08-07-17

n.w.

As a horseman, I can appreciate this image.

08-04-17

mitresg

Thank you. Drab and dry scene are people too. I am glad you like it.

08-03-17

mitresg

Well, may be you are right. People in Chinatown plays the Chinese chess on a board like this. The game has the same characters as Western chess - knight, pawn, king etc; no queen. The chess pieces are flat, unlike western chess. I did wonder whether they wee playing GO, but the shape of the pieces would be different.
Anyway, I see Chinese chess played here often. You do look carefully.

08-03-17

ced

Chess, it isn't.

08-01-17

mitresg

Thank you. Early morning, you always find chess games in progress. This one tried to gain a height-advantage to survey the battle field.

08-01-17

mitresg

Thank you. Shot at f2, the shallow depth-of-field can still be seen. Fortunately, there were window lights coming in; the grunginess of the wall was inherent.

08-01-17

mitresg

Thank you. The lighting was rather flat, but it seems to be a plus, as the varying shades of grey emphasize the repeating pattern.

07-31-17

mitresg

Thank you. May be this was how the lone drinker with a heavy, drooping head would have seen it.

07-31-17

mitresg

Thank you. Sometimes less is more.

07-31-17

ranahki

Very interesting composition!

07-31-17

mitresg

Nicely-taken. "is it heaven or is it hell?"

07-30-17

mitresg

Thank you. The variable part of the scene - the people - were hard to foresee. I was lucky to get these 2 guys at the right position.

07-27-17

mitresg

Beautiful colours and depth. The M9 does deliver natural colours.

07-27-17

mitresg

The famous "Yellow mountain". Must have started to climb early to catch sunrise at the top.

07-27-17

mitresg

Nice shades of gray. I think we have a similar type of adjustable mechanism in one of our airports. On a good sunny day, you could spend a day photographing.

07-27-17

mitresg

Thank you. It seems to give a sense of repose (I think so anyway).

07-26-17

mitresg

Looks real.

07-26-17

mitresg

Nice depth.

07-26-17

mitresg

Grimy, un-pretty. Well, it was. Thank you.

07-25-17

mitresg

Thank you. When the conditions are right, the picture takes itself, with minimal editing. This was one of them. I exposed carefully and pressed.