My post goes for @Qurator's Art Walk contest.
This week's prompt was: "Still life" -- look what I came up with.
My morning cup of darjeeling tea, Phalenopsis orchidea (stolen from my former job), croissant with curd cream and a sandalwood incense stick formed such a unique custom still life. In fact, I had to tinker with rearranging the props in places, and the tea in the cup cooled down long ago when I finally arrived to the last, minimalistic version that satisfied me the most.
Croissant with curd cream and a sandalwood incense stick formed such a still life. In fact, I had to tinker with rearranging the props in places, and the tea in the cup cooled down long ago when I finally arrived at the last, minimalistic version that satisfied me the most.
Круассан с творожным кремом и благовонная палочка образовали вот такой натюрморт. Нo пришлось повозиться, переставляя всё местами, чай в чашке давно остыл, когда я наконец пришел к минималистичному варианту, который меня удовлетворил больше всего.
This was #2
This was #3
This was #4 -- I focused on the croissant here. Swalloved the saliva and went on.
This is #5 -- I thought it was the last one and I am already there.
But then I suddenly swapped things and changed the incense holder to this wilted orchid leave. (My fave magic props I use from time to time -- it helps me to stop from going on and on, in search for the better variants, hehe).
And I got this variant: #6.
Variant #7 -- closer, closer! very hot!
Ok, #8. I should stop here, now I see that #6 was the peak, it will go as my entry to the contest.
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | July 2021 | natural lighting |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5D | Sigma 150mm | raw-conv |
| f 2.8 | t 1/80 | ISO 800 | manual exp. |
Well, since I was taking the tea pics end, I also took a separate photo of our ceramic tea jar (one of them) - I promised my friend 
Ну и в конце, чтоб два раза не вставать, я отдельно сфоткал наш жбан для хранения чая - я давно обещал моему другу