(W. Somerset Maugham's novel published in 1930)

Beautifully written books are something that I value and love very much - Noël Coward was a classic example of a clever, erudite wordsmith, but so too was W. Somerset Maugham. His prose and intricacies with the pen are just wonderful to read, no more so than in this satire of British class snobbery between the wars

This was quite an enjoyable shot to take :o) After selecting a toothsome cake and a suitable cold beverage (Greene King IPA since you ask) to go with it, it was simply a matter of composition. I placed the off-camera flash back and to the left so that the rich brown of the beer flooded over the moist cake. I decided to do the post work in two distinct phases - first off, a slight Curve to enhance the contrast, but I didn't need to convert to B&W at all!! The white background and the flash made it a monochrome image right from the start; I desaturated the beery colour a bit and sharpened the glass and cake, and that was it!

Now for the second phase - nomnomnomnomnomhic...:o))))

It's been a whole stack of fun this month! At times it's been difficult to find the time to keep up but your wonderful photos have always kept me going! Thanks for visiting my little bit of Pbase, and thanks of course for all your wonderful comments and encouragements in this, what seems the longest month of the year!

Sunday 31st's calorific-and-last entry to the Challenge; click here for other monochromed Pbasers in January