Let The Good Times Roll Photo

Photographer’s Note

...and let that frendly rickshaw driver have a good laugh on me.

It seemed I was a bit of a curiosity in Monywa market, carrying my photo attirement in a monk bag. People went on commenting about my bag, Ye was translating and doing my self promotion...

That rickshaw guy seemed to have a good time on me, he never stopped laughing... too bad for him, he's now the main character of this image.

Who's laughing now?

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I took a little break from my "stalking Furachan" project but I'll be back... It happened that I looked up in some of my photos, yesterday, and went searching for a photo I remember but in fact I DIDN'T TAKE IT(the previous old sleeper in BW).. I suppose I clicked it in my head...

Hence I came out with this one, although it doesn't fit in, but I need to find back some BW spirit from time to time.

AnimeshRay, Izobretenik, rafelito, arindam_thokder, kajspice has marked this note useful

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AnimeshRay (8886) 2006-05-15 17:55

This one is super! Love the high contrast and the play of light on his arms and shoulders. Excellent angle, very good rapport with your subject.

tcht (7298) 2006-05-15 18:00

I like your perspective very much, with his head just inside 1st part of frame (if you divide frame into 3 parts) and great lighting on his shoulders and arms. Other good thing is that it's very natural. we're not too close and not too far. Good B&W attempt
Bravo,
CheukHin

fixed (3831) 2006-05-15 18:00

salut Luko
ba çà vire au vert cette photo ... un peu
joli sourire dans un endroit "complexe"
j'aime ce guidon en direction des autres personnages ...
dur, dur le soleil avec les chromes ;)
sympa cette photo
nono LeVo

Furachan (0) 2006-05-15 18:46

Funny how they have that "side car" system over there -hard pedaling life for these folks. Goo use of the 21 to "situate" your guy in his world.
Arnarud is right on the mark abut the role played by the handlebars ;o)
First class situational portrait. Problem is...now youre giving me a chance to stalk YOU!
A bientot,
-F

Izobretenik (1264) 2006-05-15 19:55

I love the story behind your picture. I guess the monk bag full of lenses and camera's accessories must have been a strange composition for them :)

If they had a camera, maybe would they take a picture.

The idea of placing the bike in the foreground is great and the guy's laugh is also a good point. The black and white just fit parfectly to this scene.

Izo

arindam_thokder (3946) 2006-05-15 21:03

Hello Luko,

The B/W contrast is jumping out of my monitor. Is this a scan from the Print? I see some greenish tone on the face and in the right. A common problem when we print B/W picture in color print paper. I love the POV and the Smile.

Arindam

rafelito (3645) 2006-05-15 21:05

Hi Luko, excellent angle for your shot, the B&W is nice for light effect.Many regards, Rafael

sonti_in (346) 2006-05-15 22:46 [Comment]

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rowanb (864) 2006-05-16 0:30

great b&w image luko, great sense of fun here, fantastic composition, i like the way the handlebars are placed
good stuff
rowan

entrelec (8342) 2006-05-16 3:07

Laissons de côté les réserves déjà faites;belle utilisation du grand angle; le bloc vélo homme au premier plan est tout à fait dynamique.
Tjs cette problématique vélo entier ou pas, que je trouve passionnante; le choix que tu fais ici est le meilleur, je pense (de toute façon on en a un entier dans le cadre, pour ceux qui voudraient savoir à quoi ça ressemble; je plaisante mais pas tout à fait ce vélo entier est un rappel et équilibre la photo).
Belle image donc, malgré le manque de qualité.

Joel

flydragon (0) 2006-05-16 3:36

hello Luko
belle angle
lumière difficile on dirai
je sent comme un problem dans tes noirs
c'est grisouille sur mon écran ??
••simon••

plus de fuca ,o)

Galeota (10334) 2006-05-16 3:48

Je viens d'envoyer un message à Adam pour qu'il t'interdise dorénavant de mettre en ligne des photos en noir et blanc prises à l'aide de ta Leica M (chienne de M**de qui aurait du rester en orbite lorsqu'on l'y a envoyée).

C'est, à chaque reprise, un coup sérieux pour mon ego et toutes mes vaines tentatives de conversion n&b potables à partir du digital. N'ayant pas le talent de Simon pour ce qui a trait aux artifices de pp, j'avoue être arrivé à une impasse. Pourtant, je me suis fait attacher à une chaise et regardé toute la filmographie de Russel Brown pendant des nuits et des jours à la suite. Bref.

Je trouve vraiment très difficile de faire des bonnes photos au grand angle, enfin grand comme 21mm. Tous les mm comptent sur ces coups-ci et il faut avoir une bonne maîtrise du champ de vue. Trop de "Monde" à gérer et organiser dans le petit viseur.

Conséquence de tout ceci, je vais vendre mon 10-22. J'en suis très satisfait, mais je ne maîtrise pas suffisament. M'étant aussi débarassé du Tamron 28-78 (trop long), me voilà sans grand angle. Des suggestions parmi toux ceux qui doivent sortir cette année, ouvrant à f2.8?

yanseiler (20) 2006-05-16 7:09

Salut Luko, ah du bon vieux TRI-X, atmosphère sympa avec ces jeux d'ombres...
A+
Yan

PeterC (2242) 2006-05-16 9:45

Luko,
A superb balck and white. The compostion is superb with the handlsbars leading you across the frame to the other people. The rickahw man looks quite a charcter and your placement is perfect. Very contrasty and a superb daily life shot.
Cheers
Peter

dolin (15647) 2006-05-16 14:39

Salut Luko.
Belle scpne pleine de détails sur l'arrière et un premier plan fort intéressant et limite comique. Trop marrant ce mec, il fout la pêche avec son smile.
Un petit coup de flash aurait pas aidé ? Cette partie sombre du visage m'embête un peu...
Je vais pas revenir sur le noir un peu gris sur le haut gauche, j'ai vu la réponse à simon. (bon ok, j'y suis revenu quand meme). Par contre mis à part ca, le n/b est impressionnant, et chaque coin et recoin de l'image est très bien utilisés.
Ben ds l'ensemble, tu t'en sors pas mal avec ces conditions de lumières.
Joli
Fred

ktanska (16695) 2006-05-17 1:51

Hi Luko,
Excellent B&W shot. I like the wide angle and wide smile. Very friendly overall ambience.

Kari

equalizer (29) 2006-05-22 14:03

excellent use of the wideangle lens! well done, beautiful!

Mingfang (1415) 2006-07-25 21:27

Hi Luko,

Long time no see, i think i have missed so many of your good photos, just caught up with this one. I am also a fan of B/W, i also need to find back some BW spirit from time to time.:)

the photo looks so nice, very perfect on the composition. i just dont like the greenish. i would have like it was 100% BW.

don_narayan (2014) 2006-07-29 21:04

Kids and old people... this is what is so fascinating... what we were and what we will be. So tell me, it there a difference between smiling kiddies and smiling grannies? Really though, I like the composition a lot, that wide angle is great here, getting those complimentary elements in the frame, like the wheels of the 3rd and 4th bikes... the b/w is great as well.

Narayan

wolf38 (13111) 2006-11-24 8:36

Hello Luko. Your sides on trekearth are very interesting. Depending upon topic colored pictures with B&W Pictures alternate. Some picture of trekearth lives nearly only on the color. B&W is abstract. It reduced to the substantial and does not divert from contents. But when a colored picture is "alright" and when a B&W? With the photo "Let The Good Times Roll" the choice of B&W pleases me very well. The greytone values between light and shade are outstanding. In addition the picture has a large deep-sharpens and is exemplary composed. A masterpiece worth seeing. Greeting, Wolfgang.