Awesome. Right up my street this.
Looks a bit like an Edward Hopper painting too, which is cool.
Very, very good.
It looks even
more like one now (see below
).
It so reminds me of this very famous HC Bresson shot...
CT, I was really flattered by your earlier reference to HCB (who wouldn't be
), but I'm afraid that I can't see the image that you posted (just a white box with a red X). Could you possibly PM it to me please, as I'm not all that familair with Henri Cartier-Bresson's work and would love to know which image you have in mind.
It'd be good to see it blown up and on the wall of another cafe so that the cycle can continue.
Great shot
Now there's a mind-bending concept! A picture within a picture, witin a picture ...
Very well thought out shot (accident or not), well done. I do, however, feel it would benefit greatly from a boost in contrast and a little grit.
Contrast boost and grit ... coming right up, Sir
!
The other thing I like about this is that it is so unlike the painting that you can tell it wasn't staged. If you were to try and choreograph this I'm sure it could have been made far more like the painting if you see what I mean. But having said that it is so like the painting it's uncanny.. I'm confused now. I only just noticed the beer bottle almost mirroring the position of the lamp. I wonder who the man in the painting is texting
I had the same thoughts myself, Leon. I could, I suppose, have spoken to the girls and explained what I was trying to do, but then I'm sure I would have ruined the feel of the shot. Also, the composition doesn't mirror the painting directly, but I think that it still works.
As for the man at the table in the painting, he's probably texting Edward Hopper's lawyers, to inform them of a possible copyright infringement!
This really is a great capture mate. Very, very nicely done. I agree with the above comment regarding the contrast tweaks though.
Then, just for you Tim (and neo2810), here's a new version to ponder with the original posted above for contrast:
Version A:
Version B:
I'm glad to have had some useful c&c (and well as lots of lovely praise) on this one, as I felt that it looked a little flat and "snapshotish". It's easy to feel that way about a photograph that you've taken yourself, especially if you know the location/subject well, but I think that this image does benefit from a little extra "bazazz".
What does eveyone else think?