Cozy Café Scene

Corner café window, storm just cleared Photorealistic: small street café with fogged glass, hand-written chalk menu, two cappuccinos on the sill; evergreen garland around the frame, tiny red baubles; outside, slick pavement and skyscrapers under towering cumulus;. 24 mm, f/7.1, ISO 100, 1/250 s; circular polarizer to deepen sky and manage window reflections. True-to-life color, natural micro-contrast. Negative: gray haze left uncorrected, HDR halos, warped type on menu, plastic foam texture, duplicated patrons.