Urban Sunset Scene

A realistic street-photography fashion image captured 'across the street' in Sofia, early winter 2025, late afternoon. The sun hangs low, filtered through a thin haze, turning the cracked asphalt and yellow taxis a muted bronze. A middle-aged driver stands beside his cab, shoulders slightly hunched, expression flat and unreadable. His cigarette burns low between two fingers, forgotten more than enjoyed. The leather of his jacket is dulled with age, jeans sag at the knees, and his boots are caked with dry mud from long days behind the wheel. Two colleagues linger nearby, speaking quietly, their laughter faint and distant — he doesn’t join in. His gaze drifts toward the traffic, vacant, caught between thought and fatigue. Captured on a Leica M11 with Summicron 35 mm f/2 ASPH at f/2.4, 1/500 s, 14-bit dynamic range, 68 MP resolution, soft vignetting, fine Portra 400 grain, and a subdued tonal range that folds the melancholy winter light into Sofia’s everyday stillness.