Boys' toys

Here is a photograph of a store-front window.Whilst it was the contents of the window display that captured my attention initially, I then became interested in the pattern of the window pane itself.

Photographing something though glass is difficult. Dirty glass, reflections and refraction can present different issues for the photographer to overcome in the quest for the elusive image. If flash has to be used, that presents a further difficulty because the artificial light can reflect straight back into the camera.

I was lucky in this instance though. The window was perfectly clean, and the ambient light was fine - no flash needed. There were some internal lights on in the store, and I would need to position them so that they weren't obtrusive. The other challenges would be to get square to the window so that I could emphasise the wooden frames, and to get the exposure right to show off the boats in the display.

I like the way that the wooden window frames make the image look a little like a jigsaw, and of course the contents of the window are very interesting for most of the male species.


EXIF: Nikon D70; Nikkor 17-55mm DX; ISO 200; 1/1000 sec; f5.6.

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