After dinner spoon
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Kent, Connecticut. After a great dinner at a friend’s house the cameras came out to document some of the wonderful chaos that is a dinner table after a wonderful meal. Very much like my interest in shooting flowers gone by, I see more interesting images in the mess after dinner than the beauty of the food and table untouched.
This dinner was at our friend Joy Brown’s house and Joy is an artist which means that the after dinner chaos has more style than your typical mess… or so it seems to me.
What an excellent photograph, Richard. It’s beauty is reminiscent of a 17th century Dutch still life.
Right Gary, I agree. The darkness is like varnish on a painting.
Wow, the colors are spectacular. Nice job, Richard.
Thanks Justin, it’s a new second camera: Canon XSi (450D) which is a terrific deal these days and very small compared with my 5D. 50mm f/1.4 lens.
This is a beauty Richard – fantastic light and composition. Very well done. Oh, and thanks for the Christmas card! Send our best festive wishes to your family.
sorry for being so concrete, but what are we are looking at in this lovely picture? looks like it might have once been baklava, or winter squash, or whole grain bread shaped like a bowl– hm-m-m…
Thanks Andrew.
Sheryl: spoon resting on ceramic plate with crumbs. the crumbs are left over from the crust of one of Anne’s apple pies.
I always thought that plate looked like bread too! I agree, the light just like a rembrandt painting.