Lol I posted a b/w image of this exact clock sitting solo on a white background for this topic last year. I too like the haziness of the image, as if you are awakening after a long and likely fun evening with your friend Jose!
dfresh wrote:
Great concept here, I probably would have titled it 'Tequila Sunrise' hehe . I like the hazy, groggy feeling you get by viewing this.
Thanks for your comments. I like the suggestion also.
khonneffer wrote:
Lol I posted a b/w image of this exact clock sitting solo on a white background for this topic last year. I too like the haziness of the image, as if you are awakening after a long and likely fun evening with your friend Jose!
My original image was of the clock at an extremely early time. DOF was very shallow and focus set on the hands. I felt it needed more drama so I added the bottle and glass. I got the haziness by pressing the camera into a pillow and the light refracting around the pillow gave it that hazy look.
Beverly Guhl wrote:
Really nice, Howard! Like the orange tones here.
Thanks Bev. I used a table lamp with a light blanket over the shade I was trying to simulate late morning light. A small WB adjustment gave it that color cast. It was more golden before processing. An f1.2 aperture gave it that I am looking thru sleep covered eyes I hope I achieved.
cennerfelt wrote:
Nice image. Fall asleep with the sunglasses on ?
Christian
You got me with the sunglasses question. I almost changed the title. But I realized that I was trying to convey the bottle led to another mid morning awakening and missed start and today was another day to start over.
cennerfelt wrote:
Nice image. Fall asleep with the sunglasses on ?
Christian
You got me with the sunglasses question. I almost changed the title. But I realized that I was trying to convey the bottle led to another mid morning awakening and missed start and today was another day to start over.
Took me a while to figure out what this was about. Maybe I am a little slower than most. A change of title might have helped me but it seems the rest are getting it.
. I like the hazy, groggy feeling you get by viewing this.
I too like the haziness of the image, as if you are awakening after a long and likely fun evening with your friend Jose! 
