Lisbon by yellow tram, a photo from Lisboa, South

Photographer's Note

Lisbon is built on 7 hills. Unless you are an Olympic champion, don’t even think in walking up and down, take a tram, or electricos.
Lisbon is very famous for its yellow old streetcars, it is kind of an unofficial tourist trams. You should try to ride one at least once especially around the Alfama. The most well known route is the 28. These trams date from around 1903, when they replaced horse-drawn carriages.
The cars inside are made out of wood and you still find trams, that just have simple light bulbs for the inside illumination! Just be sure to get a seat or to hold on to something - it is real bumpy!!!

blakitan, Ulishna, oochappan, Propofol, delkoo, sayan, vincent24, Elaine_Blath, alive, Bluejeans, rmatthews, abulafia, i9l2y1m8a8t3 heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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blakitan (1311) 2006-07-15 4:22

Hi Alana,
Nice PP works on contrasting yellow paint on tram and B&W surrounding. Very nicely composed. Great final result.

Ben Lakitan

Ulishna (2268) 2006-07-15 4:30

Hi Alana,
nice, very nice and technical work! I like it very much.

rushfan2112 (2965) 2006-07-15 4:38

Alana, I love the shot and feel the post-processing has probably made a big difference to it. I wish I knew how to do such things!! Best wishes, Paul.

oochappan (4880) 2006-07-15 4:52

Hi Alana
This selecting out colors is done very well as it fits this incongruous B&W surroundings, you found a very pleasing way to get this effect in the B&W conversion, wondering how you mannage to get that. Take care for the halo's on the tram lines.
Henk

pasternak (15185) 2006-07-15 4:59

Privet Alana,

I like this picture, selective desaturation works very well here, as the yellow colour of the tram matches the B&W surroundings very well. Nice artistic touch, you really take time and effort to make your pictures look attractive, I like that.

Cheers
Sasha

xavshot (69835) 2006-07-15 5:35

Bonjour Alana
très belle photo mise en valuer par un superbe PP. La désaturaton partielle fonctionne ici très bien. Belle profondeur et beau cadrage. Bravo
Xavier

recepyuksel (18640) 2006-07-15 6:38

Great composition
Great postprocessing
Bravo
Regards

Propofol (1790) 2006-07-15 7:01

Thanks for the useful note!
Here in Melbourne we have very similar trams, but in green.
Clever desaturation of everything except your subject! Well done!

delkoo (68) 2006-07-15 7:33

hi alana
this is a very nice composition again and perfect post treatment.
with regards

didier

maki (0) 2006-07-15 8:45

Hi Alana,
I'm now in that magic city, so I can see it beauty... I like this composition for it's unique atmosphere, maybe it is a little bit classical as on the paintings selling on the streets, but it works for me now. So TFS and best regards,
maki

s10001in (0) 2006-07-15 9:59

Alana,
Beautiful shot.
B/W ..with contrast yellow.
It is just pulling out tram.
Waht a beauty.

Well done. TFS,
Shailendra

sayan (2617) 2006-07-15 10:24

Hello Alana,
Wonderful effect in mixing b/w with colour. Very well done. I love your POV here. Really beautiful capture.
Best regards,
Sayan

vincent24 (9060) 2006-07-15 10:36

Hello Alana,
Good composition well balanced,as usual the dynamic range is amazing!what's your secret?HDR?..hard to do with moving subject,i realy want to know more..
have a nice week end,
vincent

Elaine_Blath (8471) 2006-07-15 15:52

Hi Alana,

A+ from me, excellent!

take care, Ivana

rosaline (0) 2006-07-16 4:36

Hi Alana
I love your sepia and black and white work. This is great and the emphasis on the colourful tram really works well here. Excellent sharpness and detail with great exposure and balance. Nice POV and good composition.
Cheers
Aubrey

drago (4832) 2006-07-16 9:17

Alana hi,
fantastic composition,a piece of art came out through the procession you've made.The orange Tram is simply perfect in contrast to the B&W background.TFS!
Regards
Panagiotis

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2006-07-16 9:41

Hi Alana,
This is beautiful, very beautiful indeed. Partial desaturation looks splendid. The orange tone looks superb against the B&W tone.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

MichaelTrezzi (3374) 2006-07-16 10:30

Hi Alana, what a great shot. This must have been early in the morning - just a few people. Great composition, like the combination of the BW and the color tram. Thanks for sharing. Chheers, Michael

alive (1362) 2006-07-17 10:07

simplesmente... espectacular!!!
este processamento de foto é brilhante e eu adorava poder fazer coisas bonitas como esta..

parabéns..

claudeblasen (131) 2006-07-18 4:33

Very nice post processing. Looks like a drawing... Nice comment
Claude

gata (0) 2006-07-18 6:11

Creo firmemente que la esencia de la fotografía está en las composiciones monocromáticas, esta tuya es emocionante, sólo una gran foto en blanco y negro es capaz de conmover, gracias por dejar esta gran imagen a nuestro alcance.

MIG13 (0) 2006-07-18 10:36

Wow, Alana! What a nice pic! Composition is great and the B&W and orange resolution is a must! Thanks for sharing! Greetings from Rio! Miguel!

Bluejeans (64251) 2006-07-21 7:29

Ola Alana uma bela foto da cidade de Lisboa e dos seus electricos amarelos eles ja fazem parte da alma de Lisboa, parabens pela tua foto.

balatrek (7455) 2006-07-23 17:55

Hola Alana,

Interesante imagen, has realizado un trabajo perfecto, fantástica composición y bello cambio de color, felicidades por tu gran idea.

Saludos

José

rmatthews (945) 2006-07-24 21:15

I'm generally not a fan of 'colored' B&W prints...but this is so well done that it's hard not to like it. It has such an 'Art Deco' feel to it that makes it so compelling. I just want to close my eyes and dream about the contents of the picture. Very well done.

Budapestman (82620) 2006-07-27 15:08

Hi Alana!
Since I returned for my holiday you uploaded many good photo, Im glad to see them! Super!
Nice days
George

abulafia (4900) 2006-07-31 11:30

Hi Alana
I love this shot, beautiful sky, and a great conversion to B+W.
I like the way you kept the colours on the tram.
very nice work
Regards
Harry

explomars (4302) 2006-08-08 13:19

Superbe cliché typique de Lisbonne que je m'apprete à découvrir en septembre.Tes photos de cette ville m'ont convaincu de sa beauté.Bravo aussi pour ta tres belle gallerie.Merci.Phil

soran (220) 2006-08-20 16:19

I like this composition, for all your photos you add an artistic touch.
best regards,
Soran

pally3100 (3413) 2007-10-27 2:07

salut alana
je viens de regarder ton album trés bien fourni en images de qualités celle ci arrete mon regard
pour son originalité et sa composition bien agencée.A bientot Henri Belgique francophone Liège

i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4814) 2007-11-27 17:49

Wonderful! great shot, it really works well with B and W, i love the editingyou've made, it's just simply amazing! nice fne lines and great POV! The cloud formations look so fantastic! well framed! TFS! all the best!

ricardonuno (107) 2009-06-08 7:18

Beautiful picture, with a traditional element and one of the biggests squares in Europe. Lucky to get a tram with no advertisement!

gmg (4202) 2009-07-18 15:47

Nice shot with good PP. Crispy B&W and nice colored part even in it's not the true tram's colour!
TFS
gmg