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20-MAR-2005

Mar 20, 2005

Today I was to be responsible for preparing brunch for the family (6 of us).

Preparation required a trip to the grocery store. Brunch was at 10:30. I got up at 4:55 AM and was at the supermarket by 6:15.

Took my camera (with tripod). I am the only customer in this 55,000 square feet supermarket, well, me and a gentleman whose appearance led me to believe he was more in need of the roof of the structure as a protection from the cold drizzle of these last few moments of winter rather than the available opportunities to fill his grocery list.

Any way, bottom line, I was told I would have to cease and desist from taking photgraphs or be removed from the store. All this with a cart full of $67.45 worth of groceries for brunch and beyond.

I got this photo before being "captured".

The irony... the name of the chain is "TOPS Friendly Markets"

Olympus D-580Z
1/30s f/3.1 at 5.8mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time20-Mar-2005 06:43:59
MakeOlympus
ModelX400,D580Z,C460Z
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length5.8 mm
Exposure Time1/30 sec
Aperturef/3.1
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balanceincandescent (3)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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monica memoli15-Oct-2007 10:47
Love the colours and the adventure that lies beyond the shot. v
The Suburban Hippie 26-Jan-2006 01:28
Nice colorful image
viljamix31-Dec-2005 19:52
I've missed this one. Great collection of colours and quite a story.
Guest 15-Nov-2005 01:52
I've never tried taking a tripod in a store, but I've been kicked out of two! But this shot was worth the aggravation, I think, very nice work.
Angel Gonzalez Molero29-Jun-2005 07:16
wow
Devilgorgor15-May-2005 05:17
This is my favorite, stunning color as well
Guest 12-May-2005 05:44
this is really nice. i like it a lot. great colors
Guest 03-Apr-2005 15:11
Lovely image .. I love the colors, and the composition.
I bet you served up a good brunch that day.
Guest 27-Mar-2005 15:07
Great colors! Makes me hungry for a pepper.
Guest 26-Mar-2005 14:09
difficult job to shoot in public place ;-)) and market are so wondeful
very well composed and wonderfull colors
Guest 25-Mar-2005 21:43
What a great story. So funny how stores get so weird about this stuff. I love the black background on this.
Guest 24-Mar-2005 17:29
The picture is reflective and colorful. Good to be "early bird"
Guest 24-Mar-2005 00:26
Wondefully saturated and composed, good work.
Robin Reid23-Mar-2005 16:33
Excellent... and I like your framing.
Gayle P. Clement23-Mar-2005 15:19
This is really beautiful, Don. A vote from me. I can't believe they were so rude about you photographing!
SP Merrill23-Mar-2005 01:14
Well composed and such vivid colors...I love it!
Cindy23-Mar-2005 01:11
LOL Don, this is an awesome capture, I can't believe they said anything, what do they think your going to do with the pictures? Use them as evidence??
Leo Charette23-Mar-2005 00:01
Don this is a spectacular composition.... I really like the colors and pov. Well done :vote:
Guest 22-Mar-2005 22:58
Great colours and I like the framing - literally lifts the picture
Chris22-Mar-2005 03:54
Great study in color. To get all the different shades saturated so well is impressive.
Michal Zaleski21-Mar-2005 20:53
Superb shot! same texture, lots of colours, vote!
Guest 21-Mar-2005 10:22
Great handful of colour ... glad to managed to escape ... :)
northstar3721-Mar-2005 09:57
You sound like a dangerous man ;-)
Guest 21-Mar-2005 08:03
Now thats colourfuL!
Gary Winters21-Mar-2005 07:14
Great shot, good story; I've done the same (sans tripod) many times. Haven't been asked to leave yet! (crossing my fingers)
Neal Nye21-Mar-2005 04:22
Beautiful colors. These places are irresistable. And the most fun part of it is that they are making spies out of all of us. No more tripods. No more big cameras. Shoot from the hip while looking in the other direction and edit the good stuff when you get home.
David Clunas21-Mar-2005 00:32
Looks like you stole most of the colour today! Nice shot
Sheena Woodhead20-Mar-2005 23:02
Nice colourful shot of the vegetables. I love the layers and the bowls to the right of the peppers add to the composition. Well worth being brave to go for a shot in the supermarket!
Guest 20-Mar-2005 22:06
Very good, I'm a sucker for lots of colour!!
Valeska20-Mar-2005 21:37
that's why I'm so glad with my small Nikon. Making a picture and put it in my pocket before someone see it. They never want that your making pictures of there stuff. You can buy it and shoot it at home. No way!
laine8220-Mar-2005 20:23
Everyone is suspicious of everything these days. Maybe you could enlarge,laminate, then offer it to them :>)
Looks delicious too. They have good produce anyway.
Antonis Sarantos20-Mar-2005 19:55
Very nice composition and wonderful colours!
littleheifer20-Mar-2005 19:51
Beautiful! When I saw this picture I wondered how you got it. Great story, I just don't understand what they think we are going to do with these shots?
Nancy