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13-MAY-2005	Robin Reid

May 13: SP Friday: Nothing to get steamed up about!

Rancho Bernardo, CA

SP Fridays should be an event the one does not get steamed up about! Thinking this shot would be easy I embarked on several approaches.

25 shots later (using two cameras), polishing the kettle with Windex, and using different lighting combinations (inside and out) I arrived at this passable effort.

I could have cropped this a lot tighter, but I thought you would like to see the entire “scene.”

Have a good weekend all.

Pentax Optio 550
1/41s f/2.8 at 7.8mm full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Guest		16-May-2005 15:03
I like this idea lot,Robin!!!

Guest		14-May-2005 21:08
My little sister is right...you are the master of SP...well you and Jude MC can share that I guess.

Cliff		14-May-2005 16:43
You too Robin! I love your imaginative process - even though it makes a lot of work for you ;o) If you really get into this 'Windex' thing, we have some windows up here for you to practice on! LOL

Kenneth Zimmerman		14-May-2005 11:10
I like the other camera in the background. This is an interesting shot. Well done.

Gail Davison		14-May-2005 10:22
I know the feeling Robin. whenever I think I found a quick, simple shot to take it seems to take hours.

Gary Winters		14-May-2005 06:55
You wearing a muscle shirt? Took a while, but you got this shot down to a Tea...

Pepe Zyman		14-May-2005 04:16
You can come to my house and thake SP all day! As long as you clean the pots!

Karen Leaf		14-May-2005 03:20
I know of your efforts Robin, and you get an A+ for this one.

Guest		14-May-2005 02:56
Very creative and I think your canon at background adds a lot about your passion for photography!!! Excellent SP!!

Di		14-May-2005 01:35
I bet you were smiling for the first 15 or so, huh? So glad to know that you, one of the SP masters, has troubling getting it right sometimes. This is another great one!

Elaine (etfitz)		14-May-2005 01:19
Very creative sp!

Herb		14-May-2005 01:18
Smile!!!!

Stu		13-May-2005 22:13
I like my coffee white with two sweetners, Robin! But if it's tea you're making, then just milk will be fine :-)

Coleen Perilloux Landry		13-May-2005 20:42
Robin, I see your armpit. And, what a great shiny kettle. Great idea and as usual, you made my day. Happy Friday the 13th.

laine82		13-May-2005 19:32
Well now you have a nice shiny kettle & two tripods to trip over, LOL!! That is you in there isn't it...the glare off that kettle is so bright it's hard to tell :>)

JeremyGood		13-May-2005 19:24
As always, a creative and well executed SP. So, back to Photoshop next week? Or are you hooked on the no frills approach?

Guest		13-May-2005 19:08
25 shots and windex? Man, that's a lot of work! A good plausible effort. Smile!

Robin Reid		13-May-2005 18:17
Two cameras Gayle, each one used individually and this wound up coming from the little Pentax. The Canon is just posing in the background trying to look useful. ;-)

Gayle P. Clement		13-May-2005 18:10
Have a good weekend, Robin. Two cameras, huhn?