No One Wants to Buy?

Posted by Michael Zhang (Ithaca, United States) on 27 November 2006 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Chinatown, NY
Another night without business, without family, but always with the hope for a brighter tomorrow. These people come over with such a strong sense of hope that they choose to stay despite the isolation and gloom.

This was taken at ISO1600 with no noise removal. Not too bad!

Comments (10)

Darren Halliday from Toyko, Japan

Nice job. I like the market feeling to the image but maybe if you stepped a few steps to the right to lose the light pole it would be better. Other than that I like it. Keep it up I enjoy your photo's.

27 Nov 2006 6:31am

Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia

nah, pay-days not till next week. great shot, you've captured the isolation of the person well.

27 Nov 2006 7:47am

Zach Siebert from Bologna, Italy

the pole on the left side gives this shot balance.

27 Nov 2006 8:13am

Kelvin Chan from New York, United States

Nice capture of the silhouette of the man. The noise level is quite low. not as low as mine of course.

There are unnecessary elements in this picture. I would cut down the right side and crop out the lamp post.

27 Nov 2006 2:38pm

@Kelvin Chan: I wish I could, but in order to keep the 3x2 ratio I'd have to crop out part of the store sign.

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

Thats very strange, such shops are supposed to be always busy!

27 Nov 2006 5:02pm

Still from VALENCE, France

A neat street shot. I like the nigthy ambience!

27 Nov 2006 8:26pm

Ben from New York City, United States

Yeah, I agree with Kelvin. Kill the lamp post xP Nice shot though; it captures the emotion.

27 Nov 2006 10:52pm

deano from Cardiff, United Kingdom

surviving...great shot/subject.

28 Nov 2006 12:15am

Dan from New York, United States

in response to kelvin's comment: so don't keep the 3x2 aspect ratio, who says photos all have to be in a standard ratio! I say crop it!

the image works very well with your image description/story; very powerful stuff

28 Nov 2006 2:22am

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

Good shot, I tend to agree with the cropping theme, I dont really worry about the ratio (although the majority of my shots do share the same). It's a good shot which I think would be even better without the unneccessary elements.

28 Nov 2006 3:42am

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Canon EOS 20D
1/80 second
F/5.6
ISO 1600
40 mm