Hi All. I sure was surprised to win my first ribbon after only 80 entries!! See there is hope for anybody. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to look at, vote on, and comment on my picture. Here is how I did it.
I glued the cup to the table and put the table and the backround at about a 45 degree angle. The coffee in the cup is a piece of brown plastic that I coated with vegetable oil to give a shiny appearance. The milk spill on the table was a hard one. I tried whipped cream, fried egg whites, and dried acrylic paint. None of them worked. I ended up taking a picture of spilled milk, printing it out, cutting it and taping it on the table. It took about 50 shots before I got my timing down so that I could capture the picture at just the instant that the poured milk from the bowl landed exactly on the picture of the milk on the table without running off the table. Taking the picture and pouring the milk at the same time was a little tricky. Don't worry about all the spilled milk that ran off the table on the missed shots... my dog licked it up!! My wife thinks I'm obsessed with DP Challenge. She is right!!
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Really excellent job! For all the trouble you went through, the final image is a great success. You make it look ez...that's a gift...lol
Congrats on a well deserved win! Keep up the great work.
Grayce
Thanks for explaining the technique for creating this image. I was definitely fooled since I did not see any angle in the coffee, I had ruled out the 45 degree idea completely. Great job and congratulations on the win. I still hold out hope for a ribbon too, and after 32 submissions, I am thrilled to see that you finally won after 80 attempts, so there must be hope for folks like me too.
Hi All. I sure was surprised to win my first ribbon after only 80 entries!! See there is hope for anybody. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to look at, vote on, and comment on my picture. Here is how I did it.
I glued the cup to the table and put the table and the backround at about a 45 degree angle. The coffee in the cup is a piece of brown plastic that I coated with vegetable oil to give a shiny appearance. The milk spill on the table was a hard one. I tried whipped cream, fried egg whites, and dried acrylic paint. None of them worked. I ended up taking a picture of spilled milk, printing it out, cutting it and taping it on the table. It took about 50 shots before I got my timing down so that I could capture the picture at just the instant that the poured milk from the bowl landed exactly on the picture of the milk on the table without running off the table. Taking the picture and pouring the milk at the same time was a little tricky. Don't worry about all the spilled milk that ran off the table on the missed shots... my dog licked it up!! My wife thinks I'm obsessed with DP Challenge. She is right!!
Well that's the first time I've seen a milk twister! Interesting shot but the background is a bit too bland. I'd lose the border too. Good composition.
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