Clean, polished tables can act as reflectors, through which to transform parts of a picture. Here the shiny surface adds foreground interest, diffusing, darkening and doubling.
The solid furniture in this cafe acted both as a sturdy camera platform during the exposure, and also in fixing a candid, unobtrusive viewpoint. The trick in avoiding discovery is to employ misdirection. I was studying the menu, intently, having first quickly glanced at the viewing screen, just to check the framing. Make sure too that the flash is switched off.
Lovely Ledbury?
Posted by: Dave Bushell | June 01, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Oui, vraiment c'est la, monsieur.
Posted by: Peter Bryenton | June 01, 2009 at 07:00 PM
All those reflections and the two men their hats. Perfect. I can imagine and Alan Bennett tale about this scene.
Posted by: hhb | June 02, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Alan Bennet, eh hhb? Definitely! I was listening to him read Winnie The Pooh on my car's CD system only the other day.
Posted by: Peter Bryenton | June 05, 2009 at 05:45 PM