Stock Exchange by bella_ss

Stock Exchange

My Get Pushed challenge: portrait of a flower as central element in another scene (guess you could call this an environmental portrait of a flower?) Interpret as you like.
It sounded easy but to get a nice photo that made sense was a bit harder for me.
The building is our historic Stock Exchange Arcade. Our sleepy little town was once a thriving gold mining town and operated it's own stock exchange between 1872 and 1899. This is my favourite building in our town.

Finalist for Get Pushed 94
@francoise Here's my effort Francoise, it was more difficult than I thought, which I guess is the whole idea of being pushed. Thank you!
May 10th, 2014  
We had a Hot choc/ coffee in that building. I recognised it straight away.
Beautiful capture...I think you did well.
May 10th, 2014  
Yes, these challenges can sometimes prove more difficult than we anticipate. Yours has made you "think outside the box" and I think you have succeeded. Once I had a push to do a food photo, should have been so easy but it did my head in all that week. Nothing seemed like the right photo. I think in the end I just didn't do it…….naughty Terrie ;-0
May 10th, 2014  
This is quite a brilliant interpretation of the challenge. Such a lovely end result too.
May 10th, 2014  
I wouldn't find the challenge easy either. You have done well.
May 10th, 2014  
What an awesome shot, very striking and great for the challenge. Fav
May 10th, 2014  
Great POV!
May 10th, 2014  
@bella_ss This is fascinating because of the two separate dimensions: There's the close up of the flower (yes, love them too) plus an entire crisp building. Nice. When I read the description the idea came that this could be a sort of requiem to a by-gone age,like laying a flower at a grave. (though I can see what looks like a cafe, so though not stock exchange any more, it looks like the building is in use.)
May 10th, 2014  
Deb
Fantastic POV! Well done
May 10th, 2014  
@francoise Thank you Francoise, you're very kind with your interpretation of my image. You're right, there is a cafe in there as well as a few other businesses. It's not what I envisaged when I set out to take the shot...
May 10th, 2014  
Such a gorgeous photo! I think you really did an exceptional job for your get pushed! Love your clarity and composition! x
May 10th, 2014  
Beautiful. Love the pov
May 10th, 2014  
wonderful
May 10th, 2014  
Delightful! Great pov.
May 10th, 2014  
Well done! Great pov and composition!
May 10th, 2014  
Beautifully composed and captured - Lovely DoF to get both parts of the pic sharp too :)
May 11th, 2014  
That is a very beautiful building and I love the composition of this! It's like the building is a frame for the flower.
May 11th, 2014  
Congratulations on being a finalist. I like the composition of this photo. The POV is great. Well done.
May 11th, 2014  
Fabulous POV and so creative to think of this.
May 13th, 2014  
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