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Hell's Kitchen
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This photo actually shows the water heater in my shower - but it always makes me think of the fires of hell - with long dining tables.
I took the title from the movie "A Bronx Tale" by Robert De Niro.
Tech: Steadied the camera against the glass window of the heater. Cropped slightly. Resized and sharpened.
---- additional info on the real "Hell's Kitchen" ----
From Hell's Kitchen: The Roaring Days of New York's Wild West Side by Richard O'Connor
"For decades after the Civil War, Hell's Kitchen on New York City's West Side between 14th and 52nd Streets, and Eighth Avenue and the waterfront, and the Tenderloin just to the east, glowed, simmered, and frequently boiled over with crime and corruption. Notorious gangs ruled the streets between the tenements, grog shops, slaughter houses, railroad yards, and gas works. In Hell's Kitchen Bully Morrison pulled lampposts out of the sidewalk to use as shillelaghs. During prohibition Hell's Kitchen was the domain of Owney Madden and "Mad Dog" Coll who scared even the city's underworld.
In the gaslight days of the lobster palaces, private dining rooms, and champagne suppers, those in a sportive mood headed toward the Tenderloin, centering around Haymarket. In the Tenderloin there was more crime per square mile of red light house and saloon than in any other place in America. This all flourished under police protection of course.
But Hell's Kitchen also produced "The Fighting 69th" and Father Francis Patrick Duffy, the heart and soul of that famous regiment. Writers such as Thomas Wolfe and O. Henry lived in Hell's Kitchen and searched its streets for ideas and inspiration." |
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- ciore
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(2307) - [2005-05-27 5:46]
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really interesting work and i can say that's well done
congrats
Viktorija
I love the idea here! Looks so cool. I think if you darkened up the darks it might make it look more contrasted and really make the flames look cool. Nicely seen! JP
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- manny
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(11941) - [2005-05-28 8:40]
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Interesting. Maybe a bt more dodging and burning can make the tones more powerful. Good concept.
nice shot! realy looks like the bottom of hell.well maybe it doesn't, i wouldn't know, never been there :) i like the red glowing things and the blue things :) good compo, well done.
A very good idea, it gives a very good effect.
Thanks for share.
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