a touch of color
modern vs. ancient
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 6 April 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.
I didn't know this, but the tree shown in this photo is the oldest one on Dunhua Road for a large stretch. It's a major arterial road through Taipei, so a lot of trees had been cut down in favor of expanding to fit more buildings and shops. This one miraculously escaped all of that.
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Photo taken in Taipei, Taiwan on December 18, 2007.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
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Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Great composition. A beautiful tree set beside the repetitive pattern of those colorful scooters.
6 Apr 2008 6:23am
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Love the fabulously organic tree fronting all those repetitive metallic motor cycles! Well spotted.
6 Apr 2008 10:46am
timothy sullivan from tokyo, Japan
impressive shot-- really like the lighting you had on the "veins" of the tree
6 Apr 2008 12:43pm
Man with 101 names from Hamburg, United States
Great detail in this shot , the tree is really creepy with what reminds me of viens ... glad it survived tho'
6 Apr 2008 2:29pm
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
It should be protected until it dies a natural death. It is a beautiful shot of a beautiful tree.
6 Apr 2008 3:21pm
Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States
great comparison between old and new.
nice capture e
6 Apr 2008 3:52pm
DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom
Apologies for the previous comment, got way too many blogs open at once trying to catch up! :)
6 Apr 2008 7:30pm
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
wow,nice contrast!But sadly,i think this tree wont survive long,mankind is too cruel,developing their own interests too fast too soon to let the tree stay there for good..maybe i am pessimistic!:p
7 Apr 2008 2:06am
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
Neat composition! I would ride one of those to the beach on a sunny day.
7 Apr 2008 3:35am
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
Catching picture! Surprising contrast between bling-bling and slow-but steady, very well done, also the desaturation of the tree!
7 Apr 2008 7:33am
Mandy Provan from Johannesburg, South Africa
Lovely - I love the contrast......It's sucha beautiful tree. I can just imagine all it has seen over the years!
7 Apr 2008 7:59am
Porcsin from Debrecen, Hungary
The ancient and the modern in one image! I like this contrast!
8 Apr 2008 8:09pm
Ras from Plano, United States
Looks like a couple of trees in time became one. good documentation of history. good hot.
9 Apr 2008 2:21am
Nikon D40X
1/500 second
F/5.6
ISO 1600
262 mm (35mm equiv.)