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Sugar Landing
Sugar Landing
cbonsall


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Challenge: Coffee Shop (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Cornwall UK
Date: Oct 1, 2005
Aperture: F11
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/10000
Galleries: Action, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Oct 2, 2005

 Cup of very cold instant coffee with milk and a whole box of sugar lumps dropped in over the course of the shoot...

On board flash triggering external vivitar flash


Yes the bubble is distracting but basic editing rules make it hard to work around.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 154
Avg (all users): 6.0280
Avg (commenters): 7.6400
Avg (participants): 5.7600
Avg (non-participants): 6.1093
Views since voting: 1417
Views during voting: 501
Votes: 322
Comments: 32
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AuthorThread
 10/12/2005 03:15:36 AM
Apres Results:

Thanks for the comments everyone, it was great to get a score over 6.

Yup, the bubble was distracting, I experimented with diferent crops but it either meant showing more of the cup which wasn't ideal or keeping the bottom edge of the current crop and lowering the top of the crop resulting in a squarerpicture which I just didn't like.

As for the colour, it is coffee but not being a coffee drinker I only had instant coffee which was a bit murky without milk but very reflective, the milk meant there weren't so many reflections.
 10/12/2005 03:12:00 AM
Awesome. The coffee reminds me of a croc flying up from the water to snap around its prey. Beautifully captured.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/11/2005 11:29:37 AM
Action and coffee don't usually end up in the same sentance, well, till after the first cup! Great capture! especially since I love sugar with my coffee!
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 10/11/2005 10:54:56 AM
I like this perspective. Very well done.
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 10/11/2005 02:57:19 AM
The coffe seems to be the wrong colour. Maybe fractionally over-exposed - some f the detail on the sugar-cube is missing.
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 10/11/2005 12:15:13 AM
i like the natural splash the picture conveyed! hope this gets the blue!
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 10/10/2005 05:18:10 AM
NIce clean splash. Well done.
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 10/08/2005 08:24:34 AM
Cool picture. Only thing is I keep getting distracted by the bubble in the top left.
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 10/07/2005 07:06:58 PM
Great capture. Lacks a little contrast.
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 10/07/2005 03:12:33 PM
Excellent capture, great that you didn't blow out the rim.
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 10/07/2005 02:38:40 PM
Well captured, not sure about the colour of the liquid
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 10/07/2005 01:22:43 PM
Yuak! Don't like yhe colour of the coffe. And the sugar is over exposured. BUT, good momentum!
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 10/07/2005 10:29:14 AM
Nice "action" shot!
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 10/06/2005 05:54:32 PM
Very nice splash!
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 10/06/2005 03:27:39 PM
Simple but effective. If the cup were plain it would be even mor dramatic.
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 10/06/2005 03:05:17 PM
perfect shot, nice work on the splash.
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 10/06/2005 02:47:21 PM
nice capture. 9.
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 10/06/2005 10:26:20 AM
great comp. the colour of the broth is not what i personally find appealing, but i adore the way you've lit and especially framed it!
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 10/06/2005 08:16:34 AM
Great catch! This is my favorite shot. 10
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 10/05/2005 09:09:53 PM
nice, 10
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 10/05/2005 08:27:24 PM
great capture and incredible timing--i like it
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 10/05/2005 07:24:55 PM
Nice capture!
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 10/05/2005 07:19:47 PM
nice capture. the sugar cube may appear more dramatic dropping into a cup of black coffee, imo.
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 10/05/2005 06:49:10 PM
mmmmmm yummy! Great motion capture, not sure about the bubble in the upper left....seems to take away from the sugar cube and splash down.
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 10/05/2005 04:45:20 PM
Excellent job.
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 10/05/2005 04:19:26 PM
Hope there is a dry cleaner next door to the coffee shop! Like it!
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 10/05/2005 04:11:44 PM
nice splash but the lighting and beverage color really take away from a fine composition.
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 10/05/2005 09:03:53 AM
Looks more like tea? That said - Great Shot!! Nice capture, I really like the image.
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 10/05/2005 08:35:19 AM
nice splash! but you know, sugar isn't very healthy ;) but who cares :P:P
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 10/05/2005 07:42:34 AM
nice.
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 10/05/2005 06:34:20 AM
Right on! Well lit and very clear capture.
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 10/04/2005 08:12:07 PM
The bubble is a bit distracting, and the jpeg compression resulted in oversharpness, but the splash has a cool effect.
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