Apothecary

rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
edited January 5, 2010 in Street and Documentary
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2010
    Rainbow,
    I love this shot!
    The color is fantastic.
    It even works that he's giving you that stare, it's not a friendly one, yet his body language is somewhat relaxed.
    You also showed just a glimpse of the backroom, so different from the storefront with a hint of another person.

    I'm like a kid in an apothecary store!
    Liz A.
    _________
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2010
    lizzard_nyc wrote:
    Rainbow,
    I love this shot!
    The color is fantastic.
    It even works that he's giving you that stare, it's not a friendly one, yet his body language is somewhat relaxed.
    You also showed just a glimpse of the backroom, so different from the storefront with a hint of another person.

    I'm like a kid in an apothecary store!

    I am glad you like it. I would not be surprised if the proprietor worked there seven days and cooked all his lunches and dinners in that back room. I assume he bought fresh food from the nearby markets and did not pick some of those questionable items on his shelves (like that seahorse in the window)... ne_nau.gif

    Thanks!
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2010
    Nice picture!

    Notice the way he's not blocking the entrance, but neither is he smiling exactly…

    I'd like to see it in B & W…

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    - Wil

    PS: Lizzard, I think the word is "inscrutable"
    "…………………" - Marcel Marceau
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2010
    Wil Davis wrote:
    Nice picture!

    Notice the way he's not blocking the entrance, but neither is he smiling exactly…

    I'd like to see it in B & W…

    thumb.gif

    - Wil

    PS: Lizzard, I think the word is "inscrutable"

    The guy is just standing there staring out into the street. I assume he is just bored when business is slow. He happened to glance at me just as I snapped the shot (I was probably the most interesting thing in the street then...) and subsequently ignored me again.

    B & W loses a lot to me. It is probably not a coincidence that his display features red and "gold", the Chinese colors for happiness and prosperity. I am attaching a small shot of a quick conversion to be able to compare:

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    Thanks for looking and commenting!
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2010
    I think you're right; it looks much better in colour!

    There seems to be more depth than there is in B&W; thanks!

    thumb.gif

    - Wil
    "…………………" - Marcel Marceau
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