A Table Next to Mine

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Took this at a place to eat outside of Woodstock, NY. I think ithe eatery was called the Pines.

[Manfred M]

An interesting shot, but it's a bit challenging to determine what your subject is. The viewer's eyes travel from the table to cabinet to the mirror and back. All three are strong elements, yet none are strong enough to carry the viewer's interest.

I like where you are going with this, but I feel you need to refine the image a bit more for it to be truly effective.

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An interesting shot, but it's a bit challenging to determine what your subject is. The viewer's eyes travel from the table to cabinet to the mirror and back. All three are strong elements, yet none are strong enough to carry the viewer's interest.

I like where you are going with this, but I feel you need to refine the image a bit more for it to be truly effective.

Thank you for your insight. There was no specific subject when I took the shot. I liked the lighting on the objects. I had the sense that it lacked a subject. I told my wife that the picture needed a person sitting in the chair wearing late 1800's clothing. Unfortunately, I took the photo a 100 years too late. ... What do you mean by refine the image and to what end? Thank you once again, Daniel

[Manfred M]

What do you mean by refine the image and to what end? Thank you once again, Daniel

Photography is a creative process and any creative process is iterative, i.e. we go through various versions. Architects don't design a building in one go, engineers go through many versions before they have designed a new airplane, writers go through many drafts before they get to their final versions.

Photographers are much the same, they take multiple pictures of the same subject from different angles, under different lighting conditions, etc. The shot would look a lot different with someone sitting there in their late 1800's clothing, as you suggested, but it would also look different if a trucker were sitting there, or someone in a T-shirt with lots of tattoos. The left over plates from a previous diner, or a set table waiting for the next one would look different too.

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Photography is a creative process and any creative process is iterative, i.e. we go through various versions. Architects don't design a building in one go, engineers go through many versions before they have designed a new airplane, writers go through many drafts before they get to their final versions.

Photographers are much the same, they take multiple pictures of the same subject from different angles, under different lighting conditions, etc. The shot would look a lot different with someone sitting there in their late 1800's clothing, as you suggested, but it would also look different if a trucker were sitting there, or someone in a T-shirt with lots of tattoos. The left over plates from a previous diner, or a set table waiting for the next one would look different too.

Understood. Thank you for your input. Much appreciated.

[Wavelength]

It looks like a still life painting; i think a human being is not much of a need in the frame; a newspaper on the table would have added more life; any how i liked this very much as such too....

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It looks like a still life painting; i think a human being is not much of a need in the frame; a newspaper on the table would have added more life; any how i liked this very much as such too....

I like the newspaper Idea. Maybe when I learn photoshop. Thank you for your comment.

[Geoff F]

I keep returning to this image and having a think about what are the strengths and weakness of the scene. Also wondering if a different crop might work.

But, eventually, my thoughts are that the subjects are simply too tight to the image frame so the whole scene looks constricted. That table makes a nice lead in towards the image centre but I am not keen on having half a chair on the left side. Either the full chair or nothing.

Maybe a slight highlight boost would produce a little more 'contrast zip' ? And is there a slightly over green tint?