There is a big fruit wholesale market in the neighbourhood, with workers unloading consignments of a motley collection of fruits from around the world throughout the night year round. In the early hours, retailers will flock to the wholesale market to bargain for boxes of fruits to get their roadside kiosks prepared in time for business during the morning rush hours until nearly midnight. I always fancy taking a picture of the piles of boxes dotting the street with the crowded skyline of highrises in the background, just to give an interesting thought to the viewers about how the fruits from the vast fields of different orchards have ended up in the street at a crowded place for the busy communters of whom most have not given them a thought. But, sigh, the streets are far too crowded with the goods and people for a photographer to catch the right angle for any photo. Let's see if I will ever have the good light and the right viewpoint.
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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