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Time like a train
Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 22 January 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.
Another year speeds by, and I'm that much older. Oh, but at least I have some pictures to show for it. Last year I made viewers guess my age; this year I think it should be easier.
I should mention that this is not a multiple exposure or a composited image. It's just that time and trains are merciless in their speed.
[Christie Subway Station, Toronto]
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
Sounds like your birthday is exactly one day before mine. Happy birthday, Damon and all the best. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Cool found for your special day.
22 Jan 2008 8:49am
@Lucca: Many thanks, Beate! Must be some sort of zodiacal connection there.
denis from granville, France
très belle abstraction. La vitesse est presque palpable...
22 Jan 2008 9:05am
@denis: Merci beaucoup, Denis!
maivju:z from kyoto, Japan
Hey man...yeah I remember the birthday picture from last year...have a good day...
22 Jan 2008 9:22am
@maivju:z: Thanks, sHadow!
@shahab: Thank you, Shahab!
Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium
happy birthday - isn't 42 the answer to the ultimate question ?
22 Jan 2008 10:26am
@Jason Kravitz: Thanks, Jason! I really should make a point of reading that book this year.
Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand
I think I'll go with Jason's nod to Douglas Adams.
Happy Birthday Damon. Time does indeed fly, fly, fly.
22 Jan 2008 10:34am
@Aaron Schmidt: Thanks, Aaron! I don't think you can possibly feel old with a baby to care for. Enjoy!
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Excellent!!! Great speed photo! 42 really, pff young puppy! I'll be 49!
Happy Birthday, may it be filled with things you actually want to do :)
22 Jan 2008 10:49am
@Lorraine: Thanks, Lorraine! Glad to have you around again!
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
and I looked at the About photo to remind me of what you looked like and UNLESS you've taken it 10 to 15 years ago, I don't believe you, if you're forty two, I'm 68
22 Jan 2008 10:50am
@Lorraine: That photo doesn't show all my grey hairs, but I'll play along... if you're 68, I'm 137.
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
This is a remarkable image. The lines and colors and just fabulous! I really like this.
22 Jan 2008 11:30am
@GJC: Thank you for the kind words, GJC!
@Craiger: Thanks and thanks, Craiger!
@Shuva Brata Deb: Thank you, Shuva!!
Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States
all the best to you this year. enjoy your birthday.
22 Jan 2008 1:51pm
@Nick Passantino: Many thanks, Nick!
JS from Brookline, United States
January 22, 1966 ... a snowy day in Toronto ... I remember it well ...
This is a fine and evocative picture.
22 Jan 2008 2:21pm
@JS: And it snowed today as well, though lightly. For some reason I don't remember that day as well as you do...
Thanks, Jan!
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Happy Birthday and cool image. I turn 42 also this year (in a couple of months) - time does fly......
Congrats also on being 2 posts away from 500 on Am3!!
22 Jan 2008 7:54pm
@Chris: Hey thanks, Chris! So I guess that makes me 498 in Am3 years...
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Love speeding train images... Excellent!! Hey, you're not that much younger than me ... only 3 years younger!! How old am I?? hee hee hee
22 Jan 2008 9:18pm
@amy: Thanks, Amy! I always appreciate your kind comments.
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Crap... Happy Birthday Damon!!! In my only 3 years older but apparently more dottering I forgot to say that in my other comment... cheesh.. ;-)
22 Jan 2008 9:20pm
@amy: And thanks again! You dotter so charmingly.
Suby and Sinem from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Happy Bday and lovely pattern and capture here
22 Jan 2008 10:15pm
@Suby and Sinem: Many thanks S and S!!
Rene from Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada
Happy Birthday old Man .... Im only 40 .... so I can say that ....
23 Jan 2008 12:38am
@Rene: Thanks, youngster!
Stu from Kyoto, Japan
Happy Birthday mate! Can't believe it's been a year since you were a "Frozen Clown!" ;-)
23 Jan 2008 5:19am
Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom
Happy birthay Damon!
Here's my own Aminus3 version of '42' from months and months ago :
42 - Geometry and the Meaning of Life
23 Jan 2008 10:32pm
Morris J. Chisholm from Thunder Bay, Canada
Beautiful abstract ! Excellent work.
23 Jan 2008 11:51pm
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