Flying Colours Photo

Photographer’s Note

It was raining almost all the time in London, during my last visit, so I had to find out different subjects to shoot, where the blank sky wouldn’t be visible (you can still see it reflecting in the wheel caps). The area around Buckingham Palace provided me such an opportunity when I saw multiple colours in the trees of St James’s Park.

It is the oldest Royal Park in London and is surrounded by three palaces. The most ancient is Westminster, which has now become the Houses of Parliament, St James's Palace and of course, the best known, Buckingham Palace.

Often used for ceremonial and state occasions, the Park is a fantastic setting for pomp and splendour.

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siolaw (25800) 2007-01-12 19:29

Bonsoir André
Un bon 'pannning' de ce cab londonien sur ce joli fond d arbres colorés... bon cadrage et POV
Laurent

bieszczad (137) 2007-01-12 20:08

At which speed was this taxi going? :-) Great use of photoshop.
Regards
Tomak

maloutim (3999) 2007-01-12 21:00

Idée très originale et très bon rendu de flou des arbres automnaux de St James's park.
Et le taxi est si Londonien!
Au plaisir.
Marie Louise.

berseph (1758) 2007-01-12 21:37

This is really a great shot Andre. The blending of the red to orange to green is really spectacular. And the car is still so sharp and in focus. Great job at panning.

gazo (116) 2007-01-12 22:51

Really well done!

jjcordier (25036) 2007-01-13 1:04

Joli filé avec un très bel arrière plan coloré;
Amicalement
JJ

P-S-I-G (24482) 2007-01-13 2:11

Salut André,
Très bon filé, très réussi.
Le taxi se détache bien devant ce décor flou.
Amicalement,
Fabrice

aadilj (17950) 2007-01-13 3:57

Hi Andre, the last time I heard your name was when someone pointed to me the similarity between your 'sand man' shot and an image posted by me. But today, this capture of the Cooper forced me to write to you. You've caught the action and the feeling of motion very nicely friend with some good lights and colours. Overall you have a great pov and created a good composition. regards...aadil

JohnTurton (767) 2007-01-13 5:02

Great panning job. It's not quite super-sharp but certainly worthy of posting. The background blur forms an interesting pattern.

Thanks for sharing
John

Wanda1 (11015) 2007-01-13 7:30

Hi Andre,
The movement here that you have captured is great. The blurred colour of the trees gives a wonderful effect. This shot for me looks like something out of Tin-Tin.
Regards
Wanda

PixelTerror (86528) 2007-01-13 10:45

Salut Cousin,
Tiens voila une facon originale pour toi de photographier un taxi !
Le panning ca la fait aussi, la vitesse me semble bonne pour obtenir l'effet et l'arriere plan est res reussi, je trouve juste que ca manque un peu de pique sur le taxi, t'as essaye en fermant plus ? sans toucher a la vitesse, tu peux monter en ISO pour fermer plus, t'es encore a 100 t'as de la marge avec le 5D.
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves

luisafonso (858) 2007-01-13 15:38

My friend, I have a shot in my mind I want to do and it's very similar to this one of you, but with a whole entire yellow Lisbon bus. Yours is so good. I never tried a panning shot but I sense it's not an easy task to accomplish. That background is really something! Great shot!

vascao (192) 2007-01-13 17:23

Hi, Andre.
A fantastic panning shot, the execution was masterful. The colors and the sharpness are perfect.
Regards.
Sergio

barrufeto_77 (25897) 2007-01-14 13:28

Hi Andre.

A nice panning with lovely colours. Anyway, maybe a B&W version to empathize a little more the "old times"?

Rgs, Oscar

Manamo (3474) 2007-02-26 21:49

Salut André,
je la trouve hallucinante celle-là! Sans blague! Pour moi c'est les couleurs dans le top de la photo avec le panning, c'est trop bon! J'aime les lignes dans le bas, les reflets de lumière sur la carrosserie noire, l'allure du chauffeur, le signe de taxi, les roues, les poignées rapprochées montrant que les portes s'ouvrent dans le sens contraire. C'est tou bon, c'est du bonbon.
À 1/8 sec, tu cadres du mieux que tu peux et tu cliques? ou tu dois essayer de suivre la voiture pendant un cours laps de temps pour avoir l'effet de panning autour? Je connais mal cette technique.
Au revoir!
Marc

keribar (42760) 2007-03-13 1:17

Hello André,

I see that you have become an expert in the art of panning, and 1/8 speed has just proven excellent for the passing taxi.
Simple and effective. Very sharp lines too.
Have you returned from the Far East ?
Best - Izzet

benkrut (3395) 2007-03-14 19:10

Hi
The picture is so English...
One of the best shots like this I have ever seen. I felt this car wanted to drive out from monitor. The colours captured in background are incredible. Take care
Henryk