The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by gattamarta:
I don't like very much this picture... in the morning nobody has coffe beans on their table and cup!

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by Matthew:
yea for coffee. Mug not to my personal preference - something simpler would not have left the focus on the beans, especially as the pattern is blurry (a bit distracting). There are also a couple of "bits" of bean that take away from the otherwise clean representation of the beans.

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by hopnjohn:
The cup distracts but the coffee looks yummy.

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by jcolosi:
The lighting on this shot is too harsh. It looks like the lighting on some of my shots too. Maybe we need softer bulbs? Nice idea for the shot though and well composed.

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by love:
lighting is too harsh..

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by quid:
The beans in the cup are in focus, but the picture on the cup itself is slightly out of focus, a bit distracting. Try a smaller aperture.

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by SirBiggsALot:
possibly oversharpened...over lit?

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by Shannon:
focus is a bit soft in my opinion.

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by cwalmye:
God yes! Coffee is good!

The beginning of every day
by bhound

Comment by srbrubaker:
There's something masculine, unforgiving, plain, muscular about coffee which simply does not go with the flowery pouffy design on this mug. Shiny dark beans are usually espresso beans or beans of coffees served after dinner. Point is there are several pints of cognitive dissonance which make the photo a little more hard to swallow.

I'm perplexed by the fact that the beans near the cup , and the beans inside the cup are in focus, yet the edge of the cup is out of focus and the design on the cup is out of focus. One might choose either to use stronger lighting. Or, if it is a camera that lets you do so, increase the shutter time and decrease the aperature.