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Submitted: August 4, 2010
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Date Taken:Aug 4, 2010, 10:19:48 AM

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Cup OF coffee Iby ~Not-of-this-age

Photography / Still Life / Food and Drink

Been having fun with the concept of a cup of coffee made of coffee. It was fun to shoot but a pain to set up. First in a 3 part series.

To those of you who bought a print I'm sending out my love. There's no higher compliment than wanting my work on your wall to look at daily.

Previous guesses on what I used to stick the coffee to the cup:

Make-up and others:

lipgloss

hairspray

hair gel

hair wax

hair mousse

rimel/mascara

glue for fake eyelashes

nail-polish

face cream

foundation

tooth paste

soap

shampoo

conditioner

shower gel

vaseline

bronzer

suntan lotion

body lotion

eye lotion

aloe vera

cough syrup

theater makeup.

Food and other stuff : Jam

water

sugar-saturated water

sweet drink

syrup

Coffee(that would have been awesome but it didn't work)

water with flour

egg yolk

egg white

honey

butter

milk

glue(quite obvious but no)

MightyPutty

Sugru(this could be a made up name since I have no idea what it is or does)

wallpaper paste

spit(aka saliva to us well brought up folk)

oil

coconut oil

ionic charge(I wish).

Wacky guesses that I loved and will get their authors featured:

a mix of magic and willpower

steam which would make this a steampunk coffee

souls of the innocent

ssspiirit gum

well obviously, the cup was self-stick to begin with

I'm updating as fast as i can guiz. I have 250+ comments to get through. The one who gets it right gets a great big journal feature from me. All guesses get 1 llama.

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Given 2010-09-09

Cup OF coffee I by *Not-of-this-age - "Such a creative take on the morning cup of joe! How many of us say/see/drink it daily and never thought to make it a cup OF actual coffee. The great crop and perfect colors complete the picture. Mouthwatering." ( Featured by `Katerina423 )

Critique by ~CarolynViolet Aug 26, 2010, 4:21:59 PM

What a really creative idea! I've never seen anything like it - a wonderful twist on the sometimes cliched coffee shot.

The colours are perfect, purple and brown always remind me of chocolate, so when i first viewed this piece it made me think of Cadbury's. The simple, non distracting background works brilliantly and is very complementary. The crop is also very nice. Square photographs work brilliantly when they are well composed like this one. I don't like the white border, but this is just my personal preference. I've found that some artists think adding a white border improves the look of their photos - this piece simply doesn't need it and it stops me from getting lost in the scene.

I have a small problem with the focus. The image could look very delicate with a smaller depth of field and have a great impact with a wider one; but here the focus on the foreground loses it's impact because of the sudden blur between the saucer and the curve of the cup. Also, when i look closely at the grains on the edge of the saucer and immediate foreground they seem a little oversharpened and pixelated.

At first i wasn't sure about the reflective surface of the inside of the cup, as the flash of colour seemed to be distracting at first. But the more i look at this piece the more i like it. I feel without it, the colours could become boring. It's also quite complementary to the purple. Good choice of prop!

I'm impressed by the effort you went to to get the coffee to stick to the cup. It must have been a pain to wash up! It was totally worth it though, because this image is very inspiring, extremely creative and worth every comment and fave it has! Keep up the great work!

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