Old Downtown, Shantou (汕頭)

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

The old derelict appearance of the building - offering so many details for the eye to linger - is warmly caressed by a bit of light which makes the place come to life.I like the patterns of the windows, one closed, the other open...there must be life inside.

28 Mar 2008 12:34am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

It's gorgeous, amazing architecture, that touch of blazing orange is fantastic :)

28 Mar 2008 1:35am

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Beautiful textures and colors. Lot's of interesting details.

28 Mar 2008 3:14am

Anita from West Nottingham, United States

As usual, I'm impressed with the beautiful compositions you create with buildings. Nicely done.

28 Mar 2008 6:55am

pLusOne from Cheonan, South Korea

Lovely angle and framing

28 Mar 2008 8:25am

Teresa Durães from Montijo, Portugal

great photo

28 Mar 2008 8:28am

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Love the heavy mood of this . . it really sets the imagination alight.

28 Mar 2008 11:30am

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

I like the colors and the textures

28 Mar 2008 11:47am

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

It's a rather odd assortment of bells and whistles and wires and widgets; however, I do love the weathered patina of those doors to the right.

28 Mar 2008 12:05pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

i really like how you captured the light. you seem to have a knack for that, finding interesting patterns of light.

28 Mar 2008 2:56pm

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Miraculous combination of decay, modern devices and elegant decoration. Reminds me of the housing of small businesses in huge old buildings in Hong Kong, full of hard, hard working people. The electricity installations are often dangerous. Great picture, also great light distribution!

28 Mar 2008 4:03pm

Tracey from Baltimore, United States

I find the combination of wires and an obviously old and weathered structure to be quite paradoxical. Interesting combination.

28 Mar 2008 4:20pm

farmermarn from Baltimore, United States

I love these buildings that you don't typically see pictures of. The transom above the door is interesting- with the bars there too- is there a crime problem?
Again, all the textures are just wonderful and I love the gray gray gray of everything with that pop of red.

28 Mar 2008 6:34pm

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

There are so much interesting lines. I especially love the combination of grey tones and orange/red.

2 Apr 2008 4:18am

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