In the window at a restaurant in Poland.
This is a leftover photo that I was thinking about posting for the #Photo101 challenge that took place last month. Now Lucile has started a Photo101 rehab, so I can post this leftover shot.
It was taken with my crappy pocket camera that only shoots jpeg’s, so in terms of post-processing the options are way more limited than a RAW file. In Lightroom I darkened the highlights, brightened the shadows, increased the contrasts, added some mid-tones (clarity) and darkened the edges to bring to attention towards the center of the photo. Then I exported it to Photoshop where I added a lens blur.
Cardinal Guzman 
The contents of this basket are intriguing me – though not blurred, I can’t figure out what the little round things are….looking from afar I thought dry figs which would be something people here used to offer for holidays and all kinds of festivities. Do tell! (Lovely shot!)
I’ll let you in on the secret: It’s garlic.
Ahhhhhhhh imunity booster and company repelent 😀
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That’s a lovely warm photo I especially like the reflection of the candles through the glass 🙂
Thanks. I like the warm light from the candles too and they had great food there!
oh where was it?
In a small village/city somewhere in Poland. I can’t remember the name, but it’s somewhere near the large Jesus statue.
thank you 🙂 x
Ow wow Cardinal, what a gorgeous photo. I love the lens blur, it has really made it an intriguing photo. Combined with the colours and the light – fab!
Thank you very much. I had a bland and boring image to start with, but I tried to get the best results I can out of this jpeg.
You certainly succeeded!!
The photo and the basket are a real treat! Beautiful. Thanks for joining the Photo Rehab. Great to count on admiring your beautiful photos and learning from you!
Thanks Lucile. I’ll post more photos during the month!
I love the way you have used a vignette on this and the way the garlic falls into the candle light
Thanks Andy. Sometimes just a touch is enough, but here I felt that a strong vignette was very much needed.
This is a great shot, Cardinal. Certainly lots of work has gone into it with Lightroom. There’s always so many different combinations and effects you can use, so hard to choose. I would not have guessed you took this with a point-and-shoot. Maybe you should invest in a better point and shoot 🙂
Thanks Mabel. The Lightroom/Photoshop process in this shot is a quick and easy job.
If I could afford it, I would have bought myself a new point&shoot a long time ago! The one I have now (Canon Ixus 130) is shit.
I really like what you have done with it. By blurring the edges you have increased the clarity. It’s great.
Thank you. I felt that I had to blur a bit, in order to draw the attention towards the center of the photo.
It worked really well
It’s very beautiful … and I like those warm tones in it. Will check out the rehab too … maybe I’ll check in even 🙂
Feel free to join in. It’s always nice with some social interaction between bloggers.
great use of blurr – like it very much!
Just chiming in because I too think this is a wonderful shot. I imaging myself sitting at a table close by sipping on a cup of tea :-).
I find this composition very unusual and worth being portrayed! You added your magic tricks… et voilà , a splendid photo!
The image reminded some of the Christmas exquisite cards we used to have. Your photo gives such a delightful and warm feeling, the display is so very elegant, and the lighting, candles are perfect ! Another genius shot, CG! Thank you so much!
I like it!
The glow and warmth from this shot is so bright and cosy Cardinal. Difficult to imagine it starting life as boring!
Haha, you’re right. It started life as boring. Probably it’ll end it as forgotten and full of dust. Being laid to rest during some make-over project.
It’s a beautiful still life, Cardinal. Amazing what can be had with a crappy camera 😀
Yes, you can work with the photos up a certain point, but SOOC (straight out of camera) doesn’t look good – unless it’s perfect light conditions.
Not the usual pic from a restaurant! Great!
I would love to visit Poland, did you like the food there?
Have a great weekend
The food was delicious in this restaurant! Also in Krakow it’s possible to find decent restaurants that serves local food.
Lovely shot, C! I like it with your work that it’s not possible to see all the work you put into it – it looks very natural and spontaneous.
Thanks R. It’s very limited what you can do with a jpeg, so even if I wanted to, I can’t go all spastic.
it’s a wonderful shot, with so much warm and cosy feeling about it 🙂
Thank you. It’s a precise representation of the atmosphere in the restaurant: a warm and cosy place (with good food).
Cardinal, regardless of the camera you used and processing limitations, you produced a damn fine shot here. It almost has a film feel… I love it!
A film feel is good. Thank you Shane.
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Once again, you’ve proved that although good equipment is important, it still takes a photographer with vision and skill to make a good shot. YOU took crappy pocket camera and som editing software to create a well composed still life, which is actually very hard to do in photography in spite of appearances.
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