I found this old coffee grinder, bought some coffee beans (Sumatra - they smell sooo good), put it on a white background, as a light source I used a 150W halogen room lamp that bounced off the ceiling.
Adjusted curves/levels to eliminate yellowish tone of the background, resized to 640, slight USM (about 15% on 25 radius) and voila!
Here are the results.
After the metal challenge, the only way is up.
I think that this is worth 6.15
I think that this will get me 5.55
we'll see in a week
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Man oh man, I hope it is the container that is obsolete and not the coffee!!! Can't do without my two cups in the morning and a side of dpc!! I really like this picture! Looks like it belongs on a wall in a posh coffee house somewhere!