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Chinatown Teapots
Chinatown Teapots
S_Lanterman


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Challenge: Kitchenware (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Vancouver, BC
Date: Apr 22, 2007
Aperture: f 5.6
ISO: 900
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Urban, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Apr 22, 2007

Taken in a dusty little shop in Chinatown. I thought this worked for the 'kitchenware' challenge.

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Place: 126 out of 149
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05/04/2007 05:07:29 PM
As this is your first challenge submission, it deserves to have a few comments:

Regarding the subject, you should be aware that to some voters, it is likely that this did not appeared to really be kitchenware, as not beeing shot into a kitchen and clearly featuring a shop.

Altough this pic is probably representative of Chinatown shops by conveying a sensation of a very small place full of a lot of various things, it is also unfortunately clearly lacking the "usual" DPC look/wow factor.

First, the stuff on the left and right are a bit distracting, and not very visually pleasing. The porcelain stuff are nicely laid, while there appear to be some stuff on the floor that is a bit un-organized. Cropping those parts would probably improve the pic.

Looking at the shelves, the 4 lower ones are the most interesting ones. I think that you should focus on those, cropping the upper ones. That would give you an horizontal pic, or a square one, with only porcelain stuff from the 4 lower shelves, without any extra stuff around.

Now, in such situation, you could have shot those 4 lower shelves from the side, increasing the apperture in order to reduce the depth of field, and focusing on the nearest procelain stuff.
You would then have some vanishing lines (preferably going to the right), producing more depth and dynamic to the shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2007 08:59:47 PM
Nice work 5.
04/25/2007 11:39:59 PM
this really does capture the flavor of Chinatown for me. 8
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04/24/2007 09:07:22 PM
a little too busy for me.
04/24/2007 12:16:17 PM
very colorfull; very busy
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04/24/2007 09:15:03 AM
O_O
04/23/2007 06:50:29 AM
Too busy and needs sharpness and better contrast.
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