Nick Thompson wrote...
lol

E wrote...
very nice. good to see you posting again. :)

Jacopo wrote...
right... for a moment i thought they were talking about women...

Andre wrote...
Really nice shot! It looks very "dynamic" and tells a nice story. I live close by, but I haven't been yet. Is there a particular day that is good to go? I've also heard you need to come very early? Any recommendation? Thanks! :-)

SunsetLight wrote...
Excellent!

Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Biggei: trust an Italian to think that :-) Adanneb: if you want to go inside the market, get there around 6 or 7am. You can go inside, there are no rules about who can or cant go in but the tuna auction is now banned to anyone who isnt working there. If you go in, keep your wits about you and you need eyes i the back of your head. No one stops doing anything for anyone and although tourists etc are allowed in, dont expect everyone to be friendly. It is a working market and very, very busy with lots of people dashing around and lots of activity. If you want to the streets, any time up to 11am is busy. It starts to wind down after that. I am down there often so if you fancy some company, let me know.

Rich T wrote...
thanks for the comment... yeah i did a bit of vinetting on that photo, similiar to this one?

Arnd wrote...
excellent catch

/\/\r_/\/\_/\/\ontg0mery wrote...
alfie, you work magic with this lens. i know its not just the lens making these images so good but i wish i could see your p/p work process

Recep wrote...
nice catch... on time :))

Andre wrote...
Many thanks for the recommendations, I really appreciate it. I just read an article about this fish market, and I'm totally sold going there.. I think I might even go this upcoming weekend together with my gf. Are you around there this WE? Also, I checked some more of your work, really impressive. Sorry to hear people stealing your stuff, but please keep up the good work!

Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Hey man. Yes, I am around this weekend. Saturday morning is really the only time to go and see any real activity. If you are up for it, I would suggest an early start. 8am is the earliest I would enter the actual market area unless I have special press accces through my buddy. Tourists should really not be in there before 9am but i have a press badge so we should be fine. If you wanted to get there earlier, we coiuld walk around the outside parts of the market, go in at 8/8.30 and then so the streets afterwards. If you havent found it already, this is a good page.... www.japan-guide.com/e/e3021.html although the part about the auction is now out of date. Since April 1st the tuna auction is off-limits to all visitors.People still go and that is what is fucking it up for people and one of the reasons that in a few years the market will be in Toyasu, not Tsukiji... and why there will be a special glassed-off area for people to see things from behind. Shame that some people who dont understand the meaning of 'no' have screwed it for everyone. But I guess that was bound to happen eventually. I have dropped this to you in a Flickr mail, together with my email address. Drop me a line. Catch you soon Cheers Alfie

mimi yoon wrote...
ahhh~ that big... you are good alfie... : )

Kania Verawaty Wahab wrote...
love the point of interest there ... the focus superb

m v wrote...
i love japan, thank you to show me to this way....

jamesjustin wrote...
The atmosphere of Tsukiji is always great. I like how you use the stop sign and line on the street to frame the two guys walking in their white uniforms. Catching the guy gesturing about the size of something makes this a little more interesting than it otherwise might be as we can only imagine what he is actually talking about. I'm Building My Visual Literacy :-) Seen In The Group, Building Visual Literacy

Peter Zéglis wrote...
I don't know where to start here, the light is just great. Even though there aren't many people in this shot it gives the feeling of a crowded place. However I don't feel the "noise" of a crowded city mostly because of the right guy's pose. His hands and his left foot give me an impression of a street parade or something like this. If you hide his right foot with your hand you'll see that he looks like he is jumping. Also, the way that the left guy's looking at him gives you the impression that the right one feels the need to impress his critical interlocutor (I'm not sure this is the right word, haha). Finally, their white clothes match perfectly the bottom line and the letters on the street. I'm Building My Visual Literacy :-) Seen In The Group, Building Visual Literacy

Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Interlocutor..... word of the day I think, Peter, without a shadow of a doubt :-) Literally it means 'someone engaged in a conversation'. But, just so we all know what Oxford says about it: www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/interlocutor?view=uk The 'blocking out his foot' trick is great. Never really saw that myself. One of the reasons I shoot inthis spot is for the road markings. They tend to frame or anchor things off nicely. Cheers mate.

Peter Zéglis wrote...
[http://flickr.com/photos/alfiegoodrich/] Hehe, I had the word "interlocutor" in my mind as "partner in conversation" because in my language is commonly used for that, I guess it's not a perfect translation but the best you can have =) I thought the trick with his foot because when I first saw the thumbnail I thought it was shot during a street parade and he was jumping.

Francesco Gallarotti wrote...
The use of a long focal length here creates the feel of crowd by reducing the apparent distance between the different subjects in the picture. If you actually look carefully there are really not many people in this scene, probably less than ten, but the overall impression is that we are looking at a busy street. I also think that the feel is accentuated by the presence of many signs of different colors, sizes and directions. This creates a crowd of messages in the top-left quadrant of the picture, recalled at the bottom by the stop sign written on the pavement. The way the light is used and accentuated by the post-processing vignetting obviously invites the viewer to focus essentially on the two main subjects. While the action is frozen by the high shutter speed, everything in the picture indicates movement, from the feet of the people to the signs above their heads waving in the wind. Adding to this the contrasty and cold color treatment, this creates a very cinematographic effect (a signature style of the author Alfie Goodrich, I would dare to say). As a final note, while looking at this image carefully I noticed how the flags at the top left and the bags at the bottom right create parallel diagonal short lines that almost resemble "quotes" almost as if they were enclosing what the two subjects are talking about. I understand this is obviously not something the photographer could have noticed when he shot the image, but it's an example of a little something that adds to the composition and can turn a good image in a great image. I'm Building My Visual Literacy :-) Seen In The Group, Building Visual Literacy

Skyler wrote...
Would you recommend getting the 85mm f/1.4 lens or the 50mm f/1.4?

i 8z wrote...
great capture.