The Truck Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

In Haiti the truck is the general means of transportation in the country side. Goats, chicken, sacks of charcoal, rice and people.

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ninaL (19550) 2006-10-04 15:23

Very interesting photo, excellent POV, I like it very much.

rhizomes (15325) 2006-10-04 15:36

Hi Helmut,
I like this picture with these nice colors ! It looks like an old painting with all these people in a pyramid...
Christophe

hickthom (328) 2006-10-04 15:43

nice you got this one out of your old slides stack... A bit too smudgy in some places (Maybe too much contrast in post processing?. I re3ally like it anyways

Davids (1034) 2006-10-05 5:54

Helmut,
the colours make it feel like a photo from a magazine, and need some serious post processing. The composition and the theme are fantastic though!

Gerrit (35965) 2006-10-05 17:32

Hi Helmut.
I had the same asociation as Christophe. It looks like a Delacroix painting of the revolution with all the people and a flag.
Another great one.
Regards, Gerrit

rigoletto (26468) 2007-06-28 3:41

Hi Helmut,
Gerrit has recalled Delacroix's work, however, i would suggest Hieronymus Bosch's Hay-Wain. Very interesting work with nice colors and different subject. I loved the umbrella the most, but you take the green "thing" at the left bottom.
Cheers,
Deniz

ntfeldman (0) 2009-06-21 8:45

Maybe it's the hat, or the stormy sky, but the first thought that I had when I saw this photo evoked thoughts of Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa" hanging in the Louvre (which is one of my favorite paintings). I don't know why - less than ideal travel as a subject perhaps? desperation? the silhouette? color collections? It just jumped into my mind first off. Although the images of the figures for the most part face the viewer in this shot, which they do not in ROTM. It's just a personal opinion anyway. I do not have technical expertise so the processing matters others have contributed don't affect my intake but I do hope the left side of the image is only cropped to fit here and otherwise extends just beyond the edge of the total image which would balance it nicely. I find the contrast in the very dark underside of the truck makes the light on the straw very prominent as to give the overall image a beautiful three dimensional quality. Very enjoyable. TFS