I went to a bookstore downtown to get non icelandic newpaper (and also a big one).
Made some toasts and a coffee. Drank tea and ate the bread during the photography. Well I also had an egg but decided to just eat it instead of have it in the picture.
I just hope voters will not say this is just a newspaper but no words important for the composition.
I used external flashgun and tripod. Adjustments were crop, sharp and levels.
I was first going to make it B/W but diceded finally to use this color version of the picture.
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Place: 119 out of 253 Avg (all users): 5.0831 Avg (commenters): 6.2500 Avg (participants): 4.8943 Avg (non-participants): 5.2053 Views since voting: 972 Views during voting: 405 Votes: 313 Comments: 8 Favorites: 0
Thanks for nice comments and thanks for you people who understands me and can see both the person reading the newswpaper (the words) and also the lonly person drinking the coffee and the not so tasty peace of bread :)
I think your point could be more emphasized by:
*Bring the toast and coffee closer to the foreground edge
*Turn the cup handle more towards the front, and perhaps add a spoon in the saucer with the handle facing the viewer
*Consider accentuating these effects by using a vertical crop/composition, so you can get those elements closer to the foreground
Right now, the toast and coffee look as much like they've been discarded by the reader as they are the breakfast of the viewer ... your title made me study the hands, to see if there were TWO people behind that "large" newspaper dining on something perhaps more satisfying than toast : )
Thanks for nice comments and thanks for you people who understands me and can see both the person reading the newswpaper (the words) and also the lonly person drinking the coffee and the not so tasty peace of bread :)
But I don't at all understand the score this picture got :(
Maybe I'm being picky but counting the number of people, including the one holding the paper, I see five people, six if you want to include the drawing on the coffee mug. Plus the text on the newspaper is not that interesting.
I like your idea here. The setting is nice in it's simplicity. I get the feeling of breakfast for only one though. And I think the toast is a little burnt, seems kind of unappealing.
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