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I agree about the positioning of those people being a little awkward, but overall, this is a very strong image. The movement of the waiter is excellent. I'm guessing this was at the long end of the lense to avoid spoiling the atmosphere, so moving would have been outta the question.
Love the mono and lighting!
Well done
Cheers, Goggz
Love the mono and lighting!
Well done

Cheers, Goggz

Quote:I agree about the positioning of those people being a little awkward, but overall, this is a very strong image. The movement of the waiter is excellent. I'm guessing this was at the long end of the lense to avoid spoiling the atmosphere, so moving would have been outta the question.
Cheers, Goggz
Hi Goggz, no long lense here, just sitting quietly in a private club, laid the camera on a table with the 28:200 zoom on quite a wide aperture if I remember correctly with no possibility to move around and clicked away until I was spotted and got some very very nasty looks.
A hasty retreat was asked for.
David

A great photo. The shutter click on the 1D must be a lot quieter than on my 20D. I think I would have been thrown out after one picture!
I would really love to see the faces more clearly. Even though it looks very natural like this I think the eye is naturally drawn to faces and feels "frustrated" when it can only see bits.
Beautifully detailed and marvellous light, too.
I would really love to see the faces more clearly. Even though it looks very natural like this I think the eye is naturally drawn to faces and feels "frustrated" when it can only see bits.
Beautifully detailed and marvellous light, too.

Utterly beautiful. The light is entrancing. The composition; impeccable. The atmosphere decadent, alluring and measured. But what I like the most is the harmony in movement/motion/direction (?) between the people and the picture behind them. It's yin and yang. The 'real' woman gestures one way. The 'painted' boy leans the other.
I'd fall on my sword if I had one (or thought it a really good idea in modern times, but you know what I mean - I am so in awe that I can't possibly see myself equalling this).
I'd swear at this point if I thought it appropriate. So, all I can say to punctuate this is 'Bravo'.
I'd fall on my sword if I had one (or thought it a really good idea in modern times, but you know what I mean - I am so in awe that I can't possibly see myself equalling this).
I'd swear at this point if I thought it appropriate. So, all I can say to punctuate this is 'Bravo'.

A remarkable image, and so deserving of its many, many awards.
Although the image is in B&W and is of an interior you wouldn't perhaps normally associate with him, this reminds me of an Edward Hopper painting....especially in its thumbnail format. Perhaps it's the woman's hairstyle which, from afar, looks as if it might have been designed in the 1920s, 30s or 40s!
Although the image is in B&W and is of an interior you wouldn't perhaps normally associate with him, this reminds me of an Edward Hopper painting....especially in its thumbnail format. Perhaps it's the woman's hairstyle which, from afar, looks as if it might have been designed in the 1920s, 30s or 40s!

Hi Photoion...
I'm afraid I do it all the time... sitting around with a camera watching waiting, I was just waiting for my aperitivo and watching these 'fat cats' totally unaware of the world around them... I loved the light and just gave it a go... I often do... I guess it's a case of don't do, don't get and anyway the light was beautiful, good enough reason for any shot
David
I'm afraid I do it all the time... sitting around with a camera watching waiting, I was just waiting for my aperitivo and watching these 'fat cats' totally unaware of the world around them... I loved the light and just gave it a go... I often do... I guess it's a case of don't do, don't get and anyway the light was beautiful, good enough reason for any shot
David

Ah, I love this type of light, mysterious, excellent interpretation of it in this case. I am glad that it was the element that commenced this picture, the aspect that made you to think (and risk) about this shot.
I hope my question did not trouble you in any way but I am really interested in this type of b&w shots especially in what was the "primordial" element that produced the shot (composition, light, curiosity, voyeurism, or sometimes nothing of these - just a mistake).
well done again. I just love this shot.
Ph
I hope my question did not trouble you in any way but I am really interested in this type of b&w shots especially in what was the "primordial" element that produced the shot (composition, light, curiosity, voyeurism, or sometimes nothing of these - just a mistake).
well done again. I just love this shot.
Ph