Candid moment at a Berkeley Chinese restaurant

We had a dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Berkeley. I prefer taking candid portrait shots. For this I simply ask people to ignore me. This results in naturally looking portraits, like thsi one taken with the fully open vintage Dream Lens.

I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, and desaturated the image. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

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-- ƒ/0.95, 50 mm, 1/30 sec, ISO 400, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95 "Dream Lens", HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC3025_hdr1bal1pho1d.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2024 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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Taken in: United States / California / Berkeley (show map)

Taken on: January 10, 2023

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M2, f/0, 1/30 sec, 0mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M2
Lens:	Sony 0mm F0.0
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	0mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	Low
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Pixelmator Pro 3.6.14
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