World Photo Adventure - Sometimes you need luck

Sometimes you need luck

Sometimes you need luck:

Earlier this year my wife and I paid a visit to York. It was one of those brilliantly sunny days that are so great, good to be alive weather. Late morning and we decided a cup of coffee was in order. I love candid snaps of people and in every town I know I have favourite location and York is no exception. We went in and I carried out my usual reconnaissance, looking for likely subjects and spotted this lovely old lady. Trouble was the place was packed and the only spare seats were on her table facing straight into brilliant low February light, horrible.

Then as I nonchalantly studied the subject whilst deep in conversation with Annie I realised that the old lady’s bowl of baked beans was acting as a reflector and in spite of all the backlighting her face was lifted and lit in the most theatrical way imaginable, in fact the lighting was out of this world. Not only did it light her face which should have been in deep shadow but it sparkled and created a starburst of light from her fork. The sun shone through the translucent drop of baked beans under her fork. It emphasised the steam coming from the bowl, in fact it was perfect and all down to luck.

The joy of digital capture, B/W or colour. I must admit as previously stated I am a B/W photographer; however for this shot I think the colour is most successful.

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