Chinatown, a photo from Ang Mo Kio, North East

Photographer's Note

This is Chinatown's flea market. During early British settlement, when the Chinese immigrants were a minority, Raffles divided the city into districts based on ethnic groups in order to keep racial tensions minimized. Chinatown was allotted the area south of the Singapore River.

At one stage, Singapore's Chinatown was slated for demolition. However, recognizing the people's desires and the historical importance of the area, the government canceled plans to raze Chinatown and is now in the midst of reconstruction.

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noogy (1074) 2007-02-14 5:53

very nice renier, you did it again, transforming an otherwise drab, ordinary day image into something fabolous. i like your framing and your decision to capture the red balloons in the middle against a relatively modern background, which conveys to me a fusion of the past and the present. thanks for sharing!

Wirraway (1985) 2007-02-14 6:20

Very well composed and executed Renier, like the way you have used the forground as a frame for the colored scene at the rear,nice job all around, keep up the good work.

Regards Ian
Nth Queensland

Fakir (0) 2007-02-14 6:56

Fine perspective and interesting POV. Really exotic.
Regards.

saylan-cb (12738) 2007-02-14 8:47

Hi Renier
Colors are bright and wonderful.A nice composition.
TFS/Regards

gelor (3233) 2007-02-14 10:33

Bonjour,
Belles composition et couleurs ! La perspective est excellente. Du très beau travail !
Gérard

cunejo200 (7281) 2007-02-14 16:16

Hello 'Bay: The vivid columns certainly create a natural frame for the scene below. Singapore's Chinatown looks very sanitized and modern here when compared to the Chinatowns of SF and WDC. Good colors and DOF. Greetings! Danilo

Luciana (2269) 2007-02-14 20:05

Olá, Renier!

Boa foto!
Ótima perspectiva e cores.

Abraço do Brasil,
Luciana.

Gerrit (62042) 2007-02-15 11:29

Hi Renier,
interesting picture with the use of this constellation as a frame. Nice see through.
Regards, Gerrit

cuneyt-sb (6576) 2007-02-15 12:58

Hi Reiner
This is very cool POV , i like it very much ,
Good colors and good compo
TFS\Kind regards

Vasylis (1414) 2007-02-16 5:22

Intresting POV , and u are presenting in one photo the big city and it's Cinatown.
Very good work.
Regrads .
Vasy

mursaloglu (8682) 2007-02-16 5:35

Dear Renier
Really very joyfull and charming picture about a chinatown. The red balloons give an enormous power and vivacious to your photo. Best regards. ihsan

PixelTerror (0) 2007-02-16 5:53

Hi Renier,
I'm glad they finally stepped back and decided to preserve Chinatown, from the PoV you present it looks a bit too new to my taste but under these cold buildings we canm see there's plenty of life and color.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

Cretense (68709) 2007-02-16 8:44

Hi Renier!

Excellent picture with great composition and perfect POV and perspective. Beautiful "vivid" colours too! Congratulations!

Cheers, Hercules

ynnad (1052) 2007-02-17 10:27

grabe ni bay.. basta taga bantayan maayo gyud!!!! very lovely composition!! regards..

jeanguy (686) 2007-02-17 10:53

Hello Renier, superb shot! Your vertical framing plus your POV are creating a great pic. it seems that the buildings of the background crutch the market! Cheers.
JG.

MLINES (12516) 2007-02-17 16:43

Hi Renier. Very fine POV which results in this striking photo. Hope to visit here next time. Good clarity and colours. Murray.

triptych2003 (1534) 2007-02-18 20:47

great use of framing here, renier..

i just think the use of repetition here is awesome, foreground to background. fine detail too. good job!

bend1k (934) 2007-02-19 5:53

i like the framing. taken froma nice point of view

Cruize (0) 2007-02-20 19:18

Hi Renier, I know this photo has lots of critiques, but for me it brings back memories of the 8 months I spent in SG. Interestingly from the colour of the sky and clothes that people are wearing in the photo, you cannot imagine how hot and humid the climate is. Chinatown is very much a tourist area, but the orderlyness of it and colour of the buildings in the photo are so symbolic of Singapore... you photo is a great reperesentation.

Regards
Vernon

goodwill (4274) 2007-02-21 11:27

Hi Renier,
A beautiful perspective full of contrast.
The vertical framing is a beauty.
Rajeev

hoorge (1434) 2007-02-24 10:48

Renier,

Quite unique and interesting perspective. I like the pov and composition with the use of the pillars as a frame. Nicely done.

Uhu (8609) 2007-03-04 5:52

Nice photo, so detailed objects. Mostly green color, funny.

Silke (3027) 2007-03-06 7:30

This capture also works for me on that multiple level to which I referred in "Window View" -- layers that lead the eye from the present to the future! Great framing once again
TFS
Silke

Angshu (56760) 2007-03-09 23:09

Hello Renier
Very interesting way how you presented this view, well framed. The perspective creates a good feeling of depth & I like the splash of colours down the middle. Well done
Regards
Angshu

Ramy (773) 2007-03-22 10:11

There must be a china town in every country in this world, there is no way you could runaway from the chinese people. Someday they will rule this world, lol. Taken from a creative POV, a creative capture. Well done.
Regards, Ramy.
TSF

Greg1949 (9011) 2007-04-15 7:23

Renier, this is a great capture of Chinatown. It has been a couple of years since i was there but this really does represent what I remember. Nice job.

Greg

noborders (1010) 2007-09-03 1:24

Everything is so neat and organised there nowadays, it is interesting to see this kind of photos to realise how the city has evolved - and reading that the government is even reconstructing what it had earlier erased... incredible !
TFS for this shot,
Cath.

Zelanda (5692) 2007-09-04 2:39

Hola Renier,
Magnífica toma con ese predominio del color verde.
Estupendo encuadre y detalles.
Buen trabajo
Saludos cordiales
Ros

gunbud (34066) 2007-09-28 19:02

Hi Renier,
Great POV renders wonderful depth to this lively photo. The colors are clear and the details exact with an excellent historic note.
Regards, Tom