DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
"The Chinese Herb Shop"
"The Chinese Herb Shop"
BeeCee


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Alternative Medicine (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Chinatown, Victoria, BC
Date: Mar 6, 2007
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Urban
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2007

 I wish I could read the labels!
This is in Chinatown, and I actually got up my nerve to go in and ask if I could take pictures. Despite the language barrier, once she was clear that it was the shop I wanted to shoot, not her, all was good.
I didn't take many though because, as you can see, it's a crowded little shop and I didn't want to get in the way of her customers. I'd like to go back and try some more, since none were very good.
The sunlight from the window competing with the flourescent lights is MUCH more noticible in photos than it is to the eye... it's a real problem.

Statistics
Place: 84 out of 131
Avg (all users): 4.9462
Avg (commenters): 4.4167
Avg (participants): 4.6600
Avg (non-participants): 5.0143
Views since voting: 788
Views during voting: 361
Votes: 260
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/13/2007 11:59:14 AM
Obvious choice nicely composed. Clean and simple.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/12/2007 11:31:40 AM
This looks like a picture anyone could take. Its not very interesting and doesn't have anything that pops out at you.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2007 04:32:14 PM
I think your idea was in the right place however your camera wasn't. For me, to show a Herb Shop, It would have been fantastic to have rows of herbs we can see more clearly instead of a wall of drawers.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/10/2007 12:18:49 AM
Nice take on the challenge but It would have probably been better to focus in one one part of the shop instead of the whole thing because without the title I would have never guessed this was an herb shop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/08/2007 12:49:52 PM
I like the colors and perspective, but the flash used in this image seems to highlight the drawers on lower right portion of the image. Directing the light on the three people or the herbs on the shelves would have served you better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/08/2007 09:58:41 AM
Woah. Way to much stuff. I mean, nothing really draws my attention, yet it has so many things (ex. boxes, people, shelves)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/08/2007 01:36:40 AM
focus should be on the people, next time... maybe make a funny noise to make them look at you.. i think the picture would profit from a pair of eyes.
 03/07/2007 11:57:52 PM
Good find and a good shot.....
 03/07/2007 11:54:02 PM
Looks like a great location but the composition lets it down and the lighting is a little bland.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2007 10:01:30 PM
A tighter vision might have helped your concept. Still a nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2007 12:31:38 PM
good picture, the only thing i would try to change is makeing it so the people are not movin, all their hands seem to be moving, but i guess it would be hard to get it so thats not like that.... good picture though...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2007 09:28:10 AM
snapshot...


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/13/2025 07:41:52 AM EDT.