A bus, and another, and another...., a photo from Quebec, Central

Photographer's Note

After my winter photograph of a school bus, I decided to try a the same subject in a summer setting.

I took this photo at "Giradin autobus Inc" after a very long discussion with the security guards ;-)

In the WS you can see a bird's eye view of this factory.

ajcsousa, ChrisJ, sarju, weswang, ChristianS, Fixfocus, Paolo, papagolf21, jmdaoudal, lucbus, premels, aralda, Isab has marked this note useful

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phi75 (0) 2005-10-04 6:59

Hi Paul;
What a nice compo!! good POV, good colours, good framing!! what more to say.
it's excellent.
philippe

ajcsousa (1804) 2005-10-04 7:04

Hi Paul,
I'm glad you had the discussion with the security guards. It was a worth one :). Amazing composition and POV. Excelent in all aspects, Very well done
Regards, Ant鏮io

AdrianW (2274) 2005-10-04 7:06

Good shot Paul! The colours and patterns here are excellent, and it's nice to see the school buses on TE again - we don't have them over here in England. About the only thing I'm not 100% certain about is the DOF - if you'd gone out to f22 and chosen a hyperfocal point you might have all of the mirrors sharp, of course as you know that's a tradeoff, since you wouldn't get the background separation... I also wonder whether this one would be even better tilted - sorry, I can't believe I even thought that - I'll go and wash my mouth out with soap now ;) Very nicely captured, and thanks for sharing :-D

ishai (4097) 2005-10-04 7:16

Very well seen, Paul
The repetition of the mirrors here with the reflections of the front part of the bus is very good
The yellow color is very strong attraction almost like a magnet.
Very good perspective too

Ishai

falves (1405) 2005-10-04 7:28

Hi Paul,
Very creative and full of originality.
The POV and the DOF chosen worked very well.
Full of colors and details.
Cheers
Fred

tjanze (5674) 2005-10-04 9:26

Hi Paul.
Good captured mirrors and good idea.I like the lines on photo which are going in many directions.Bravo!

don_narayan (2014) 2005-10-04 9:47

stellar shot. really brilliant. great job.

arnabchat (7233) 2005-10-04 10:16

the graphic repetation, reminds me of two shots: one by Muhammad hesamian (elihesamian) and other by Henk Jacobs (oochappan). classy!

dolin (7369) 2005-10-04 10:54

Hello Paul.
SUPERBE !
Excellente perspective, une pdc au poil, des belles teintes, un pdv imp嶰able, un cadrage soign�....et ces reflets et ce jaune....MIAM !
Bravo, tr鋊 bonne compo
Fred

Motrem (2392) 2005-10-04 11:54

Un angle super pour cette composition. Tous les miroirs s'alignent pour un ensemble de couleurs superbes. Tr鋊 original � mon go壻. Un titre bien trouv� aussi.

carper (96) 2005-10-04 12:19

Very nice one Paul,
realy art, good point of view and the depth, the pov and the dof are very good, I like it a lot,
gr. Jaap

nwoehnl (122) 2005-10-04 13:26

Hi Paul, that's a great one, and it has got to be one of the most creative shots one could possibly take at this lot. Fine use of multiple repetition and vanishing perspective, and the black & yellow colors are not too shabby either :) Yes a lower aperture would have yielded more details but I actually like how the softness accentuates the vanishing effect here. Definitely worth the negotiating effort with the guards I should say.

Graal (103040) 2005-10-04 13:43

Hi Paul,
interesting photo, different than winter version. Good composition, I like this perspective and the colours. Good work.
Rgs, Aleksander

ChristianS (2997) 2005-10-04 14:26

Hi Paul, very nice and unusual perspective and a great repetitive composition. I like the dof and the reflections of the busses on the back of the lights. Well done!

Regards, Christian

Ebbe (9625) 2005-10-04 14:42

It would be better if they hired you to take pictures instead, you know, if you can愒 beat them - join them.

A nice line up shot and the use of the mirror is creative. Nice yellow and grey colorscale.

The colorscale reminds me of my time as a off road earthmover sales guy some twenty yeasr ago ;o)

AmiBe (6042) 2005-10-04 15:47

Hi Paul,
excellent and original picture, perfectly composed.
I like the yellow in this grey environment.
Excellent deformation on the mirrors.
Well done !

avigur_11 (22535) 2005-10-04 16:07

Ooooh, Paul, it's beautiful. It could work out also without, but with the mirrors it is just great. What an endless line of busses and mirrors. And the DOF, with the fucus on the closest mirror is just fantastic. Very well done, great job.

maphoto (8082) 2005-10-04 23:46

Tr鋊 belle r嶧lisation Paul, une bonne profondeur et une bonne mise au point sur la premi鋨e autobus et son mirroir, bien cadr�, bravo.

mjdundee (4663) 2005-10-05 2:58

Hello Paul,
Great POV and striking colours - again.
Can't decide if I like this one more than the
winter edition. Perfect framing as wll.
Fantastic work. TFS.
Thomas

greg64g (11193) 2005-10-05 3:38

Salut Paul

Excellent, fabuleux, cette vue est vraiment top , notement les couleurs de bus qui sont tres belles et attirent l'oeil. Bravo car c'est tres graphique, j'apprecie le WS aussi.
merci
greg

Fixfocus (9385) 2005-10-05 3:44

Hi Paul,
A great compositiioon with the endless repitition of the fish-eye mirrors!Yellow and black are the dominating colors here and a bit of blue sky in the mirrors.
Greetings,
hermann

ChrisJ (171340) 2005-10-05 6:58

Bonjour Paul

Excellent use of repetition, & diminishing linear perspective, in the composition. Bon travail!

Paolo (41258) 2005-10-05 7:32

Hi Paul, wonderful serial image!
great light, colors, focus, tecnically perfect!
excellent reflection and POV too.
thanks, ciao

weswang (18247) 2005-10-05 10:53

Hi Paul, What a view here. You have well captured the special perspective view of the mirrors. Great PoV and an excellent design. A very well taken picture. Well done.

hugolef (4913) 2005-10-05 11:23

Hello Paul
une belle image, on se demande ce que cela represente sur la miniarture, avec ce titre pompeux ... et qd on ouvre ... surprise ... tres drole et bien pens�. j'aime bcp ce genre de photo bas嶪 sur la repetition, et ici les couleurs, les reflets s'y pretent admirablement.
Bien vu
Amities, hugues

elihesamian (26149) 2005-10-05 11:27

A very nice view,grat perspective and repetition,excellent sharpness,very well composed and great one,Paul,well seen and worked,I would like to add this to a theme,hope you don't mind,I like it.

Best M

sarju (5324) 2005-10-05 12:00

Salut Paul
i knew this photo had all the makings of a great photo ... your composition is abstract but impeccable
I am very impressed with the way you could think and execute this great shot
hmmm ... the only thing I would have tried differently in this photo would have been to focus maybe on the second mirror with a very shallow DOF .... but this is a fine shot that I have a great respect for as I have hard time taking shooting in the abstract theme
Me very impressed man .... merci pour le partage .... sarju

rhizomes (15343) 2005-10-05 12:49

Salut Paul,
Tr鋊 belle image ! La r廧彋ition des r彋roviseurs et des reflets est superbe !
Les couleurs jaune et noire sont impressionnantes !
F幨icitations,
Christophe

Facsi (212) 2005-10-06 4:04

Very good idea, from great POV. The frame is best choice.
It's cheaper fisheye len than my cameras lens!

PixelTerror (0) 2005-10-06 4:08

Salut Paul,
Elle est super, celle la, et effectivement elle me rappelle fortement les voitures de Mohammad. Le cadrage est impeccable pour offrir une superbe repetition. Contrairement a Adrian, moi je ne trouve pas si mal que la nettete diminue avec la distance pour donner la sensation d'eloignement. L'angle est excellent aussi pour ajouter a ces repetitons les reflections de type fisheye dans les miroirs. Bravo Paul, c'est une belle reussite et ca valait bien quelques negociations ;-))
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves

papagolf21 (152605) 2005-10-06 5:32

Cher Paul,
Une photographie o� la fertilit� de l'imagination donne un exemple de ce que l'on peut faire !
Tr鋊 bonne r廧彋ition de ces bus rang廥 au cordeau.
F幨icitations pour cette tr鋊 belle r嶧lisation.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

hdl (7035) 2005-10-06 7:39

Hi Paul. Now this is original! The repetition is stunning. Good colours and pov. Well done!

dsidwell (9783) 2005-10-06 10:17

This is just super work, Paul. Certainly one of your best pattern-captures! The depth of field works well here, though I suppose it would be interesting to see how it would look with a deeper one. This is simply delightful!

Didi (61589) 2005-10-06 13:35

Salut Paul
Tr鋊 originale cette s廨ie en "pattern" de r彋roviseurs avec un d嶲rad� de profondeur de champ du net au flou.
Sache qu'il est possible de faire une variante en ajustant la mise au point sur le 3鋗e bus et en fermant le diaphragme � f/22 ou plus il est possible d'彋aler la PDC vers l'avant et vers l'arri鋨e. Ce dernier point n'彋ait pas une critique n嶲ative.

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-10-06 18:28

le premier regard vers la photo (pour moi) c'est le cot� graphique de la composition avec cette r嶲ularit� dans la r廧彋ion, et le tout est bien support� par la qualit� de l'image et la DOF...
Puis je me suis arr皻� pour essayer de comprendre ce que c'彋ait. cela m'a pris un certain temps parce que je vis "� la campagne" et on a pas d'engins comme ceux l� ici. :-))
Bonne id嶪, et vraiment une belle photo.
jean Michel

erdna (5713) 2005-10-06 21:40

Terrific composition of a triple repetition and a depth of field perspective.

Andre'

lucbus (11) 2005-10-07 5:36

Salut Paul,

Excellente photo de ces autobus, j'aime bien cette composition avec les miroirs enligner pour cr嶪r une ligne. les couleurs et la nettet� de l'image sont parfaite.
Luc

cam (9043) 2005-10-07 19:10

Bonsoir Paul
J'aime cette r廧彋ition � l'infinie et aussi le choix de votre titre.
Bien compos�
J'esp鋨e que le pot de vin n'a pas 彋� trop exorbitant.
Charles

premels (2400) 2005-10-09 12:13

Bonjour Paul, Superbe image ! que dire de plus ? Le jaune est formidable on en mangerait. La perspective interminable est myst廨ieuse (je n'ai pas reconnu les bus au premier abord), ... bravo

steeve (1497) 2005-10-10 21:43

It's so far one of the best of your fotos. It's hard to critic this kind of shot. I like the patern. The reflections of the mirrors give a little more informations and the words "ECOLIERS" tells about the origine. Well done indeed.

sq10095 (107) 2005-10-11 18:49

Salut Paul, f幨icitations encore une fois. original et tr鋊 r徼ssi. Vraiment sp嶰ial tous ces reflets dans les miroirs.

Martin

thirdangle (34) 2005-10-14 13:10

nice shot with a depth of Mirror

Regards
Pushpank

danielswalsh (13597) 2005-10-16 5:52

I love it!

What an awesome shot Paul... VERY well spotted. I can't believe how perfectly parallel the buses are parked. A great DOF really adds to the photo, and the reflections in the mirrors are the icing on the cake (I think).

Keep up the great work Paul!
- Dan

aralda (1240) 2005-10-28 6:56

Nice!! The color and texture quality is unbelievable, and the grey and yellow-orange scales such a successful choice. What a great idea to take this POV! I think the mirrors also add a humorous touch!
Great job!
Raluca

femkevdh (2633) 2005-10-28 11:25

Paul, by far the most original capture of the famous schoolbus I've ever seen! Excellent!!!
humble regards, Femke

marknunnerley (2780) 2006-10-30 12:30

Hi Paul,
this is great. Very funny title by the way and really well seen. POV and DOF are superb.
Mark.

Isab (865) 2006-11-13 6:48

Bonjour Paul
J'adore cette photo.
C'est original et bien cadr�.
Bravo
Isabelle