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18-MAR-2008

The bus, Delhi, India, 2008

It is appropriate that I begin this gallery on bus-bound photography with a shot of a bus. In this case, I was shooting from a side window, and we were stopped in heavy traffic.
Because my bus was not in motion, I had time to focus on the advertisement in the background and shoot numerous subjects as they passed in front of it. In this case, a school bus and a solitary bicycle rider arrived simultaneously. Using burst shooting, a 188mm telephoto focal length, and a fast 1/250th of a second shutter speed, I was able to squeeze the rider in time and space, caught incongruously between a school bus and the advertisement.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/250s f/4.0 at 39.6mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis25-Apr-2008 19:15
Again, what seems chaotic to us in the West, might be life as usual to an Indian. I did feel the population pressure in India. It reminds me a lot of life in New York City, a culture that also seems to exist in chaos, yet is perfectly
understandable to the savvy New Yorker.
JSWaters25-Apr-2008 05:16
I'm impressed by the faces of India...everywhere. From the banners to the side and to the back, from the cyclist and then to the faces in the school bus - it's a culture accustomed to existing in chaos, trying to lead their individual lives to the best they can.
Jenene
Phil Douglis22-Apr-2008 01:03
Cramped is a good word to describe India's urban infrastructure, Vera. Think of a billion people moving from bikes to cars. Add sacred cows, camels, and gawking tourists such as myself. You can see why it is a tight squeeze here.
Guest 22-Apr-2008 00:53
This photo lets me imagine how cramped the roads are. He rides his bicycle without fear on what appears to be a narrow street shared by the bus. Not my cup of tea. I'll take biking down a quiet country road any day.
Phil Douglis21-Apr-2008 19:00
The composition was previsualized, Mo. I had time to wait for things to come into my frame, since our side of the road was gridlocked and the other side of the road was not.
monique jansen21-Apr-2008 10:06
Nice composition and the colors work very well together too
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