Kolkata Taxis Photo

Photographer’s Note

India makes people think about a beautiful country but also about a place with big crowds, especially in big cities such as Mumbai or Kolkata and many others.
Here I wanted to create a picture where the yellow cabs were in competition with the crowds and the only way was to find some view point above. Therefore I discovered the way to climb up to the Howrah train station terrace which is open to the public and had a great view.

Tezic, salvator, ALIRIZA, sabyasachi1212, mursaloglu, jafadabret, papagolf21, AnimeshRay, pboehringer, bibiweb, riclopes, smash2707, Didi, johnhopkins has marked this note useful

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sedaeristurk (447) 2007-04-19 3:45

İzzet bey elinize saglik.Ne canli bir fotograf.Kalabaligin icinde hissediyor insan kendini adeta..Seda

jslee (2741) 2007-04-19 3:45

Interesting photo. You shot it very nice of the atmosphere of hustle and bustle of daily life in the street, with line-up of yellow taxies.
Very good photo.
JS Lee

Tezic (16927) 2007-04-19 3:50

Merhaba İzzet Bey,
Harika bir dizilim ve kompozisyon... Sarı rengin tonu enfes..
Sevgiler-Coşkun

arnabchat (7058) 2007-04-19 4:04

Merhaba İzzet!
Always good to see symbols of my city in from your eyes. this one is, indeed a good capture of the yellow cabs in a row.
Greetings,
Arnab

barrufeto_77 (25955) 2007-04-19 4:16

Hi Izzet.

Jajajajajajaja, well seen. Taxis, taxis, taxis and...taxis. An excellent composition!

Tc, Oscar

partha (13677) 2007-04-19 5:00

Hi izzet ,
Hei, so u r now at Kolkata?Its definately outside howrah station. The rows of taxi gives a brilliant look. Great eye u have.
Partha

jasmis (51257) 2007-04-19 5:55

Amazing local folklore. Exotic and full of colours. Really well done.
Regards.

nwoehnl (120) 2007-04-19 8:18

Hello Izzet. Very nice photo, for a second I thought it was a historic take of yellow cabs outside Grand Central Station, haha. The alignment of taxis makes for a striking graphical aspect to the composition, and I like how the busy string of pedestrians at the left echoes the motiv provided by the cars. Greetings from Tokyo.

Cormac (26461) 2007-04-19 10:04

Wonderful shot! The double lines of cabs, curving around the frame, makes a great subject. With this photo you demonstrate one of the things that makes a good photographer - the ability and willingness to move around to find a better angle. The view from above gives us this great representation of how big and busy the city is. Great work!

ALIRIZA (16197) 2007-04-19 10:05

Merhaba Sayın Hocam,
Aynı model sarı taksilerin dizilimi ve kalabalık toplulukla nefis bir kompozisyon. Ellerinize sağlık...
Selam ve saygılarımla...
Ali Rıza

sabyasachi1212 (19546) 2007-04-19 10:46

Hi Izzet,
Nice capture of the long queue of taxis on the Howrah station taxi bay. They yellow stands out for sure. Previously we had the black and yellow taxis (You can still catch one right at the back) but now only yellow ones with a blue strip running down the middle. The crowd of commuters alongside the taxis lends balance to the composition.
What a pity, the master had come to my part of the world and I didn't know who he was. Maybe we could have bumped into one another (in the streets of Kolkata we are always doing that). Next time (and I sincerely hope there is a next time) do let me know in advance so that we can meet.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

asoley (0) 2007-04-19 10:50

renk tonu, ve taksilerin dizilimiyle yine muhteşem bir komposizyon, ellernize sağlıktan öte ne söylenebilirki.

hergi (5459) 2007-04-19 10:51 [Comment]

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mursaloglu (5276) 2007-04-19 11:32

Dear Izzet bey
In the right side marvellous pattern of the taxis and in the left part the crowd and the sellers has balanced the picture in really dazzling stunning mood seems to dividing in two different frames. . My best regars. ihsan

jafadabret (40601) 2007-04-19 13:52

Je vois, Izzet, que le jaune est souvent choisi pour la couleur des taxis. L'image est bien composée avec cette file impressionnante de voitures jaunes et à côté la foule de la cité.
Jacques

michiels (4170) 2007-04-19 15:54

hello Izzet,

I love the daily life scene, great old cars, beautiful colours. It's a great composition.
greetings, inn

papagolf21 (56977) 2007-04-19 17:13

Bonsoir, mon ami Izzet,
La photo prise depuis la terrasse est parfaite pour rendre compte de la vie quotidienne. Quant aux taxis, difficile de se souvenir de celui que l'on a pris en dernier. J'aime beaucoup cette prise de vue, où la ville grouille de couleurs.
Une très bonne réalisation.
Amitiés.
Philippe

AnimeshRay (8886) 2007-04-19 21:31

I never realized one could climb to the terrace of Howrah station! And I have been there at least 500 times! You are amazingly resourceful, Izzet...

Now about the composition. I like the wonderful color and the snake-like row of the taxis. The contrast of this uniform arrangement broken by the chaotic pedestrians is really strong.
Only one little nagging doubt I have is about the top right corner...it looks too empty or bereft of pattern. I wondered if it were possible to perhaps take this in a vertical frame, with the 'snake' across a diagonal. Perhaps it wasn't, otherwise you would have done it.
Very strong image.

pboehringer (770) 2007-04-19 23:58

For some reason, whenever I see yellow cabs I associate the image with the NY cabs. This association comes here again, but the composition, shapes of the cars and the surroundings are clearly at a very different place. You managed a very good geometric element with the long double almost triple line of yellow cabs.
TFS, Peter

bibiweb (8) 2007-04-20 0:33

Bonjour Izzet,
Un bon POV en effet et une image littéralement coupée en deux: les taxis d'un côté et la foule de l'autre. Quelque soit l'endroit où se porte notre regard, ça grouille de vie! J'aime beaucoup!
Bonne journée.
Brigitte

salvator (18947) 2007-04-20 3:38

Hello Izzet Bey,
Very nice composition, superb colors, and a beautifull sense of depth with repetition. The way the people on the left have balanced the frame, the colors, and the composition is absolutely superb.
Best personal regards. Salvator.

everlasting (10942) 2007-04-20 3:45

Izzet with your masterly compositional eye yu have manged to convey this busy cityscape but without beign mesy and cluttered. I love the string of yellow 'insects" drawign our eye across the frame.

enedimd (1528) 2007-04-20 3:56

İzzet bey merhaba,
Günlük hayatın içinden Hindistandaki kalabalığı anlatan harika bir kare.
Kompozisyon ve renkler süper. Taksiciler arasındaki rekabetide çok güzel sergileyen bir görünüm.
Elinize sağlık.
TFS
Emir Nedim

riclopes (33137) 2007-04-20 4:02

Olá Izzet, this is an outstanding composition. You really got what you wanted and found a great vantage POV. The curve of the taxis across the image is fantastic and the crowd compits well with the cabs. I noticed in India that around train station were allway huge crowds, but I never felt enough confortable to take pictures in Delhi. Superb shot!
Have a nice day,
ric

scalerman (25787) 2007-04-20 13:36

Izzet: perhaps a favorite from you. You resolve a repeating, geometric, color-centric theme from seeming chaos: no small feat on the subcontinent. Excellent composition. regards, c

smash2707 (2516) 2007-04-20 21:58

Hi Izzet. Nice composition showing the homogeneous queue of cars on one side contrasting with the queues of people on the other side. Colors and sharpness great as always. Regards, Yvonne

banyanman (7739) 2007-04-28 9:43

You found an excellent POV to compose this strong image, Izzet. It's one of the more interesting shots that I've seen from Kolkata on TE for a while. Great composition with the double line of taxis curving down into the bottom corner. Cheers . . . David

Didi (36654) 2007-04-29 3:38

Bonsoir Izzet
La composition n'est pas du tout confuse.
D'un côté la foule humaine et de l'autre côté les taxis.
Un point de vue dominant très intéressant et les couleurs sont riches.
Amicalement.

nex (2686) 2007-05-04 12:54 [Comment]

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johnhopkins (866) 2007-05-06 18:38

The lines of yellow cabs really make for a nice composition. The people on the left add the vitality. Very nice shot.

sadeik (3173) 2007-05-09 13:18

Texture or form seperated like this with strong colour makes a brilliant image.
As usual the composition has been masterd to the full

Simon

xhanuman (558) 2007-12-06 9:13

Fantastic viewpoint... takes me back to the frenetic moment of getting out of a cab there at night to board my first train ride in India.

best,
Conrad

arturo (31) 2008-01-24 12:41

Hi Izzet,

the alignment is fabulous...there must be many people living there to justify so many taxis;-))...cheers, arturo

RADEEH (2772) 2008-02-09 9:34

Your efforts of climbing the terrace of Howrah railway station had brought a wonderful view of these taxis of Kolkatta to us. You have kept the spirit of TE alive. Congrats and TFS

Photo Information

Copyright: izzet keribar (keribar) (42760)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-12-25
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Nikon D100, 24-120/3.5-5.6 D VR
Exposure: 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Yvonne's other favorites, The Best Shots of India [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-04-19 3:39
Favorites: 1 [view]