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This was the first coffee I had in Melbourne, at St Ali

It was really (probably badly) backlit, but I liked how the backlight made it look like a black and white photo with a colour detail. No PP, apart from shrinking the photo file size.

C&C welcome.

Really nice, but would like to see a more complete view of the cup, a bit of pieces been cut off from the view...


Oh, how did the coffee taste? I hope you didnt wait enough for it to cool down while taking pics

Nice shot Matty. The problem with well textured milk is that it has a glossy sheen to it that can be hard to capture from an angle as it can reflect light easily.

Perhaps you should have gone to GJ or SB to get a crappy coffee?

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Yi-P wrote:Really nice, but would like to see a more complete view of the cup, a bit of pieces been cut off from the view...

Sure ... this was the other shot I took before drinking - different aspect, more cup, and a bit more colour:

Yi-P wrote:Oh, how did the coffee taste? I hope you didnt wait enough for it to cool down while taking pics

Nah, I try and get my photo's taken pretty quickly - I snapped two quickies of this coffee, then got drinking!

I visited another cafe in Canterbury and had a coffee there - it's made to drink straight away, as the milk and crema is settling. It's a different coffee experince. So to capture that experience, I shot the empty cup.

Reschsmooth wrote:Nice shot Matty. The problem with well textured milk is that it has a glossy sheen to it that can be hard to capture from an angle as it can reflect light easily.

Yeah. Tastes so good but!

I guess also, the backlight and reflection conveyed to me a strong 'morning' feel - waking up, first thought on my mind being coffee etc.

Reschsmooth wrote:Perhaps you should have gone to GJ or SB to get a crappy coffee?

heh ... there's plenty of other crappy places I could've gone to! Though I did see two starbucks's on opposite sides of the road ... very Shrek 2 moment.

The other mentionalbe place was the GPO at Melbourne Central. Not as good as St Ali or The Maling Room, but drinkable.

i much prefer the 2nd image you posted.

The 2nd image is much better. The composition and the tone is much stronger than the first pic.