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18-JUL-2006

For Public Consumption, Xian 2006

Xian Incidental

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Date/Time18-Jul-2006 10:36:25
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ModelCanon EOS 20D
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Focal Length70 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/3.2
ISO Equivalent100
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Guest 17-Aug-2006 13:10
Excellent (si je puis dire!;))
Ray Rebortira16-Aug-2006 02:39
Chacun à son goût!!!!
Guest 15-Aug-2006 14:03
Ah! bon appétit!
Une scène extraordinaire! Bravo!
Jennifer Zhou15-Aug-2006 02:10
As I remembered when I was a child, we sometimes grabed a bowl eatting outdoor because it was too hot inside, but the fun part was we got to chat with neighbors while eatting.. However now, people don't seem as connected as before, but the habit of eatting outdoor is reserved..

I love the way the table blocked part of his body and the pram, is there really a baby there? (I know some chinese use a baby carrier to carry goods) and that is left to our imagination.. Good work Kal!
JSWaters15-Aug-2006 01:32
This is the oddest looking guy, Kal. The image is definately compelling but off putting at the same time. His desk/table sits in the gutter which really exagerates his having to practically put his face in his bowl to eat, making him odder looking yet. He's oblivious to the fact that he looks strange at all. I have to agree with Jeff - what a target rich environment you're in!
Jenene
Phil Douglis14-Aug-2006 19:31
Numerous incongruities make this image a stopper, Kal. He eats outside by himself on the street, leaves food hanging out of his mouth as he eats, and takes of a care of a baby as well. All of which may be routine for Shanghai, but could be incongruous to those in other cultures. As others here have noted, the setting is not what we might expect to see in our cultures. And eating itself is a personal function -- many westerners prefer to not even look at the busily working mouths of others as they eat. Yet you make it, as you say in your title, "for public consumption" -- and it is, for us at least, an incongruity to gaze up on it.
Guest 14-Aug-2006 18:40
Normally, I don't really like eating people. Had he been eating outside a restaurant, in the middle of other people, then it would have been a very ordinary image.
You however, managed to capture an eating man in a unique setting.
That way, I have to agree with Jeff: you live in a photographically fantastic environment.
Christine P. Newman14-Aug-2006 17:04
It is interesting how you isolate this subject and give a different signification to the expression "sidewalk café".
caveman_lee14-Aug-2006 16:21
A very down to earth candid. Great shot.
Adalberto Tiburzi14-Aug-2006 16:15
Indoors street candid... fantastic :-)
Buon appetito!
Adal
Guest 14-Aug-2006 15:42
"Table for one?" You live in such an intersting place - I'm very jealous!
Guest 14-Aug-2006 15:41
Cool candid - he looks out of place eating in the middle of the sidewalk!
Gilles Navet14-Aug-2006 15:17
I think it's time to get coffee .....
Effective candid urban view
Gilles
AL14-Aug-2006 15:12
Open to all eyes. I got too consumed by his eating that I almost missed the pram. A baby behind the "dining table"? Hope he/she has been fed...
Rob Rosetti14-Aug-2006 13:35
Like alem says: Buon appetito!! Roberto
Guest 14-Aug-2006 12:27
great composition...
lovely moment too....
Guest 14-Aug-2006 12:13
Superb street shot Kal:-)
Guest 14-Aug-2006 12:11
buon appetito !
;-)
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