The Other Half, a photo from Taipei, North

Photographer's Note

A while ago, I uploaded this photo of a woman in a small market stall in Taipei. While I liked the photo, I don't really think it showed how truly tiny her shop was. This is the same shop, but I am guessing we are looking at her husband (I have never seen him before). With the fisheye lens, I was standing very close and you can see pretty much every item they have for sale. I have no idea how they can make a living out of such a small space.

This is full frame, ISO 200, handheld(should have bumped the ISO) and normal post processing.

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MKING (3054) 2004-08-13 7:46

It's interesting how a wide angle lens can actually make something feel cramped... excellent sense of depth and size; the scale of the jars reminds us just how small the place is even though the distance between the back shelf and the lens is stretched.

maciekda (19895) 2004-08-13 8:06

nice shot Darren, the guy is nicely frame with all that stuff, nice effect of use of the wide angle lens, good shot

SylFondacci (4087) 2004-08-13 8:10

Great shot ! The man seems to be prisoner of all these stuff in a so small place.

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jrenier (762) 2004-08-13 8:44

Very nice and funny shot.

Galeota (10352) 2004-08-13 8:51

We see here the full dimension of your new fisheye capacity.

Your other photograph, "Sidedishes at the Market", was already a good example of the possibilities offered by that type of lens, but this one is a real success.

The man seems to be submerged by all those coloured cans and other stuff. You really manage to make us feel the claustrophobic atmosphere of the place.

I've never really understood how they manage their stocks in those asian small market stalls...

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Proxilva (2157) 2004-08-13 9:53

i think this is great Darren... this is one of the bussiest photo's i've seen in my life.. but it's all good!!
what fun to buy your things there....

mimi (2325) 2004-08-13 9:55

I love the wide-angle effect here, Darren. Nice contrast between all the neat little rows of cans and bottles on the shelves and the piles of stuff in the front. Nice shot.

lemon_logix (1054) 2004-08-13 12:18

wow. i love fisheye shots and this do show how small the spaces are. great and lots of details to see. good shot.

khawaaja (1039) 2004-08-13 15:21

If you ever go to 'Luminous Landscape' - a website on digital photography, there is a funny article about lens and their use.

I think this is a great demnstration of how to use this lens effectively.

Nice one!!

erthmuffin (1551) 2004-08-13 16:10

great use of your lens. great colors. that's very crowded! i can't imagine selling many things.

Liora (1857) 2004-08-14 2:52

Wow... this one gives a new meaning to the word "corwded"... Very good use of the fisheye Darren, and lovely colors to boot. Well captured!

Martine (0) 2004-08-15 12:44

c'est une très bonne idée d'avoir utilisé le fisheye ; il permet de voir la presque intégralité du magasin mais sutout de donner une dimension de petitesse, d'écrasement, au personnage, face au nombre impressionnant d'articles dans un si petit réduit, sans que cela semble pour autant le déranger. Super Darren

flydragon (0) 2004-08-16 3:44

hi Darren
really nice picture
and i like the way this man look at you
this composition is classic but i like it ,o)
its really work
i like also the other with woman
well done

Simon

joseelias (0) 2004-08-24 7:53

Excelent image! In fact much better than the previous. Not only because we've get a better perception of the space (which is awsome!) but the composition itself is more interesting. I particularly like how the shelves (???) point to the center-back, and together with the saturation of small details makes us look at the centeredd man. A great example on how to brakes the golden rule.

compdrw (762) 2004-08-31 8:20

Bonne image de scène de rue. Le fisheye restitue bien l'idée qu'on se fait de ces minuscules échoppes qui pullulent en Asie. Le rendu chromatique est excellent. Bravo.

hojper (2832) 2004-09-01 11:30

Well, it's no place for browsing I'll say. A very nice TE contribution - not something you'd find around Luxembourg. Very colourful and warm - he loooks as if he's wondering whether allowing you to take his photo will make you buy anything. Did you?

Xalkida (11744) 2004-09-01 17:15

Wow! So many stuff! I like this old fashioned stores with so many stuff around on shelfs! Great shot!