Friday 17 December 2010

Bicycles

I was in Shanghai for a couple of weeks in October. Some say it's a slightly sanitised version of China, what with all the foreigners. Maybe. Or it's a place doing foreign things the Chinese way. Possibly. I think it's the latter. Anyway. I love it.

I also like taking photos of bicycles. There isn't much that one would say was particularly interesting about them. But something about a bike propped up against a wall is kind of interesting. I was going to put up some pictures that I just thought came out well, but I had a few just of bikes, and I thought well, there were enough for a post on their own.

These are quite a common sight. It's actually an electric bike, but never mind.

I was looking for something completely different. I ended up walking through what seemed like some old school abandoned houses and there was this bike. It's a little too dark, but I didn't have a flash. I like it a fair bit though.

I was actually focusing on the bike in the background and got too much of the foreground. Results may vary.

I should crop this. Just have the bike against the wall. But there is the bike a little further down the street and it's a nice compliment.

Trike in a market. You can't really tell, but it's old. Really old.