Forecasting Coffee

© mangis (Marcus Grandon)

Forecasting Coffee

Uploaded: August 28, 2006

Description

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.



Comments

Naomi Weiser August 29, 2006

Great compostion! I like the optical illusion of the white in the coffee. #512269

mangis (Marcus Grandon) level-classic September 02, 2006

Thank you Naomi.

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 #3256907

Naomi Weiser September 20, 2006

I am honored to be the first! I am sure many more will come. Welcome to Better Photo! I hope you enjoy it and learn as much as I have since joining. #3337774

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