Art-deco train station in Limoges

Olympus E-510, ZD 12-60 f/2.8-4.0 @ 12mm; 1/400s; f/2.8; ISO 100

This is a picture taken during my recent round-the-south-of-France trip. There is a very nice train station in Limoges, art-deco styled.

Good things about this photo: strong linear forms in the right-hand side of the frame guide the viewer's attention towards the statue in the foreground. B&W makes this relation even more apparent.

Bad things: nothing interesting is happening in here. This photo would be much better if it carried some type of message; unfortunately it's only an appealing shot, with little meaning.

Random rambling: going back to see what other photos I posted here, I notice that so far there's no evident pattern in my 'best' photos. I'm still evolving and I haven't found my path in the land of photography yet.

Pączki

Olympus E-510, ZD 12-60 f/2.8-4.0 @ 60mm; 1/60s; f/4.0; ISO 400

Apparently, the problem with setting up a blog is forcing yourself to update regularly. Well, this is my first try at a blog, so bear with me.

This picture was taken while my wife & me were cooking "pączki" (doughnut-like pastry, typical for Poland), early in the morning.

The scene was lit by natural morning light coming through a huge balcony window about 2 meters from the table; sun has just risen and it was not shining directly on the table - hence, no hard shadows.

I specifically left the flour and unfinished pastry in the background to create a "work in progress", "homey" look.

And that's pretty much it. Huge, soft front lighting and a lot of delicious pastry. If I could change anything about the shot, I'd make the light more even across the whole scene (you can see that the left side of the scene has much more light than the right one). Sure, I could do it in darktable, but that's not the point