After Dinner: The Uncleared Table

A table that has just finished a long meal. The tabletop is in a post-use state: six sets of plates, some stacked and some still in their original positions; several wine glasses with varying levels of wine left; breadcrumbs scattered on the table; a candle burned halfway down; a crumpled napkin. The chairs are not pushed back, one of them pulled out further than the others. In the center is a ceramic vase with casually clipped branches. These traces indicate that someone has just spent a long time here and had a good conversation; this 'just happened' state has more human warmth than a perfectly set dining table. The table is made of solid wood and shows signs of use. Avoid: depicting the dining table as perfectly set and untouched, pushing chairs back into neat positions, clearing all tableware, adding commercial photography-style perfect arrangements.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張剛結束一頓長餐的桌子。桌面上是使用後的狀態:六套盤子有的疊起有的還在原位、幾只酒杯剩著不同高度的酒、麵包屑散在桌面、一支蠟燭燒到一半、一塊揉皺的餐巾。椅子沒有推回去,其中一張被拉開得比較遠。中央有一只插著隨手剪來的枝條的陶瓶。這些痕跡說明剛才有人在這裡待了很久並且談得很開心,這種「剛剛發生過」比擺盤完美的餐桌更有人的溫度。桌子是實木的,有使用的痕跡。避免:把餐桌畫成擺盤完整未動的樣子、把椅子推回整齊的位置、清空所有餐具、加入商業攝影式的完美佈置。