Umm….photos about the taxi. More photos are here.

Actually I am not sure that do I post the right photos today??

Taxis, after I decided to join it on DP forum, I was thinking about how to take the moving objects…:P I took many photos about the taxis in the past 3 days….how about these??

….(Some extra information abou the taxi history in shanghai)…. In Shanghai, the earliest taxi was appeared in 1908 afforded by an America company. But the famous taxi company was called “Xiang sheng Taxi Company” and its servise line number was 40000 which had the meaning refering to the population at that time in China. No interesting stories about taxis here happened to me. Hope the information is useful ~~ Taxis in Shanghai can be seen everywhere: light blue green cars from Da Zhong Taxi ( I guess if you once came here, you knew that of course ); yellow cars from Johnson Taxi ; light green cars from Ba Shi Taxi; and also have some blue cars, red cars, white cars… The price of the taxi in Shanghai is the highest price in the mainland: within 3 kilometers, 11 yuan; between 3 and 10 kilometers, each km costs 2.1 yuan; beyond the 10 kms, each km costs 3 yuan. And after the 11pm and before the 5am, the price is higher. By the way, if you come to shanghai and catch some other color cabs, be careful..! Some “black heart” drivers may cheat you!!

here is the other fellows’ website about the taxis…..

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• At 2006.11.12 18:43, Jing said:
  

  19 comments:

  Jazzy said…
  this is the first theme day: Taxi that i have seen and i can tell you that i like the color of your taxis, light and big, great.
  4:08 AM, October 01, 2006

  kaa said…
  interesting colour for a cab.. pastel shades. here in finland, there aren’t lovely colours like this. how much is a yuan?
  5:26 AM, October 01, 2006

  Kim said…
  Super photos! I love the composition in the second one, especially!
  Don’t forget to go to the forum site, go to page 5 there, copy one of the codes for all the other participants in theme day, and paste it into your text for today. That way, your visitors can link to the other Taxi shots around the globe .
  8:26 AM, October 01, 2006

  Denton said…
  Great photo. Panning photos of moving vehicles is a challenge. Check out my September 30th theme day teaser photo which is all about panning.
  9:06 AM, October 01, 2006

  Jing said…
  
  kaa…
  I have to look for the exchange rate, wait…
  oh,here it is: 1 dallor = 7.89 yuan.This price is not expensive for foreigners. But expensive for us local people, for the average salar here is around 2,235 yuan/month in 2005 which is the official statistic of shanghai gov.

  Kim…
  thx for reminding me that, I forgot that when I posted the photos…I will add.
  

  jing
  11:46 AM, October 01, 2006

  John said…
  Don’t stress Jing, you’ve done well, thanks for sharing your taxis with the rest of the world!
  11:59 AM, October 01, 2006

  rudygiron said…
  I like this colors for taxis. Panning is very difficult with digital cameras.
  2:10 PM, October 01, 2006

  Keropok Man said…
  Nice coloured taxis. It all seems to have bright metalic colours.

  I see somethign familiar in the picture. DBS is in Shanghai too!
  3:21 PM, October 01, 2006

  Ham said…
  Nice shots – amazing how different the cities taxis are, yet still the same.
  4:45 PM, October 01, 2006

  Kris said…
  nice dual colours, pastel and metalic some more!
  5:48 PM, October 01, 2006

  Kate said…
  Great information,too!
  8:23 PM, October 01, 2006

  Michael said…
  Thanks for the tip on the colour coding. The information you provided was really interesting and insightful.
  9:19 PM, October 01, 2006

  Grant F said…
  i remember seeing signs in the shanghai cabs saying that if the driver smoked, was rude, didnt have a tie on etc, then you got the ride for free…are they still there?
  10:53 PM, October 01, 2006

  Zsolt72 said…
  ohh very interesting the historical perspective! And to see your taxis made me remember my time in Shanghai.
  10:59 PM, October 01, 2006

  Jing said…
  
  grant f,
  Yes, those signs are still here.When you meet such kind of situations in taking the cabs, you could call the service line…and yes, free ride!!!

  Keropok,
  DBS, is that a bank from your city?? actually I dont know where it is from…:)
  1:05 AM, October 02, 2006

  Kate said…
  I read your comment re. visiting all the taxi blogs, which I did also. Hope I didn’t miss any. I wonder how many others did the same thing, too??
  2:59 AM, October 02, 2006

  DXBluey said…
  Jing – my “birthday” blog sibling (both started Sept 1st)! Nice shots, I especially like the lower shot with the taxi in motion. The street scene and the colours are strong…

  Thanks!

  Bluey
  3:18 AM, October 02, 2006

  santy said…
  good shot, jing!
  10:50 AM, October 02, 2006

  Pick 3 Turbo Player said…
  Nice blog!

  If you get a chance, check out my site: Pick 3 Turbo Player

  Thanks
  6:55 AM, October 16, 2006

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• At 2009.10.31 08:00, g_yulong said:
  

  Your DP stories are so helpful……….taxi, what an important topic.
  I was thinking about how to take the moving objects………what did you decide????
  Day time photo’s is easy, night harder, night time with rain, trouble……….but moving objects takes practice, for me anyway.
  love your short blogs…….hope today you are feeling rested and have a nice day too, just like the kind of day you bring to all of us.

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