tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1739101691621668323.post6489901244060890017..comments2024-01-20T00:37:19.914-08:00Comments on Busworld Photography: A dusty patch called Mertolachristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558136434796233937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1739101691621668323.post-74248551282083018092008-07-20T04:33:00.000-07:002008-07-20T04:33:00.000-07:00This is a very very interesting photo. This Volvo ...This is a very very interesting photo. This Volvo was new in EMPRESA RODOVIARIA DO SOTAVENTO ALGARVIO" from Olhão. It was number 38. This Company was founded in 1940.<BR/><BR/>Best Regards<BR/>José Luis COVITAAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102781396338103054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1739101691621668323.post-4190725818260446752008-02-11T11:29:00.000-08:002008-02-11T11:29:00.000-08:00Any opinion is just that .. an opinion. One man's ...Any opinion is just that .. an opinion. One man's ugly duckling is another man's swan. Somtimes, the things we like most are just the ones we have got most used to and sometimes there may be real underlying reasons making them appealing or ugly. I'm glad I'm not an architect or designer because frankly you can never please anybody and sometimes criticism can hurt.<BR/><BR/>But no matter whether this is a "just right" or "could do better" design, it was there. And photography is just as much about recording what there is there as it is about passing judgement - and quite often there is a mix of both. <BR/><BR/>I very much enjoy reading your opinions and annotations, which add extra context and background to your pictures.<BR/><BR/>What I like about your style of photography is that you photograph buses in contect. Many boring photographers just go for vehicles and end up with hundreds of pictures in front of more or less the same background without actually establishing any connection to that background. Pictures only come to life when the vehicle is in context and is seen to interact with its surroundings. And after all, the purpose of buses is to provide a public service of some sort, is it not. I wonder why so many photographers ignore that fact and view any purpose such a bus service may fulfill as an undesirable element that gets in the way of a good photograph.Andy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942445460732496214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1739101691621668323.post-42186409916779373882008-02-11T09:43:00.000-08:002008-02-11T09:43:00.000-08:00Firstly thanks to Cirdan for showing your apprecia...Firstly thanks to Cirdan for showing your appreciation and your comments. I have a lot more more Reading pictures and yes maybe VR's including Jumbo NC examples but sadly no Regents or RM's.<BR/><BR/>Durate, I appreciate that these were very much horses for courses and no doubt very good solid vehicles, and I realise too that when I try to do colourful and witty captions no doubt someone is going to get offended. I'm sure I'll get a lot more 'boos' when I start writing about more obvious sacred cows but if I really hated it so much would I have taken that picture. Still it gets more of you putting pen to paper which is a good way to help me choose what's coming up in the near future....Don't worry I wasted a lot of film in Portugal.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16558136434796233937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1739101691621668323.post-31537179337032533002008-02-11T08:40:00.000-08:002008-02-11T08:40:00.000-08:00Hi Christopher,This bus looks absolutely not ugly ...Hi Christopher,<BR/><BR/>This bus looks absolutely not ugly to me. It is in the remote and usually very hot regions of Algarve and Baixo Alentejo, where buses were not easily replaced by up-to-date material. While most bus spotters concentrate on still undiscovered spiffy new buses, you really hit the spot by taking a picture of a bus that was highly important to a poorer and hard working community from the countryside of Portugal. Keep those orange beauties coming!Artdesirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13276913510312439074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1739101691621668323.post-68626803973152670202008-02-11T08:06:00.000-08:002008-02-11T08:06:00.000-08:00Hi Christopher,I'd like to thank you for putting u...Hi Christopher,<BR/><BR/>I'd like to thank you for putting up this blog and sharing your pictures and comments with us.<BR/><BR/>Seeing you're invisting requests, do you have any more Reading pictures? I'm especially interested in seeing the VR's and Regents, but also more recently Reading Maniline Routemasters if you have any.Andy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942445460732496214noreply@blogger.com