Santos Cafe

vintagemxrvintagemxr Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
edited March 13, 2010 in Street and Documentary
I shot this in 2006 in a cafe down near the Mexican border.

SantosCafe.jpg

The camera (CoolPix 8800) was just sitting on the table and I swung it around, checked the scene in the LCD, and hit the shutter. It's always been one of my favorite shots even with the overexposure of the white blouse by the window light. PP from the original color, of course. Your comments are appreciated.

Doug
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2010
    Yeah I do that with my S90 as well, it's very candid :D

    If this one was mine I would have cropped the foreground OOF and gotten all
    of the Sombrero on the wall in the Frame. JMHO
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  • vintagemxrvintagemxr Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2010
    Thanks for the comment. I played around with a tighter crop. I think some of the southwest flavor of the shot gets lost but I may have liked the sombrero and blanket too well to edit the photo as I could. I find I sometimes fall in love with some element of a photo that isn't always necessary to the over all photo.

    Redit with the tighter crop:
    SantosCafe2.JPG

    Doug
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited March 12, 2010
    vintagemxr wrote:
    Redit with the tighter crop:

    Not bad, but I prefer the original.
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  • jamaizjamaiz Registered Users Posts: 36 Big grins
    edited March 12, 2010
    I like them both but I prefer number 1. I realize that there is clutter in the foreground but it tells me much more about what's going on and where.
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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2010
    The original version does it for me. I think your instinct of keeping the wall hangings and the sombrero is right. It adds a nice sense of place.
  • alexfalexf Registered Users Posts: 436 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2010
    I like the original too. Good shot.
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  • vintagemxrvintagemxr Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2010
    Thanks everyone. I've actually played with this image on and off since I took it and have never been sure if it worked for anyone but me.

    Doug
    "A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into." - Ansel Adams
    My B&W Photos
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  • bauermanbauerman Registered Users Posts: 452 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2010
    Very pleasing natural light in that shot.....and I much prefer the original to the crop......too many interesting elements were removed.
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2010
    The original for me too. I like the light and the context it provides.
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