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Café No.123 on Frederiksberg, Denmark
You're right W.carter but it isn't an example Ezarateesteban 17:04, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I tend to agree, but I'd love to hear out what makes it great to you and consider it, Cart. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:31, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ok Ikan, adding to my initial comment on this nom, here goes. I'm always attracted to photos with special light, light setting the mood in a photo. Many of the street photos we see here are a cacophony of light and colors from shops and signs, this is the opposite. I love this simple little solitary café glowing warm in an otherwise cold and dark setting with no other shops. The shop across the street has folded and has a "Til Leje" (to let) sign in the window. It's like a magical portal to another better time/world on an otherwise normal dreary November evening. Perhaps [my description is] more mood/poetry/artsy-fartsy than FPC can stand, but anyway. --Cart (talk) 08:13, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I will consider this and look again tomorrow. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:03, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Question If it's "artsy-fartsy", why changing the composition of the author/"artist"? There was a section with blue sky at blue hour on the original that has totally disappeared. Such a modification alters the "mood" IMO because blue sky is like a window in a photo, and this window says a lot about the ambiance -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:25, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I hadn't looked at the history. I prefer the uncropped version, too. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:30, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh sorry, communication error, now clarified. I meant that my comment was "mood/poetry/artsy-fartsy", not the photo itself, I was writing too fast. The photo is more straightforward. The reason I cropped it in editing is that the original seemed a tad unbalanced to me with two major brighter areas competing for the viewers attention. The editing is why it's a separate file and nt just an overwrite. The original is also displayed in the file's description box for comparison. --Cart (talk) 06:52, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral In my opinion, it is a challenge to stage common events and to take good photos. It takes time and creativity. But some creative implementation may be out of the way here at FP and is therefore quickly - too quickly - rated negative. The picture here is a good idea, but the lights of the cars (especially the brake light) and the cut off foreground bothers me. A moment later and a slightly different angle would have been better. --XRay 💬 06:44, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose What to focus on ? f/2 on coffee, in the middle, i thought its Carts F1000 ? Somehow try of Hoppers Nigthawks. --Mile (talk) 08:59, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Street photography in evening/night is usually grainy with low f-number and high ISO since it's mostly handheld and spontaneous. In this case, the large file size makes up for it. --Cart (talk) 09:14, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The red light of the neon sign "KAFFE" is OK, but not the red light of the car (distracting).
Looking at the portfolio of this photographer, the pictures really don't seem wonderful to me. Cut off feet all the time and distracting foregrounds, often. I understand this nomination wants to be innovative, showing "street photography" at FPC, but due to drawbacks mentioned above, there's nothing in this picture to make me think it's special in any way -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:25, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry Cart but I agree with the above, there's nothing exactly 'wrong' with it but it's just a bit dull. There are a lot of elements in the composition that don't add up to a harmonious whole, e.g. the cut-off flowerpots in the foreground. Cmao20 (talk) 07:01, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination Okay then, lets put this one to rest. Thanks for the comments. --Cart (talk) 07:07, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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