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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: VlasalV on September 09, 2012, 02:50:20 am

Title: Turkish Coffee
Post by: VlasalV on September 09, 2012, 02:50:20 am
Does anybody likes turkish coffee?

Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: WalterEG on September 09, 2012, 05:27:49 am
Prompted me to reach for the ibrik and do a brew.

What a shame you cropped off the delightful art deco man fromn the can.

Nevertheless you have captured the thick lucious texture admirably.

Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: armand on September 09, 2012, 10:13:11 am
Appealing for a sleepy morning. Am I mistaken that your focus is not on the coffee surface but on the plate/ the can?
Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: VlasalV on September 09, 2012, 11:33:20 am
Yes, that was my first snapshot on this subject and the AF did not really help. After the two coffees I tried to improve it.

Maybe here some reflections are distracting?


BTW, I could not sleep that day!!  :D

Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: Jaffy on September 09, 2012, 03:12:29 pm
I much prefer the second image as it conveys more atmosphere.
The reflection lower right is maybe a little bright, but not intrusive.
Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: Rob C on September 09, 2012, 04:30:21 pm
Sorry to be the cloud; I don't though, think it works at all in black/white. The contents of the cup look like mud or tar, not in the least like Turkish coffee which I have enjoyed, even if only in Kyrenia and not in the homeland of the invader.

In colour, I think it might work very well. If you have it, why not show it?

Rob C
Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: VlasalV on September 09, 2012, 05:39:28 pm
Of course, why not? Here we go:   ;D

Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: WalterEG on September 09, 2012, 05:47:23 pm
Damn it!!  That crema twists my arm to brew up.

Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: armand on September 09, 2012, 08:24:37 pm
I prefer the color by a lot, in the bw if you don't see the title (or the writing on the cup) it could be anything but coffee.
Title: Re: Turkish Coffee
Post by: Rob C on September 10, 2012, 12:34:11 pm
Glad I suggested you show colour: the lower shot is, for me, the better of the two, and very nice indeed! Wonderful look to the containers, too.

Rob C