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'The Thrift Shop II' (B&W) (Southern Hemisphere)


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Thrift shops (second hand/antiquy) stores, whether located in the

northern hemisphere like my first post (San Francisco) seven years

ago, taken in 1969, or this one in Buenos Aires taken much later, all

seem to have their own appeal, luster and similar feel. Your ratings,

critiques and observations are invited and most welcome. If you rate

harshly, very critically, or wish to make a remark, please submit a

helpful and constructive comment, please share your photographic

knowledge to help improve my photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

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the expression of the woman managing the shop is wonderful, John, with her papers in hand ;-} i enjoy it enlarged! ;-} and maybe a little contrast tweak of the light and dark spots. classic scene, so difficult to do so well! dp

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So many details to look at. I like also the lady in the middle of all these items. Attractive image. Regards, Jean-Marc
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In my first or second year of photography, I took a photo of a thrift shop I felt was my 'classic' thrift shop photo, in San Francisco and after that, all elsse seems to pale in comparison, but when I see a true thrift shop, I get all tense and anticipatory.

Here's the URL of that one:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2561023

Yoy note in this one the expression of the woman in back and the papers.

In that one, notice the man and the two other facial figures for a trio of heads at the back counter, leading one into the photo!

I couldn't have asked for better, and with ASA (ISO) 400 Tri-X film, filmed through the front door!

I've always loved that shot, and now I'm doing a book of my 'classic photos' from way back in the day, and that one has yet to be rescanned and reworked up with Photoshop CS5 for best results, as my Photoshop skills have increased.

I appreciate your helpful hints on how to treat this one in Photoshop; I may have another whack at it, thanks to you.

;~))

john

John (Crosley)

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After posting a lot of pretty good street photos which got pretty mediocre ratings and reviews, up comes this one to some pretty positive response, and it surprises me a little bit.

Which goes to show, no matter how much experience, raters DO KNOW SOMETHING (sometimes, not always).

Collectively raters do a pretty good job. but sometimes fall down on 'street' because some just mark 'street' photos low because they want to see pretty flowers or butterflies or nudes and never could appreciate how hard it is to get good 'street' for the vast majority of photographers - I can do it pretty regularly and always have been able to; it's my gift, even today with 500 photos, yesterday with 600 photos and the day before with 400 photos, I got some memorable ones and only one memorable one a week equals 52 memorable ones a year!

I'm batting considerably higher and just don't know where to put all the good stuff or how much good stuff I'm passing over that raters would love, because I should have three accounts, not just one, and I confine myself to one photo from any one 'situation' even if I get 20 or 30 great ones from a 'shoot'.  I just pick one and the rest languish, even if one might be greater or even 15.  My last photo of the week (shadows at a bus stop) was like that. I just chose one out of 50 or so, and went with it and it was good enough, but others might have been better or more appealing to some.

I'm really glad you like this one; I'm hot, the weather's not too cold, and I'm shooting pretty good, and when it gets cold if I'm not in the USA I head underground where it's sheltered and people let down their suspicions about being photographed because frankly NO ONE ELSE BUT ME DOES IT! (that I know of).

I love to photograph the Paris Metro most of all, too; it's my sine qua non for Metro photography, with the advertising backdrops, all the quiet, rubber-wheeled trains, the civilized people and while I think it's forbidden,  the flics (police) never raise a word against me although they do raise Holy Hell at Gare de l'Est, for unknown reasons while at nearby Gare du Nord, no such thing! 

Go figure!

I'll try to take and post some more pleasing shots.

As in advertising:

'Watch this space'.

john

John (Crosley)

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Svetlana, you are absolutely right, details 'rule the day' and ultimately ensnare the viewer' in a photo like this, if the viewer is engaged enough at the outset to click on the photo.

I felt torn at posting whether enough viewers would find this 'click worthy' but thankfully I have been rewarded, since in thunbnail it doesn't show well.

It require the poster having a reputation for 'carrying through' or maybe very curious viewers, or maybe even a punchy request for critique to get people to click on a posting like this, I think - something that some amateur psychologist should write about some day, I propose.

Thanks for the comment.

john

John (Crosley)

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