Dining out

[stamper]

Shot through a coloured glass window. No added saturation only sharpening.

[Otto Phocus]

Either you have a lens with really crappy MTF curves...

or that's a pretty clever abstract.   

I like the colour bands.

This almost looks like an impressionist painting.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

There is something to it. Given the level of abstraction, I would be tempted to move the legs in the upper left third to the right third, to balance the composition.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

It's delightful as is, but I could also go with Slobodan's version.

[RSL]

It's very impressionist, but Slobodan's got a point.

[BobDavid]

I'm ready to go to France, sit back, drink some absinthe, and have a chat with the artists. But alas, no can do. I like the picture. If you print it, watch out for the reds. 

[Bob_B]

You have a great eye for scenes! It is so 'french' in the best way. (And, yes, I think Slobodan makes a good suggestion.)

[William Walker]

Nice one, Stamper.

 I'm not sure I see what Slobodan is getting at, but I like it as it is anyway.
I can see it as a large print.

I'm guessing they don't actually allow the likes of you into their establishments - thus the need to take picture from the outside? 😀

William

[petermfiore]

Nice image...If you feel the need, you could also try darkening the torso of figure on the right to lend balance.
But I like it as is...

Peter

[stamper]

Unusually for me I decided to not process the image other than sharpening. I imported the image to LR and I didn't move any of the sliders. The image changed slightly because LR does that because of the tone boost it adds. Not Linear. Moved it to PS and used the High pass filter to sharpen. If I had decided to process it I think it would have been one of those type of images that you would have been processing for ever and not been happy with? Thanks for the ideas.

[stamper]

Nice one, Stamper.

 I'm not sure I see what Slobodan is getting at, but I like it as it is anyway.
I can see it as a large print.

I'm guessing they don't actually allow the likes of you into their establishments - thus the need to take picture from the outside? 😀

William

William it was the other way around. The diner was eating in a pavement dining area and I was inside a museum looking through a coloured glass window. However I know where you are coming from. 

[Diego Pigozzo]

Real cool, I like it.

[Jeremy Roussak]

It's intriguing. I think Slobodan's suggestion would give it better balance.

Jeremy