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Forecasting Coffee

	Forecasting Coffee f/4.2, 62mm, ISO 200, No Flash, 1/6. I always put cream in my cup as I wait for my coffee to brew. The cream in the blue cup on my white countertop inspired me. I turned the kitchen counter into a lightbox early one morning with a bed sheet and two directional lights on either side of the cup. In post-production I sharpened a bit, and overexposed the front of the cup to make it look like a watercolor stroke. From a distance it's difficult to tell if there's cream in the cup, or if the bottom is cut-out which creates an optical illusion: you could be looking down through the top, or up through the bottom. mangis (Marcus Grandon)

Great compostion! I like the optical illusion of the white in the coffee.

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August 29, 2006

It was a great pleasure and surprise for me to read your comment on my blue cup as I just joined betterphoto a few days ago.

In fact, you are the first person to ever make a comment to me about this photo, and actually the first to write anything.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out and write a comment.

I checked your gallery and was very impressed by the images there!

Sincerely,

Marcus

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September 02, 2006

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September 20, 2006