I agree with dahlin; that one woman's eyes are super intense, and the lighting just increases the effect. Kinda cool how the decanter is the center of the rooms attention. Surprised you drew so much attention just using an lx3 :)
heh - from the thumb I thought it was a guy in chem lab. how did you get the women to look at you? and i'm curious - what does this do for wine? never seen it done before.
The girls at the next table are great. What a look. I like the effect for sure. It gives the wine bottle and decanter, the room, and the people far away (like the girls) a great kind of painting feel. But your table-mate looks slightly off.