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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax
Location: Japan, at school
Date: Jul 9, 2007
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Abstract, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Jul 9, 2007

Viewed: 336
Comments: 16
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 Day 9, Red Day.
I didn't get the shot I'd been planning for a week because there weren't many of the kids around (some classes were at swimming), so I just took an easy route and shot some of the unicycles.

In answer to some of the comments: All the elementary schools I've been to in Japan have some unicycles. It seems the kids tech themselves to ride if they're interested, during playtime. It's mostly girls who ride them. And it's only in the last year or so that I've noticed private unicycles (and, no, they don't ride them to school ;-Þ)

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 07/18/2007 06:30:55 PM
thats cool i like the shot its very interesting i like the repitision
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 07/17/2007 08:01:31 PM
I'm amazed anyone can actually learn to ride those things. I can't even ride a bicycle.
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 07/11/2007 12:12:25 PM
Trying to catch up on my commenting. A whole row of "Pickle" brand unicycles? Definitely unique.

I'm truly enjoying these glimpses into your life and environment. Keep up the good work!
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 07/10/2007 07:54:19 PM
Wow, love the composition and bright red of the bikes. Very nice perspective and angle to make an otherwise boring shot really stand out photographically.
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 07/09/2007 11:31:02 PM
Great perspective and lines. Colors are vivid and natural.
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 07/09/2007 11:24:18 PM
very nice. love the colors popping against each other. like the wear and tear on the cycles and the rack.
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 07/09/2007 09:42:15 PM
Wow. Love the colors and the worn aspect of the unicycles. I looks like a normal bike rack but the you notice that they all are unicycles which gives it a "hey that's cool" feel.

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 07/09/2007 05:49:19 PM
An unusual site! Great shot.
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 07/09/2007 05:22:02 PM
I love the angle, do the kids ride these? That is too cool.
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 07/09/2007 12:59:32 PM
SO COOL -- LOVE this pic; it's a wonderful capture of something that I would never in a million years see in my daily life. Well, apparently, unless I was a teacher in a Japanese school. There is a story here. Spill, please. Do this many Japanese children ride unicycles to school? Is there a class in unicycle riding at school? Is the school next door to a unicycle repair shop? :-D
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 07/09/2007 11:56:38 AM
Wonderful shot - gritty and interesting with the old paint and the prime colors. Now - we need more of a story, of course. Unicycles, is that a school thing in Japan? Do the kids ride them to and from school? Is this a school for aspiring circus acrobats?

I'll be checking back for answers to my burning questions.
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 07/09/2007 11:32:04 AM
Were all those unicycles ridden to school? Please say yes! Please say yes! I can just imagine a bunch of kids riding to school on unicycles. When I was 10 or so, I begged my mom for a uni for christmas. It was in the Sears catalog and I had to have it. I learned to ride pretty well, but gave up after awhile.
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 07/09/2007 10:10:55 AM
Great shot. The repeating patterns really adds interest to this shot.
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 07/09/2007 08:40:37 AM
Nice perspective - I never could ride one of those things.
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 07/09/2007 08:39:21 AM
Cool perspective and there's enough variation in the unicycles so the line of sight doesn't get boring. I love the "pickle" decals. What a brand name for unicycles.
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 07/09/2007 05:55:13 AM
excellent perspective shot .. love the colours ...
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