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Waitress, Florence #1

Waitress on her break at the Ponti Vecchio in Florence, Italy

The story behind this image

You can see this scene, or any of a number like it, in any city in the western world.

This waitress is actually standing having her break at one end of the famous Ponti Vecchio in Florence, Italy, but she could be in Paris, Madrid, New York and so on.

Whenever I'm in a famous city I'll always look for a potential image that involves local people going about their everyday activities in less salubrious surroundings.

This acts as a welcome counterfoil to photographing the cared for and well known landmarks of which thousands of images are taken every day, and adds a bit of life to otherwise pretty, but dead scenery.

Image data


Filename - florence waitress 01.jpg

Camera - Nikon D3100

Lens - 18-55mm zoom @ 55mm

Exposure - 1/25sec @ f5.6, ISO100

Location - Florence, Italy

This image - 800x800px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - Lens stabilisation used to prevent camera movement blur.