Morning Cup of Joe

I will admit that this post may be a little silly, but I had been at work all day facing yet another monitor and creative thinking is a non-artistic way. One of the guys has to have a Starbucks on the way to the office. So the first stop from the hotel is... You guessed it... Starbucks.

Today I had taken my camera to work to get some images from one of the airplanes that was in town so I could develop a section of the manual we are all working on. So I am sitting there noticing the cup of Starbucks and my 5D mk II sitting on the other table. The 5D2 had my 50 mm f/1.4 prime mounted with a close up lens screwed on the front.

The filter was way over the top for what was going through my head, so off it came. I moved some junk out of the way and put the cup in place. After a few snaps I had the shot. Nice strong main image with a very soft blur on the background. Perfect! The image was shot at f/1.4 with an exposure of 1/100th of a second giving a tight focal length which gives the cup some dimension due to the slight blurring on the side of the cup.

So here I had a great photo of a coffee cup... What to do?

How about a magazine advertisement with some really cheesy test. That will do!

Take care... Doug