This is probably the last shot I’ll manage in my work’s coffee-bar series, as unless I can find something else to photograph – other than the walls, espresso machine, and the serving tongs they use for their marvelous (but overpriced) pastries – I’ve just about run out of ideas for this particular location.
As for this image: when I first worked on it a few days ago, I was really happy with it. But I’ve been messing around with it over the last couple of days and am now not sure what to make of it. Technically, while this looks like a straight shot, it was actually quite complicated to produce and relies of five separate (Curves) adjustment layers – one for the walls, one for the newspaper rack, one for the centre of the photograph, another for the mount, and a final one for the picture frame – and I think it looks ok, but I’ve had enough of it now so will post it before I’m tempted to do anything else to it.
And I suppose that this is the downside of getting a few shots ahead of myself. Normally I only have a couple of shots in reserve, sometimes none (which is a bit fraught), but at the moment I have six (including this one) ‘finished’ images to choose from. Which should be a good thing, but actually means that I’ve spent loads of time messing around and getting dissatisfied with all of them. Oh well, I guess there are worse things than having to worry about which photograph to put up next ;-)
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance optical filter
Canon G5
9.13am on 22/3/04
f2.2
1/10
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
10.2mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
comment byDaniel at 08:19 AM (GMT) on 25 March, 2004
Hi djn1, I not only like your photographs - I adore the skill of yours getting the right title to the pictures. I have great problems expressing myself in words rather than pictures. That is why I mostly use one-word-descriptions for my pictures.
comment byRichard at 09:02 AM (GMT) on 25 March, 2004
nice
comment byDeceptive at 11:44 AM (GMT) on 25 March, 2004
Nice simple composition, I do find the reflections in the picture a little distracting though. One way of eliminating these would have been to use a circular polarizing filter. It might be a feature you like in which case just ignore me.
Very cool site, this one. I was never a sucker for this kind of pictures - I prefer pictures with people inside - but I must confess I was overwhelmed by the images on this blog. Nice show! I will have to dwell on this when I have more time on my hands.
Maybe it would have been better if you shot only the newsrack. Thre reflections are a little distracting, but on the other hand, that make you wonder about the room where this picture hangs.
This is probably the last shot I’ll manage in my work’s coffee-bar series, as unless I can find something else to photograph – other than the walls, espresso machine, and the serving tongs they use for their marvelous (but overpriced) pastries – I’ve just about run out of ideas for this particular location.
As for this image: when I first worked on it a few days ago, I was really happy with it. But I’ve been messing around with it over the last couple of days and am now not sure what to make of it. Technically, while this looks like a straight shot, it was actually quite complicated to produce and relies of five separate (Curves) adjustment layers – one for the walls, one for the newspaper rack, one for the centre of the photograph, another for the mount, and a final one for the picture frame – and I think it looks ok, but I’ve had enough of it now so will post it before I’m tempted to do anything else to it.
And I suppose that this is the downside of getting a few shots ahead of myself. Normally I only have a couple of shots in reserve, sometimes none (which is a bit fraught), but at the moment I have six (including this one) ‘finished’ images to choose from. Which should be a good thing, but actually means that I’ve spent loads of time messing around and getting dissatisfied with all of them. Oh well, I guess there are worse things than having to worry about which photograph to put up next ;-)
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
optical filter
9.13am on 22/3/04
f2.2
1/10
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
10.2mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
Hi djn1, I not only like your photographs - I adore the skill of yours getting the right title to the pictures. I have great problems expressing myself in words rather than pictures. That is why I mostly use one-word-descriptions for my pictures.
nice
Nice simple composition, I do find the reflections in the picture a little distracting though. One way of eliminating these would have been to use a circular polarizing filter. It might be a feature you like in which case just ignore me.
Very cool site, this one. I was never a sucker for this kind of pictures - I prefer pictures with people inside - but I must confess I was overwhelmed by the images on this blog. Nice show! I will have to dwell on this when I have more time on my hands.
Regards from sunny Portugal.
Lovely shot :)
Nice picture, I have never seen a newspaper rack like that. I was looking it for about 5min trying to figure out how you hang your coat on it ;).
Now I'm bummed out because my work doesn't have a coffee bar :(.
Thanks.
No news today? ;-)
Maybe it would have been better if you shot only the newsrack. Thre reflections are a little distracting, but on the other hand, that make you wonder about the room where this picture hangs.