

Dave MacIntyre from Toronto, Canada

This is really great! I'm glad you chose B&W for this photo...it really works.

15 Sep 2007 2:27am

@Dave MacIntyre: Thank you very much Dave!

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Thanks for your wishes, Alfredo! This is a nice peaceful shot. The bike looks at home resting there.

15 Sep 2007 2:42am

@Damon Schreiber: Thank you very much Damon, =)

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

I really like the way you display the bicycle in its environment. (Looks just like my old shopping bicycle that I had more than a decade and a half ago when I was over there in Japan!)

15 Sep 2007 4:15am

@Andrew Gould: Thank you very much Andrew, =)

Aayawa from Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Nice one. I think I see a spot of hand colouring as it's not quite pure greyscale. Good choice of angle. Excellent sharpness. Whell chosen background.

16 Sep 2007 9:49am

@Aayawa: Thank you very much Aayawa, this photo was processed in Lightroom, I made a Grayscale conversion and then applied Split toning.