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Comment by beatabg:
And you did end up in the top three! Congratulations on the well deserved ribbon! :)

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Comment by Lydia:
I love it. Happy Ribbon to you!

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Comment by mariuca:
I like to see this on the front page.. It was 9 from me. A great idea for the challenge very well done.

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Comment by MargaretNet:
Nice portrait, Armando. Congrats on the ribbon!

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Comment by Art Roflmao:
Congrats on the delayed ribbon, Armando! Excellent job.

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Comment by Tiny:
I like this but don't like the no sign of liquid ever being in the cup . It just makes it all feel so false.
The model is very nice though.

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Comment by SaraR:
Go Armando, awesome finish.

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Comment by armando_m:
I was home alone ... testing a grid I made for the soft box
setup all the paraphernalia with the softbox, grid, radio remote for the flash, the tripod for the flash,
got dressed , upper part only , wearing shorts and bare footed
setup the camera on the tripod
put a dark drape over a window to lower ambient light
set the camera to manual focus on the edge of the sofa
set the timer on the camera to 10 secs
set it to monochrome with green filter filter
take a few test shots to set the exposure
composition varied a bit from frame to frame
my wife came home
after a few laughs
she helped press the shutter a few times
tried unsuccessfully to get boiling water in the cup to get some steam

anyway ....

The image did pretty good

Thanks for all the votes and comments

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Comment by hesitant:
Skilfully presented. Grats on the hm.
Eta. Congrats on the ribbon!

Message edited by author 2014-08-03 05:07:37.

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Comment by herfotoman:
BEAUTIFULLY DONE