~ Shanghai Blue 1920 ~ Photo

Photographer’s Note

~ Shanghai Blue 1920 ~
I try to post my first indoor night shot from an Oriental-Betawinese Jazzy resto in Jakarta, maybe the picture a little bit noisy with iso 400, but i like to share this interesting athmosphere with the lamp's formation and especially to tell the Shanghai Blue's story.

Located :
Shanghai Blue 1920 is an unique oriental-betawinese jazzy restaurant, situated at Kebon Sirih street near Jaksa street, a famous foreign tourist street at central Jakarta.

The Story :
When Nko Mo San sailed from Shanghai to Batavia (now Jakarta) at the end of 19th Century, He brought the dream of a better life, with his son, Chan Mao Sang and his betawinese wife Siti Zaenab. He opened a humble warong (outdoor semirustic eatery) called Shanghai Tea House.
The economic and political changes in the area over years forced the once popular warong to close down, however many decades later came warong Shanghai Blue 1920 at hotel Tugu Malang - East Java, where many of the remains of the original warong were use as integral part of decor. Now the Tugu Hotels Group has brought the spirit of Shanghai Tea House back to the Jakarta city with Warong Shanghai Blue 1920.

Shanghai blue walls are anything but blue, they are part orange, red and golden brown-reminiscent of the walls of restaurants in Shanghai in the 1920s when the city was the biggest financial centre in East Asia, art deco, with swept across the globe in the 1920s and 1930s dominated the interior, the wooden chairs are painted in many colours and feature flower carvings.

Chan Mao Sang and Siti Zaenab in Sounda Kelapa may no longer be there, however Warong Shanghai Blue has fully come back to life, where delicious home cooking with oriental and betawinese taste, great times an life will be celebrated to the fullest.
(The Story edited from www.tuguhotels.com)

have a nice day
daniel

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antimcd (1) 2007-09-04 1:44

nice light

vinicio (22416) 2007-09-04 3:27

Nice light and composition indeed, Daniel, compliments, this image is full of dark and pleasant atmosphere, I much like the composition, well done, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

japiey (9493) 2007-09-04 5:21

Hi Daniel.

Great use of lights.
Beautifull..
Well done.

Salutes, dear Daniel.

jean paul

patdeph (18086) 2007-09-04 5:41

hello Daniel
superb use of the light in this restaurant!The colours are very nice and the red lamps doing a diagonal line above the painting are wonderful!You are right,it's a little bit noisy,but it disturb me not so much.I like this photo very much.
Have a nice evening.
Pascale

mpdre (1587) 2007-09-04 12:57

Hi Daniel! I like very much your new picture. Dark and beautiful colors. Pattern of lamps that follow an interesting diagonal. It seems to direct us to the painting. From there we can invent a story about this place, a man and a woman meeting there. Some mysterious adventure occurring... Very well done!!!
Andre

Scharan (13955) 2007-09-04 17:38

Olá Daniel

Uma foto artística, composição criativa, boa luz e cores contrastantes. Bom trabalho amigo.
Grande abraço,
Vera

Photo65Net (43096) 2007-09-05 0:07

Daniel,
I like a lot how you caught the geometrics of the lights in this one.
Exposure is perfect, catching the painting in the BG.
Nice job,
Regards,
JB.

plimrn (19688) 2007-09-05 5:46

Hi Daniel,
I do like the row of red lights over the bogie/bacall photo. You might look at the shot with the white lights cropped out. It's tall and skinny but much cleaner. Very interesting note.
HLJ, Pat

pboehringer (770) 2007-09-05 9:16

Daniel, a very distinctive and moody scene with the red lampions leading to the mysterios interaction of the couple in the painting. The round and ohter rhomboid formed lamps are a godd contrast and gives a good balance to the image as an overall.
regards, Peter

Docarmo (8844) 2007-09-05 15:58

Hi Daniel,
Very interesting picture, I like these lights very much. There is an incredible DOF in this dark environment. Everything in harmony. Congratulations!
Thanks for the excellent and interesting note.
Regards,
Maria do Carmo

happypoppeye (4062) 2007-09-05 18:56

An interesting and very artistic shot Daniel. Different and original. Almost an abstract with all the different light colors and shades. Good composition, especially including the painting in the background, and nice colors also.

Great work.
John

robertosalguero (110) 2007-09-06 0:24

Excellent repetition effect created by the ceiling lamps. Good colours and proper exposure for a night shot. The place seem very nice and romantic. Well framed and composed image Daniel. Thanks :-)

Roberto

jhm (82909) 2007-09-06 4:38

Hello Daniel,

A very great contrast picture through the red and yellow lights against the dark background.
Very well done. Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John.

danos (32852) 2007-09-06 6:30

Hello Daniel,
an interesting atmospheric night scene of this oriental jazzy resto in Jakarta.Excellent the red line of the lamp formation that when follow it ends to the painting on the wall.The noisy in this photo,i think,is the minimum in this shot.You captured this scenery in the best way as you could,and makes this a memorable shot. Well done Daniel.

Regards,Danos

Angshu (33891) 2007-09-06 20:48

Hello Daniel
The mood is lovely & the diagonal of the red lights creates it. Good play of shapes of the lamp shades. The noise is a small issue, but it can be removed thru the free software NeatImage. Good work!
Regards
Angshu

bakes888 (18257) 2007-09-07 0:49

Hi Daniel. You have captured the atmosphere well with just enough detail to a sense of place. The coloured lamps are a great lead-in. nice work and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Cretense (56580) 2007-09-08 2:19

Hi Daniel!

I am a nightshot lover, I suppose that you allready know this, and I can tell you that this is an excellent one. Enchanting atmosphere, coming right out from the "film noire" tradition. Congratulations!

Hercules

hoorge (1434) 2007-09-08 13:04

Pak Daniel,

Gambar ini bagus sekali! First of all, I like your detailed note. Secondy, the shot is great. I love the dark feel to this image as well as the angular lineup of the red light fixtures which leads the eye to the painting. Wonderfully composed.

elmec (12194) 2007-09-09 1:40

Hello Daniel!
Very interestinf place, the lamps are in smoke of late evenig...
Good composed, but I think it will be better with some of tables, chairs, people......
Best regards!
;))

pablominto (40980) 2007-09-09 2:28

Hello daniel,
An interesting lead-in to the painting!
A clever way of creating this special atmosphere, that is also enhanced by the colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Floydian (30970) 2007-09-09 5:13

There is some noise in the photo but that only enhances the mood. You should not remove that, it has together with the light the right atmosphere for these kind of pictures, i like that a lot.
The red lights follow a nice path to the painting, nice photo Daniel, great mood.
Regards, Henk

toto (18731) 2007-09-10 1:55

Belle photo de cet intérieur,belle réalisation et jolies couleurs. Ces lampes sont très belles et donne une lumière diffuse quiéclaire doucement la scène.Beau tableau dans le fond. Amitiés Thomas
je reviens

crisnique (857) 2007-09-10 13:30

Hi Daniel,
What a nice image! I like the pleasant light and the great perspective guiding the eye to the painting in the background.
Well done!
Cristian

atus (15476) 2007-09-10 15:09

Hello Daniel, nice to see your shots again!
This is a very good first attempt of an indoor shot with few lights. It is very well composed and perfectly framed, with also a very good sense of depth, thanks to the repetitive lanterns leading directly to the picture in the bg.
Thanks also for the very interesting note, my friend! Stay well and best wishes.
Attila

zeca (20026) 2007-09-11 9:39

Hi Daniel!
I like the idea and the lights, but the image has a little bit of noise, specially in the black parts. Nice composition!
Regards,
Zeca
Bback

vincz (19043) 2007-09-12 0:41

Moody picture with great atmosphere. You mange the light very well taking advanatge of all sources of light to render the best possible atmosphere. I like it.

andante (7092) 2007-09-12 7:03

Hopefully this message will find you out of harms' way (Sept. 12/2007 - just read the news about the tsunami hitting Indonesia).

What I like about this image is the "Casablanca" feel that you have managed to capture. Almost expecting Humphrey Bogart to come out of nowhere.

Best of luck,
Enrique

Thanhnguyen (236) 2007-09-13 11:08

Hi Daniel
you have a beautiful picture here, the colors, exposure and composition so good for me also the picture does give me a warm emotion. TFS
Regards
Thanh

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-09-14 1:20

Hi Daniel,
I like the way you lined up your shot using the red ceiling lamps to lead ones focus towards the painting ... innovative approach. You've done well with low lighting considering no flash was used ... actually better this way as it captured the natural atmosphere. Well composed ... excellent work! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

aznegrao (10246) 2007-09-18 9:19

Hi Daniel!

Like a internal light in this composition.

Thanks.
aznegrao.

sayan (2609) 2007-09-20 2:32

Hi Daniel,

This is a good experimental shot. The low light photography is a difficult job and you hadled it well. Nice work.

regards

sayan

bebep (2087) 2007-09-27 2:54

hi Daniel,
have succeeded in recreating that pleasant atmosphere that probably fluttered in this place in the years '20, good!

ciao

Giuseppe

stego (22376) 2007-10-31 15:10

Hi Daniel,
The compo is very well done, graphic and colour wise. I agree that it's a pity that is a bit noisy, but that doesn't stop it from being very moody.
Regards, José.

MLINES (10910) 2007-11-13 21:55

Hi Daniel. I like this a lot. It has good POV, good colours and a great ambiance. TFS. Murray.

yopiefranz (128) 2007-12-01 7:36

the formation and the shapes of lamps you've caught are so nice. the diagonal of those lamps make it as a guiding line to the painting. it's a pleasant warm and creative picture of indoor shot. well, the noisy doesn't bother me so much, it's hard to take picture with minimum lighting.
regards,
yopie