The Jeweler in his shop

[RBSinTo]

Taken about a year ago in the St. Lawrence Market, here in Toronto.
This Jeweler's kiosk is one of many small businesses within the market, and is so small that it barely has room for the husband and wife who sit surrounded by religious medallions, rings, bracelets, pendants and all manner of accessories.
While in the past they have refused to let me take a photo, on this particular occasion, the husband kindly agreed and I got this shot of him working away doing a repair.
converted to black and white in Photoshop.
motorized Nikon FA
Nikkor 24 f2 AIS manual focus
Fuji 400 ISO colour slide rated at 800 and push-processed one stop
f2 @ 1/60th

[LePetomane]

Your shot brings back memories. My dad was a jeweler. I did not follow in the family business.

[rpcrowe]

Nice capture. A little on the soft side but I don't know whether that comes from the extra step of scanning the slide... As we all know, one of the advantages of digital with a reasonably late model DSLR (especially a full frame) is that you could crank the ISO up to 3200 or so and be able to get a faster shutter speed along with a smaller f/stop.

My, I wonder what their home looks like?

[Shadowman]

Nice effort.

[IzzieK]

He is well surrounded by knick knacks...I agree with Richard about the shot being on the soft side. +1 to his comment.

[Sergio M.]

Robert, your shot does a great job of displaying the cramped quarters and working conditions of the jeweler.

Sergio

[RBSinTo]

Paul David, Richard, John and Izzie,
Thanks for commenting.
I think the "softness" being referred to is likely a combination of the shallow depth of field and a shutter speed that might even be slower than the 1/60th I believed it to be, because of the relatively low light in most areas of the Market.
Of necessity and design I shot wide open and focused on the Jeweler reasoning that great sharpness in the sea of merchandise that surrounds him was of secondary importance.
Robert