A cup of coffee

[MichaelSolna]

I find it very difficult to catch the steam with the camera. Has you got any advice? It´s easy to make it overcooked in Photoshop.

1/80s f/4.0 at 50.0mm iso800



1/80s f/4.0 at 50.0mm iso800



1/80s f/4.0 at 50.0mm iso800



I should have served some of the fruitcake I realise now.

 

[photogeorge]

Just some of my crazy ideas:

The steam is blending in with the bokah. IMHO....zoom out...I'd like more depth of field, like in a product shot, so I could see more sharp details of the equipment. I'd like to see closeups of the coffee cake, fruitcake, danish, or what ever. How about a still life of the coffee cup with the dessert? How about a pretty blonde Swedish girl with the coffee and fruitcake? Mmmmmm? It's just my thoughts.

 

[MichaelSolna]

Just some of my crazy ideas:

The steam is blending in with the bokah. IMHO....zoom out...I'd like more depth of field, like in a product shot, so I could see more sharp details of the equipment. I'd like to see closeups of the coffee cake, fruitcake, danish, or what ever. How about a still life of the coffee cup with the dessert? How about a pretty blonde Swedish girl with the coffee and fruitcake? Mmmmmm? It's just my thoughts.

No blondies available at the moment, sorry.

 

[stephent]

Hi, mate, funny I just made my wife's coffee.

As for the steam, a black background might help.

Regards.

Stephen.

 

[Canadian Club]

Have never tried that. Blow some smoke on it.

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[JCPowell]

A dark background definitely works to bring out the steam. Some natural backlighting helps too!



Joe