Paris cafe: C+C welcome

[parisphotog]

Just a composition that I found pleasing. C+C welcome.



Don

 

[DonBJr]

Sort of interesting, but this is like 'modern art' where one person sees art, and another person sees spilled paint. heh

 

[LilKnytt]

Really very Paris cafe.

Very artsy Paris.

Lil
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[VadimOm]

well said

i am personally having hard time with it...

Sort of interesting, but this is like 'modern art' where one person
sees art, and another person sees spilled paint. heh

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I like it.

Thanks for posting,
maljo

 

[parisphotog]

Thanks for taking the time to take a look. I saw some angles and curves so to my eye it made sense to me.

Don

Sort of interesting, but this is like 'modern art' where one person
sees art, and another person sees spilled paint. heh

 

[Kelly Shipp]

Nice exposure but there's no real center point of interest. No focal point. The eye just wanders. Other than that, it's a nice image.

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[Kriss_75017]

For me the "post" and the right made the picture hard to read, I don't think it was necessary to include it on the shot.
(It's just my feeling, nothing else)
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[parisphotog]

Thanks for taking the time to take a look. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Don

Really very Paris cafe.

Very artsy Paris.

Lil
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at

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[LilKnytt]

My older sister used to live in the 8eme, now she lives in Montesson. I used to stay with her for a month at a time running around Paris when I was 20 & 21....

Long time ago, but fond memories.... I also have my nephews there. Now they come for a month at a time to Los Angeles...

Li
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[parisphotog]

That's what I was aiming for, a curve or 2 here and some angles. Just geometrics, visual math I guess. Thanks for looking.

Don

Nice exposure but there's no real center point of interest. No focal
point. The eye just wanders. Other than that, it's a nice image.

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Thanks,
Kelly Shipp

 

[DonBJr]

I wanted to elaborate a little. I was thinking that I didn't really have an initial emotional reaction, which might just be due to a lack of familiarity or connection with the particular subject. What I ended up doing instead was looking for what the image had to offer and only in doing that did I recognize interesting geometry (e.g. the table tops) and things like that.

 

[Downward Dog]

I see the geometry that led you to take the shot. It is pleasing, but as another poster mentioned, it does not take you anywhere in particular.

I find my eye drawn up the guy leaning against the wall outside. If he had an interesting face or was doing something, i think there would be a better payoff.

Still, it's a nice shot and hey...you're in Paris and I'm in Maryland, so you've got that going for you. ;-)

 

[LilKnytt]

What I see in the shot is a typical Paris scene. I see the geometry & the feel of "Paris".

What I love about the shot IS (stressing the word here) the fact that there's so much to look at in the shot - - no direct focusing point. That's like Paris - - tons to look at & tons to "see" & each person can pick their own top choice in what to scan around to look at.

This shot - - to Me - - represents that.

Lil
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[fraserj1]

FWIW, if you hadn't explained that this was a Paris cafe, I probably wouldn't have thought that it was a Paris cafe. Other than the tables' feet, there's really nothing that gives me the feeling of Paris.

Beyond that, the people behind the tables (partially obscured by the tables), for me at least detract from the image. I understand where you were trying to go, but IMHO I don't you got there. Your intended geometrical patterns seem to get lost in a mishmash of random object in the frame.

Good exposure and lighting, though! :> )

 

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from the chairs to the people and back;
understated but brilliant. Budding shutter
jockeys can learn a lot from this photo.

maljo

 

[Pretzel]

I enjoy the shot. The geometry leads to the back of the cafe and stops. Then you notice the step dwellers outside. I like the flow and the focal point. The intersection of the textures is also interesting. This works especially well in b&w. I doubt I would have had a kind reaction to the same image in color.

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[fraserj1]

from the chairs to the people and back;
understated but brilliant. Budding shutter
jockeys can learn a lot from this photo.

maljo

I respectfully disagree.

Once the eye gets to the people in back, there is no place for the eye to rest because of the chair on the table obscuring most of them. The path the eye travels is ok, but I'm disappointed once I get to the end of the path. Its certainly not a terrible image, but IMHO it needs something to give it a little punch.

The lesson here is to have something engaging at the end of the path the viewer's eye travels.

 

[willett58]

Like I have been told a million times... a picture is worth a 1000 words, some good and some bad and some - well ya know. I often find myself taking pictures others find indifferent. But, it is all in what you saw at the moment.
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[rosti]

Don,

Thanks for sharing the photo.

as mentioned from some above, I think that the geometry and lighting are good and interesting, however for me it does not completely deliver the full potential.

the framing could be better from my point of view, if the small parts of some of the items would be excluded (or if we will see more of them) for example the table at the lower left corner, the door frame, part of the chair that stands on the table (just one millimeter from top not the all chair). also, I'm not sure if it wouldn't work better in landscape mode with a wider lens.

I also think that the photo could have developed into two different approaches, but it would be very difficult to combine them together. you can focus on the texture and patterns or as a 'moody' photo, or compose it based on the feeling you would like to achieve (for me that would usually mean the peoples in the frame, or the lack of them).

lastly, having a lot to say or suggest about your photo does mean that you have managed to choose an interesting subject and present it in a way that will intrigue a response, so good work!

Roni