Critique Welcomed Tea Meeting

[Paul Lange]

Drinking tea and coffee in the evenings seems to be a favourite pastime of the Libyans, they can't seem to get enough of the stuff. The building is quite interesting too with huge archways. One day I will get round to finding out what it is called.


_DSC0508-Edit.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Brilliant. I love the overall tones you've used and the way the green face of the column divides the frame and separates the closely huddled group from the solitary figure. The use of the vertical composition and the space it contains really adds to the feel and emphasises the intimacy of the group.

 

[Paul Lange]

Cheers Pete. Among a few other filters I used the split filter in Nik Colour Efex. At first I wasn't sure about it but after a bit of playing around I can get it to work quite well on some images.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

What Pete said. Perfect comp, and I think the toning is also perfect. What wonderful arches!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

awesome sense of scale Paul - I'd be tempted to clone out the cable as it rather cuts across the comp

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Makes a super sepia B&W - hope you don't mind

Reminds me of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo, but I bet the residents are more animated

 

[Paul Lange]

Not at all Chris and I like the addition black border too. The purist in me decided to leave the cable in, maybe I should have took my wire cutters and just removed it before I took the photo. Or I could clone it out and tell myself that's what I done.

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

So convivial. I can imagine conversations echoing & the aroma drifting to invite passers by.
I must confess to having a thing for Victorian tea houses & outdoors cafes. Each country seems to have its slightly unique take.

 

[Brian Moore]

The framing of the tall arches, giving the sense of mass and height, is really cool. It reminds me of one I took of diners a couple of years ago at the Getty Center. I like what Chris has done with it, too.

 

[Beth Carter]

the columns didn't look that big until i saw the group of guys drinking at the bottom. great shot!