Suburban delights

Freakscene said:
Beautiful. The tone and texture in the foliage of the third tree and beyond looks just like pre-world war one platinum prints. A lot of them were made on commercial platinum papers which are hard to replicate with modern hand-coated light sensitive coatings. Just gorgeous.
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Thanks Freakscene. That platinum effect is one I love too. But it is difficult to replicate with digital too. Occasionally when I manage to "ace" it I am very happy. I have one or two others which are similar where the effect becomes more pronounced at distance and I love it when I pull it off. It is not always possible to do so incidentally as the fundamental contrast ranges have to be present in the shot to begin with - they can be enhanced but are damned near impossible to simulate from scratch. I will see if I can find another in my portfolio - the ones I am thinking of a mountain scenes (one viewed from the ocean) so they lack the detail inherent in this one.
 
Out to Lunch said:
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Saigon, Thu Duc City, Giga Mall. Samsung SM-A536E.
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I’m genuinely surprised there was this much space in there. When I went it was totally packed, and, in one of my strongest memories from there, I was surprised to find that the signs to the toilets were in English ‘this way please’ it said. Odd. It is a great photo.
 
Out to Lunch said:
Thanks for having a look, gents. Freakscene, I'm sure we are the only RFF members who have set foot in Giga Mall.
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Maybe. I think there are some locals on the list.

As for me, where else could I buy shoes in HCMC when I had a sole blow out and I have US size 11.5-12.5 feet?

Oh, the other thing I recall is that they played the Elliott Smith song ‘Son of Sam’ while I was in there, which I really did _not_ expect there.
 
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