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Double Espresso

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A double espresso served in an Arabia Ego espresso cup, design by Stefan Lindfors 1998 for Arabia Finland (part of the Iittala group). Would you believe me if I said that this shot is straight out of the camera (sort of, it was shot in raw). All hail to light meters.

 

Now I know a white espresso cup on a pure white background isn't all that exciting. But it's good practice :)

 

Strobist info:

I put a sheet of glass on two drinking glasses, to get the "cup floating in air" effect. One 540EZ in a shoot through umbrella camera right and high, and a 430EX on the floor under the sheet of glass pointing up onto the background. Everything was triggered with the Elinchrom Skyport system, metered with Sekonic L-358. The background came out pure white directly out of the camera, only changed the crop (actually made it bigger) and added the text.

 

Setup shot.

 

Highest flickr explore / interestingness position: #212

 

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Uploaded on June 15, 2008
Taken on June 15, 2008