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Eye-level photograph of a narrow outdoor dining patio in front of a classic Parisian street-side bistro in the late afternoon, where a woman and a man share a drink at the front table. The woman has dark brown hair in a loose low bun and wears red lipstick. She has on a navy-and-white Breton striped top with a small red silk scarf knotted at her neck, and she sips red wine from a stemmed glass. The man sits across from her with short dark hair and light stubble. He wears a beige linen jacket over an open-collared white shirt and lifts his own glass of red wine to drink. On their white tablecloth stand a glass carafe of red wine and a small plate of cheese with sliced baguette. The two other round tables beside them are empty but set with crisp white tablecloths, wine glasses and silverware. Woven wicker bistro chairs with dark seats surround all three tables. Deep red canvas awnings stretch above the patio, and the front edge of the main awning reads "La Table d'Alice" in white serif lettering. Behind the couple, warm yellow walls rise above a tiled lower facade, and a dark wooden door with a brass handle is framed by red-and-white tile accents. A black chalkboard menu covered in small handwritten white chalk lines hangs to the left of the doorway. Low, warm sunlight from the left lights the couple's faces from the side. It makes the glasses sparkle and throws long, crisp shadows of the chairs over the worn grey stone pavement. Taken with a 35mm lens at f/4, the image keeps the couple in sharp focus while the facade behind them stays clearly legible. Natural skin texture, the stripes of her top, the weave of the wicker and the glaze on the tiles are crisply defined, with rich warm colors and fine film grain.