I love this restaurant window. There are a lot of layers to the photograph. The wine bottles and the little credit card machines in the foreground. The deep interior of the restaurant on the right side of the frame; behind the bottles. The women on the left seemingly caught in the middle of conversation. And the reflection of the photographer at the top left of the frame.
Capturing situations like this in the soft, evening light isn't as gripping as weird poses, intense saturation, inarticulate lighting or half naked young adults but I think it speaks to the quiet rhythm of life.
A quick shot with a Leica Q2.
Each of these has lots of detail and delicate colors. Try to look at them on a big screen, if possible.
Thanks! Kirk
I haven’t tried “large screen” but on my iPad they work well when filling the screen with the larger size and the restaurant interior and reflections are particularly nice. The reflections are just lost when viewed on the blog page and all six repay enlarging. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteYou're right Mr.T. On my big Cinema display the detail is excellent without appearing TOO sharp and the colours are deep and rich without being harsh ... like a good French sauce. Lovely palettes.
ReplyDeleteThe first image is my favourite too. Though, I would have shot it more rectilinear ... but that just my style.
I really like the Menu photo. Have you tried it in monochrome? Just curious. I've noticed that so often people gravitate to obvious landmarks, because that's what they are and they're beautiful....but it's often the less we'll known bits of a place that provide Mr with my most satisfying photographs. Glad you had a good trip.
ReplyDeleteA very nice selection of "quiet" photographs. A favorite site for these images is "Here Now, Gone Before Long" (https://ora2.blogspot.com/); his post-processing often produces a metallic-paper look that isn't seen too often on the web.
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