Getting Ready for the Day Photo

Photographer’s Note

This was an interesting part of the old market in Uijongbu.

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maciekda (19599) 2003-10-16 6:40

very interesting life scene, natural. i like the view of the whole street and people on the sides... and the woman zipping her dress...
and i see that it is a quite old picture.. interesting.

marcind (222) 2003-10-16 9:47

interesting daily life photo; i like how you captured the woman zipping up her dress. But picture seems to be not sharp ... but its old and scanned... maybe this is a reason....

Luko (13902) 2003-10-16 16:33

Interesting shot : someone zipping or unzipping her dress while another is sitting and facing the ground seemingly with despair, a woman is staring at the scene.
I agree that would need a bit more sharpnessbut that's only contingencies. Your shot is nice : there's a drama going on..or simply daily life. Good, good.

BobTrips (1853) 2003-10-16 22:31

It is a great street shot.

This looks a lot like so many of my older slides. Blurred and blue. We must have shot the same type film.

You can do a lot with this one. Remove the color cast, increase the saturation and sharpen. It won't be the original picture you took, but it will be a lot closer.

I'd post a Workshop for you but I've used my daily allowance....

bodinux (359) 2003-10-18 21:21

Nice living picture. The empty space in the center make the picture balance between the two women on the sides.
The picture looks purple, is it due to its age ? If that's the case, I would suggest to process it with a simple photo editor to remove the purple part.
Also you could use the same photo editor to increase the sharpness which would improve the picture technically.
Thanks for bringing this shot back to light and share it with the world.
Welcome to TE.
(perfect picture for this site by the way :) )

I did a workshop, hope you like it :)

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petrudamsa (57) 2006-01-10 5:42