The Electroblog
Joyriding
Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 28 December 2006 in Transportation and Portfolio.
This... isn't my Vespa.
[Bloor near Yonge, Toronto]
Shadow Mountains from Kyoto, Japan
Wow! I (expletive) love this...! Too much to say. Ghostly figure...nice. Lights, reflections...super! Great angle! This is a winner for me! Good title...
28 Dec 2006 6:11am
@Shadow Mountains: Thanks so much Shadow! Your photo of medaman today left me sputtering and speechless with disbelief.
@Darren: Short but fun. Thanks, Daz!
Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States
Stunning clearity! Great night shot!
28 Dec 2006 12:16pm
@Craiger: Thanks, Craiger. It was a beautiful night.
Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan
oooh you swine! bringing tears to my eyes here (cue violin)...ah the memories of mispent youth...lambretta 1959 classic, Brighton Beach revival nights at the Cockpit Leeds, saving up enough money for that two-tone two pack paint job, accidentally 'wheelying' it a green light and undoing all that time and expenditure...I could go on. I'm off to don my parker again and watch Quadrophenia...;)
28 Dec 2006 2:08pm
@Duncan Galbraith: No no no, I'm no swine, or at least not worthy of moddish jealousy. You see, when I said it wasn't my Vespa, I really meant it, and disappointingly, my joyriding consisted of coming upon this nice scooter parked on the sidewak and thinking the seat would make a nice place to rest the old camera for a long exposure shot with a bit of the handlebars in the frame for grins. I was carrying a coffee at the time which I put down among some bushes while I attended to the picturetaking at hand. I expected some horrified Vespa-owner to come shrieking up to me at any moment, but sadly that didn't happen.
Yeah, I know, quite a let-down. A boy can dream, though, can't he?
@Angry Buddha: Thanks, Sean!
@Craig Persel: Yeah, as I wrote to Duncan, I was trying to grab a bit of reflected glory. Thanks, Craig!
@Myst: Many thanks, Myst!
Martine Lapointe from Québec, Canada
Funny way to take pictures everywhere! It's more practical than a car!
29 Dec 2006 1:47am
@Martine Lapointe: It would be, yes. But as I said, it's not mine. More practical than a car for me, and better for creative photography are my own two feet. Merci, Martine!
@Kheoh Yee Wei: Thank you, Kheoh!
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
It really looks similar, Damon. But you have cool lights in that photo! I'd like to have a vespa living in Italy somewhere near the ocean. :D
11 Apr 2007 4:08pm
Canon PowerShot G3
3/5 seconds
F/8.0
ISO 200
8 mm