Coffee Shop

My uncle, lifetime amateur photographer and camera collctor, died

recently, at the age of 76. He bought me my first camera when I was

eight and taught me how to take pictures. Among two dozens of

cameras he left me, I took Leica M5 and M4-2 with me and returned to

US. This photo is the very first shot I took with M5/Summicron35/2.0

in a small coffee shop in Japan. As a dedicated Nikon user for 30

years, I was amazed by the unique personality of this lens. Nikon

would never express soft atmosphere of this kind.

Really quite a mundane subject, but somehow you have made it interesting.

 

Nice composition and layout.... I'm not sure if you adjusted the objects on the table for your shot but they look very well placed, the lighting is perfect too.

 

 

would this be better with the coffee cup more to the left to balance the composition?

I agree with you.

Did you use a conversion filter??

No, no filters.

Great picture! A really common object and scene, but surprisingly it got interesting in your photo. I loved the background just a little bit out of focus, and the colors are really beautiful. Congratulations specialy on the originality, but also on the aesthetics.

I saw this photo posted in the "no words" forum, and I just have to comment. This shot is arresting. The arrangement of everything in the photo is appealing, and the shallow depth of field is perfect. The bokeh is very pleasing too. You've made me lust after a Leica with a shot like this. This is really my kind of photo. Thanks for posting it.