"The Morning After" was created as an entry for a photographic competition with the theme "Creative Self-Portraits".
I think when I give you a link to the "original" which I used as basis from which to work ( yes, even the flower included! ), you will see why I still like katie's version a million times more than mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katielee/3175609974
For lighting, I used a large softbox camera right, a large white reflector camera left, and a flash directly onto the white background to blow that out completely.
The camera (Canon 20D) and lens (24-70mm) was on a tripod and I used a remote trigger to take the shot.
Many thanks to my eldest son for assisting with the shoot: it is hard to know where one is actually pouring the stuff when one's head is flat on the table! :-)
The water and paint mixture was definitely too dark and does not really work as imitation coffee, but it was far too messy to do re-shoot!
Post-processing: converted from RAW in PS Elements, cleaned up some drops on the table - and on my clothes! - then some levels and curves, but nothing much in terms of editing.
by Nico Conradie
