Shanghai

[rhubarb]

Whilst I was working in the far east I managed to pop over to Shanghai for a weekend. I'd never been to mainland china so didn't really know what to expect. I read a guide book on the plane and it seemed like much of the old part of Shanghai was being developed into oblivion, so before it dissapears too much I decided to head off to the older part of town.

Taking shots was pretty difficult, it was overcast, lots of smog and very bright - like being inside a diffuser. Most of the street stuff was taken with a 10-20mm, quite a lot of them taken from the hip.

Anyway here's a selection - C&C very welcome.

1: Old lady sitting in a street


2: Busy junction (with local film developing shop in background)


3: Enginnering works


4: Slightly more modern flats


5: Local delivery service



6: Local food store (and caught taking the shot as well)


7: Paultry


8: Fish, snakes and anything else you can imagine


9: More of everything else


10: And some more


11: Man walking in Pyjamas


12: Couple in pjs


13: Modern shanghai on the doorstep


14: Bike repair


15: Doing the laundry


16: More deliveries


17: Grocery store


18: Street


19: Another Street


20: Shanghai soup dumplings


21: Eating Shanghai soup dumplings


22: Recreation


23: More cards


The more modern side of Shanghai can be seen at my flickr pages http://www.flickr.com/photos/kantryla/sets/

[VxDuncan]

Love 21 to the end. May I be so bold as to suggest that the first one MAY look better as black and white? I'd try using the channel mixer (set to grayscale) to blend different amounts of red,green and blue (to simulate using a red, blue or green filter in front of the lens), adjusting the amounts to adjust the contrast to suit. I'd give it a go if I was on the other computer.