About the Image(s)

This image was taken in July of this year while walking through Arles, France. I was particularly interested in photographing street scenes and people while my wife and I were on this trip. It was morning and I noticed this lady sitting at an outdoor caf?© having a morning drink. She seemed to be deep in thought and I immediately thought I’d like to capture this moment. Since we were with a tour group I didn’t have much time to think about composition and the other technical elements I might normally do if I had the time. I kept my camera set at f/8, and Auto ISO as we walked through the town. So, all I really had to do was compose with the zoom lens, focus, and shoot.
I processed the image in Photoshop. I cropped a bit, optimized the exposure and color, and I removed the part of the table pedestal under the table, and I removed the awning crank handle on the wall behind the woman. I also removed the white item on the downspout. I straightened the image a bit, converted it to monochrome in NIK Silver Efex, sharpened, and applied a vignette back in Photoshop.
I used my Nikon Z8 with a Nikon 24-120mm lens at f/8, 1/80 sec, and the Auto ISO was 800. (Incidentally, during the entire 12 days in France and a couple of thousand shots, I only used the 24-120mm lens. I had a 70-300 with me, but never used it. Needless to say, the 24-120 is my favorite lens.)