Coming & Going, a photo from Clementi, Ouest

Photographer's Note

I have to start this note off by saying thanks to John Yek for his posting "City Colors, Inside Pepsi" which gave me the inspiration for this shot of the same place, the underground passage leading across Orchard Road to the MRT (subway). This place is constantly FULL of advertising, as you can see in John's image as well, it changes almost monthly. Always very vibrant, and normally very neon blue.
With this shot, many may think that I've gone overboard on saturation- when in all honesty I haven't touched it. It really does have to be seen to be believed. I set my camera atop the railing at the bottom of the escalator for this shot.

The first shot in a group
Theme: Coming & Going. Please feel free to add to the theme if you have any photos!

I hope you like it...
- Dan

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ChrisJ (171252) 2005-03-20 4:13

Hi Dan

Superb time exposure with excellent & effective blur. I like the futuristic look of the train stn & the warm cold opposition between the blue & magenta. It looks similar to the Hong Kong MRT. Good shot!

vasilis (576) 2005-03-20 4:29

hello Dan
Very good idea beautiful work

jhm (211734) 2005-03-20 5:50

Hi Dan,
A unusual picture but very beautiful, the blue colour tones are wonderful, also the blur because of speed, I like of this experiment.
Thanks for sharing.
Greetings,
John.

naxius (16685) 2005-03-20 5:57

Excellent Dan!
I like the mix of colors her du to the low shutter speed!
Bravo
Alexandre

AmiBe (6042) 2005-03-20 5:59

Unusual picture !
Very well done, the result is amazing !
Excellent long exposure effect, nice flashy colors.

dolin (7369) 2005-03-20 6:40

Hi.
EXCELLENT !!!!!
This composition is really perfect. A good idea and nice realisation.
The colors and the mouvement are beautifull.
Excellent exposure.
THANK'S !
Fred

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-03-20 11:04

great work with the shutter speed, I like the amount of people here, it makes it seem so busy, or like in a rush hour, the picture of a lady, fits perfectly of the moving person, well done

Ebbe (9625) 2005-03-20 12:25

A very special picture!! A long perspective and the blue tone is very special. The blurred people are ghost like and the best thing in my taste is the mysterious way the body on the left mergers with the head in the frame. Weird!!

ydarias (679) 2005-03-20 13:37

Hi Dan, great photo, very interesting point of view and great idea. I like the colors and the effect of the people. Congratulations

eleparc (24063) 2005-03-20 13:41

Dan, I am totally puzzled by the result! It is incredibly nice and impacting! i love the idea and the use of speed to blur and make those passers-by disappear from the print! they look like ghosts... in short, so to speak, a very metaphorical shot ! well done! i am impressed by the quality of the result. you are smart DAn!

Eric

ndb1958 (9289) 2005-03-20 14:47

Very unusual to express speed. Very cool. A great shot.

Paker (2650) 2005-03-20 16:25

futuristic and surreal... very interesting.
Not my cup of tea, but I certainly appreciate it.
Very very impressive.
Xtof

maphoto (8082) 2005-03-20 23:04

This is excellent Dan, great work and very original, many beautiful aspect in this picture, technicaly perfect, good symetry. thanks for sharing this great result.

yekjohn (1890) 2005-03-21 4:03

Hi Dan, absolutely fantastic and really out of this world. I am still trying to figure out how you did this?? Very well done nevertheless. Faboulous in fact! I think its much better than what I did. Congrats. Cheers, John.

greg64g (11193) 2005-03-22 4:00

Hello Dan,

Well i must say that you are very creative and i like that !

That's very impressive as to find that's an escalotor !!!...well done
cheers
Greg

Jazator (900) 2005-03-22 7:45

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kaychambers (1198) 2005-03-22 20:05

Hi Daniel

You cleverly merge the body of the person on the LHS with the poster showing a head on the wall.

Good job, and nice effect.

Well done,

Vic, Singapore. 23rd March 2005

PJE (20758) 2005-03-23 23:37

When I first saw this by searching pics done with the Rebel 300D i thought ...What the heck is that???. I had to open it to check this out. I always like perspecive shots. This is a little extreme but that is compensated by such dynamic interest and colors. Then you start to see people inside it too. I really like this. Bu tis seems way too much money to get from here to there. Nice experience though..

MakeItSnappy (0) 2005-03-29 0:24 [Comment]

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keribar (43841) 2005-03-29 0:59

Very clever shooting Daniel, I gives me the tips for trying next time I am on escalators.

Many thanks - Izzet keribar

maurazos (0) 2005-04-04 23:22

Excellent experiment! I'm going to try to do the same! Thanks for showing us!

RandomCameraGuy (3071) 2005-04-27 4:56

Yo Dan, I hadn't seen a pic from ya in awhile so I thought I'd check out some older stuff.

To tell you the truth this one didn't seem interesting in the thumbnail, but I couldn't figure out what it was so I opened it--and wow guy, it's a fantastic shot. Great idea in itself, but the fact that you got that blurred girl on the left to be almost visible but her head, and then have that poster of a model's head in it's place!! very cool man.

I know that the colour is pretty powerful here, but I'd really be interested in what this would look like as a very high contrast BW.

Cheers man!

af

kensimage (8563) 2005-05-08 1:48

Fantastic! Great idea, Dan, outstanding composition, light, everything! This goes to my favorites.

PogoStick (510) 2005-05-11 13:31

love the colors and teh composition. keep u phte good work

masdog (95) 2005-07-08 21:28

Hi Dan. After seeing your skateboard shot, I decided to look through your older shots. This one caught my eye right away. I've always wanted to take a shot like this, but there are no places that have the right mixture of color and traffic.

rbcy1974 (20758) 2005-09-02 8:08

Hi Daniel,
Wow this is a very original photo very proffesinally done. I love the deep blue colour. Its great how the moving bodies of the passerbyes melt with the faces on the ad folders.
A true masterpiece.
Goes to my favorites
Regards
Daniel

hayu (646) 2005-09-19 9:27

Only see it now. Superb work. What an eye for composition!!!!! Regards, Huub

hookery (621) 2005-09-19 9:53

Estupenda foto y gran imaginación para tomarla!!! Gracias por estos aportes tan importantes, realmente estoy aprendiendo mucho en esta pagina y ha cambiado mucho mi concepto de fotografía.

Gracias

Yuri

sarju (5324) 2005-10-05 10:44

Hi Dan
This is a truly a spectacular photo .. you have achieved a good symmetry in this photo ... I think I am also going to try this technique sometime
thanks for sharing man .... cheers .... sarju
PS: but I wonder if it is a good to try this technique in Toronto ... I am not sure about the west coast but the subways in this part of canada are pretty much very plane ... without any colours and drama .. looking at beautiful subway around the world I think they should do something about it in Canada ...

anew (582) 2006-02-26 18:15

This is a very nice way of showing the fast pace of the MRTs. I miss travelling in the Singapore MRTs. Thanks for sharing.

TomekWalkiewicz (233) 2006-02-27 3:53

fantastic!
I love this kind of photos!
great work

kajspice (4542) 2006-06-21 14:09

[email protected]*?!!! This is a damn good picture! The light and ambience is blinding! If ever I saw a good escalator photo, this is it! I missed this when looking at your previous escalator photographs, but I was actually inspired to do my escalator photos after seeing yours ;)

j'adore! merci...!

Aidin-Baftechi (73) 2006-10-20 7:34

wow dude , this artwork is great , really , but i'd a question plz , did you use any special light when you expose the photo ?

Liekje (574) 2006-11-06 8:44

I like your photo better then the photo that inspired you to take this shot. As a lucky detail I like the girls-body on the left with the head from the advertisement.