B&W Photo Contest - Yesteryear - Entry 2 - Shotengai

in #bwphotocontest6 years ago (edited)

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Shotengai - Shopping Street


Shotengai or shopping streets are covered streets with a collection of shops; often restaurants, bars, fruit shots and others are all packed side by side down a street where shots can walk and peruse what is offered in this market that can stretch hundreds of meters. Recently, shopping malls have taken the place of these street bracketing markets.


Gear: Canon EOS Kiss x5, Sigma 10-20mm; Post: Lightroom CC, Google Photo app.


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Such a cool shot, so much to look at!

There certainly is! These market streets and downtown areas where many restaurants and bars are collected are my favourite places to photograph in the city, they're just so interesting. Osaka is blessed to have many such places and great public transport to get to them!

really good capture. BW photography makes it even better I think. thanks for sharing

Thank you! I think the BW helps the forms be more distinct and perhaps adds a bit of mystery to the dark areas. The colour version isn't so bad though! :P It definitely feels a bit warmer.
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Definitely B&W is better:)

Really wonderful shot here!

BTW, do you ever take any random shots of... well, random things. As in not the kind of things we usually show of Japan. See my blog for any of my recent "random japan" posts to get an idea of what I am talking about. I've gotten a few of the expats in this country using my tag now ("randomjapan") and would love if you joined in on the fun too.

Thank you!

I do sometimes take pictures of what you would call "random" things here's a post about a bicycle and a wall. I accept your invitation and I'll add the tag to my next "random" photo to share. It's a good motivation to take pictures of different things too! Temples and such are beautiful but can get a bit stale if that's all you see of Japan. Like elsewhere in the world, people live here doing all of the things that people do!

Yes, exactly! That is the basic idea behind the tag. Thank you for joining in :)

Great ... It looks like an image of some Chinese movie.

Or even a Japanese movie... ;)

China has so much to offer... Wherever you look you can make a big fhoto... This market could be said to be the intimate part of the trade. and in black and white it seems old, of yesteryear !! Thanks friend!

China does indeed have lots to offer! I haven't seen anywhere exactly like this but China is a huge country! While the photo was taken in May of 2017, this particular market dates back to the 1920's, though the buildings themselves may not be that old the market existed in that same area.

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