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Colours of China...Gold [200th posting!]


Colours of China...Gold [200th posting!]
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Copyright: Hans Spruijt (GreenBaron) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3028 W: 759 N: 9260] (36981)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2005-04-20
Categories: Daily Life, Decisive Moment, Experimental, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Minolta Z1
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: China 2005
Theme(s): Travelling China 2005 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-03-06 12:46
Viewed: 653
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 54
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Colours of China...Gold

My 200th posting on TrekLens!

In the series of my desaturated pictures "Colours of China"; Gold!

Is gold a colour, no in fact it’s a name of a chemical element of a nobel metal. Nevertheless if I tell somebody “It has a gold colour”, he or she (a little doubt :) knows immediately the object has a yellowish orange tone.

And indeed Gold is also a colour according the definition in Wikipedia. Refer the paragraph Gold(colour) below.

The remark: “He has a heart of gold means...” I don’t have to explain that don’t I? So I came to this title after observing the scene. A grandfather carrying his grandchild on his back, father and mother of the baby are at work. This scene is often seen in China; grandparents taking care of their grandchild(ren) during the day. So this nice old man. Sitting relaxed on a small wall in Lijiang smoking his little cigar in a pipe. Carrying a precious load: his grandchild, which is looking fearless into the world with his beautiful bright dark eyes. The golden ring on the finger of grandpa is only the metaphor for the golden cargo he’s carrying on his back….thousand times more precious than his golden ring.



Gold colour

Gold, also called golden is a yellowish orange colour which is a representation of the colour of the element gold.

The web colour gold, which is displayed at right, which is sometimes also called orange-yellow[meaning "orangish yellow" is traditionally referred to as golden in order to distinguish it from the colour metallic gold. The use of gold as a colour term in traditional usage is confined to referring to the colour "metallic gold"

The first recorded use of golden as a colour name in English was in the year 1300 to refer to the element gold and in 1423 to refer to blonde hair

The hex triplet for the digital golden colour is: #FFD700


Gold

Gold (IPA: /gəʊld/) is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from the Latin aurum) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewellery. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, underground "veins" and in alluvial deposits. It is one of the coinage metals. It is a dense, soft, shiny, yellow metal, and is the most malleable and ductile of the known metals.

Gold forms the basis for a monetary standard used by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Its ISO currency code is XAU. Modern industrial uses include dentistry and electronics, where gold has traditionally found use because of its good resistance to oxidative corrosion. (Text Wikipedia.com)
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  • twin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 447 W: 133 N: 195] (7065)
  • [2007-03-06 12:50]

my congratulations of your 200 th post...
hope to share thousands of your beautiful posts...

thanks my friend...

hello hans!
congratulation on your 200th post, i wish you many more beautiful photos.

this is very nice shot with gold ring :-)
wonderful!
tfs
zoran

Congratulations on your 200th post.
Nice capture and well done on the PP work.
Well done
Pierre

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  • Dawn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1212 W: 110 N: 3160] (15675)
  • [2007-03-06 14:37]

First Dear Hans...CONGRATULATIONS on 200 photos in Treklens... well done to you :-)

What a great photo, I like how you have just kept the ring in colour...a truely wonderful portrait of this man and his grandchild.. good composition, and it works well in black and white.

Your framing and presentation is excellent.

TOP MARKS..

Thanks and kindest regards
Dawn.

Congratulations, Hans! 200 Posts of excellent quality work! Great character shot here! Hard to find a adult chinese without a smoke, haha! (even the gold ring could not distract me from that observation).
Cheers
Otto

Hi dear friend Hans, congratulations for your 2000 wonderful post on TL, splendid B&W with only gold color, great scene from China with smocking old man and lovely baby, very well done, BRAVO! ciao Silvio

Well done on 200 photos on TrekLens. That is a great achievement and a lot of work. I like this scene depicting gold as in the ring. Very cute to see the baby on the man's back. Good close up portrait.

Hi Hans,
Congratulations for your 200th!
Nice photo, great compo and PP job.
TFS
Kind regards,
Lurdes

Hallo Hans.
Gefeliciteerd met het plaatsen van 200 opname's. Ik weet hoeveel energie het kost dus voor mij betekend dat een hele knappe prestatie.
De opname met de gouden ring is niet alleen verrassend maar ook heel er fraai.
Frans

Hi Hans,
This is a great composition of everyday life in China!! Wonderful in black and white with just the gold ring, and the expression on both of their faces is lovely! Great image as always, Well done and TFS Congratulations on your 200th Post as well!! Cheers Tina :-)

  • Great 
  • nana Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 129 W: 1 N: 116] (908)
  • [2007-03-06 18:43]

Congratulations on your 200th shot

Wow what an amazing gallery and from so many fantastic shots from different countries, you have a fantastic talent and I am sure I can leran alot from you so will be back.... Thank you for sharin

Nana

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3115 W: 211 N: 6561] (25952)
  • [2007-03-06 23:43]

Well done!! A gold ring - no gold watch???
And congrats on your 200th posting Hans. Another very good PP example for us to follow, and it is a happy composition of grandad and baby.
TFS
Janice

Hoi Hans,

Erg mooie gouden plaat met een mooi verhaal erbij! Leuk zoals je die gouden ring geaccentueerd hebt.
Perfecte compo en afwerking, maar dat kun je wel aan jou overlaten.

In je intro vertel je dat je de "oudere" foto's hebt moeten scannen. Dat is erg goed gelukt met deze plaat. Scan je de negatieven of scan je een foto/afdruk?
groet,
Joop

Hallo Hans,
Van harte - 200 foto's en dan bij jou dubbel werk door alle note's die je erbij maakt - dubbel gefeliciteerd dan maar.
Dit vind ik zo'n mooie foto - hoe je hem hebt gemaakt maar ok de keuze van je onderwerp - leuk voor in je serie want je moet ergens naartoe werken - naar goud dus en gelukkig dat het alleen maar een ring is anders kan ik niet rustig genieten van deze mooie foto.
--thousand times more precious--
Els
:) dank voor al die acronymen

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2040 W: 135 N: 3036] (16457)
  • [2007-03-07 6:12]

Nice shot my friend and congratulation to your 200th post!!! Time to celebrate it with Gold, very good idea...:D I like it... very nice captured...I will like to see more contrast but hey, that's just me...:P Keep clicking my dear friend... looking forward to see more of your photos...:D

Thanks for shairng

Cheers,
Sweety

Hi Hans,

Congratulation on your 200th posts! A great photo to celebrate it! :)
Can't wait to see what's next... :)

Very well done and TFS
Constantinos

Congratulations on 200!! Beautiful photo! Love the BW with the accents! I hope the Smithsonian is watching for more....B-).....and link them to my page will ya! HAHAHAHA!
B-)
Linda

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1632 W: 0 N: 1] (10453)
  • [2007-03-07 13:03]

Mooie candid Hans.
Die ring had van mij ook gewoon in zw/w mogen zijn.
Gr Jos

Hi Hans,

Very nice continuation of your Colors of China series, with the usual touch of color that gives that special touch to your lovely image. Nice composition and great presentation.
TFS,
Vassilis

hi hans,

very nice shot... 200th post. how many hours on TL ... too many? hardly possible. whatever, the picture is perfect.
regards frans

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  • moli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1186 W: 285 N: 1315] (7065)
  • [2007-03-07 15:56]

Color of China.
Great composition Hans. And very good idea. Very impressive capture and interesting as well.
Congratulations.
Janek J-23

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  • ttreen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1562 W: 116 N: 3521] (14072)
  • [2007-03-07 17:05]

Hey Hans
Congratulations.. wonderful that you show the GOLD of China in this shot!
Love the expression on the older mans face as well as the baby! Well done...
here is to the next 200! Cheers

Tricia

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  • jone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1766 W: 61 N: 0] (16203)
  • [2007-03-08 5:11]

Hi Hans ;)
great creation... congratulations your 200...
Have a nice spring,
J ;)

My friend... congratulations for your 200th posting... is so great!!!... you are a great photoghrapher, we are waiting for your next 200th... congratulations...

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1365 W: 31 N: 1532] (9445)
  • [2007-03-09 14:10]

Hi Hans

I missed your 200th! belated congratulations. You have marked the occasion with a strong image. Nice characted shot and I like the subtle PP work

TFS

Karan

Hans, Little late, and Congratulations on 200th posting.

Nice photo to celebrate this moment. Well done PP and nice composition. :) Vandana

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  • Alba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 577 W: 0 N: 207] (2762)
  • [2007-03-11 3:59]

Hi Hans,
Congratulations for your 200th!
And thanks for that portrait full of interest, I like especially the expression of the two looking in different directions.
Mary

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