Photographer's Note
This photo was taken at the worlds biggest weekend market selling practically everything under the sun, from the smallest nails, to foods, trendy fashions, antiques intricate wooden carvings, masks from far-off lands, adorable fluffy dogs, colorful fish of every hue and singing birds. You can find all this and more at amazing Chatuchak market. There are almost 9,000 individual booths overflowing with every imaginable type of wares to catch your fancy. Once inside the market, you will be catch up in a world of bursting crowds and stalls stretching as far as the eye can see.
Unfortunately not all vendors can afford a stall. I spotted this elderly woman who had set up shop along one of the road ways that runs through the market. Sadly set up right beside a drainage ditch, doing her best sell her wares- a bamboo woven fish at the end of a stick. I tried my best to capture her without drawing attention to myself, or possibly upsetting her.
I approached her afterwards to purchase one of her fish, which she was selling for almost nothing... as I recall about 25 US cents. My heart went out to her as she was so polite and appreciative, I ended up giving her about 10 USD.
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Post Production: Cropping, Sepia added, as there were parts that were over exposed I tried to darken those slightly, gaussian blur and noise added to everything but the woman.
I hope you like it.
- Dan
Your comments and crituques are much appreciated.
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wad
(173) 2004-10-10 5:45
I like this picture and the comment which accompanies it is very instructive. The grain reinforced in the background and the wrinkles of the old woman structure of way original the picture. Well done!
ChrisJ
(160134) 2004-10-10 5:48
Good choice for sepia. Well composed. I've been to Chatuchak several times.
Spoony
(3539) 2004-10-10 6:23
Very good sensibility... color was well choosed. Works here!
Well done and seen Dan.
Spoony.
burdallet
(0) 2004-10-10 9:45
Modern times , crual times for old/people in fast developing country .. it's a world build for youngers .
eleparc
(24063) 2004-10-10 12:46
excellent capture.. i am a bit disturbed by the pp you did around the woman for my eye really spotted the trick while my mind could not get to grisps with the exact trick.. I knew something was wrong or fake but could not quite say what... Aprat from that your note is very touching and the image too;-)
manny
(22032) 2004-10-11 3:44
Oh....she looked away from you. This is one thing I really hate most about being a photographer...if you have a reluctant model. but this is a nice photo...mst be the colors that sets the mood.
RandomCameraGuy
(3071) 2004-10-11 9:55
This is a really nicely composed shot... It's just too bad she looked away! I like the grain in this too.
ephemere33
(9743) 2004-10-11 16:10
belle compo en sιpia dde la vie quotidienne...on se croit replongι dans le temps...les petits moulins qui tournent dans le vent...je me rappelle quand j'ιtais petite...belle scene de vie quotidienne...merci...amicalement BI
avis2avis
(4264) 2004-10-13 2:29
Very good sepia tones,good composition, I prefer this Pov myself. Pity that she chose to look away, else this could have been even better. Good PP.
Rinie_Hoff
(9340) 2004-10-13 2:49
Hi Dan, Nice capture of this woman, but I wished she was not looking away from you. The postprocessing works, I think, although I'm not sure about the noise. I like your note, shows your compassion.
kaychambers
(1198) 2004-10-25 20:52
Good effect, but a pity the old lady was looking away from you!
Regards,
Vic, Singapore.
vesalius
(861) 2005-01-01 17:27
Dan, once again, wonderful. Your choice of sepia is graet and very artistic use of noise in the background. Take care, Don
quantabeh
(5205) 2005-02-21 21:41
what a moving picture! and what a pretty accompanying note.
I actually like the fact that she is looking away. In my opinion, it gives the picture even more depth and value.
thanks for sharing.
regards,
Behrang
Photo Information
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Copyright: Dan Walsh (danielswalsh)
(13597)
- Genre: Άνθρωποι
- Medium: Μαύρο & Ασπρο
- Date Taken: 2003-10-25
- Categories: Καθημερινότητα
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S50
- Έκθεση: f/3.5, 1/400 δευτερόλεπτα
- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
- Θέμα(τα): Street people, Markets: mirrors of society [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-10-10 5:09
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