01.28
Just playing around on a very blustery evening.
The weather will go from the 50′sF to 12F tomorrow night. Ushered in with much wind.
I had nothing in mind for my photo of the day. Well, I did have one thing in mind, but the outdoors conditions removed that idea from my list.
As I was walking in to set my camera bag down. I spied this goblet. Ah-Ha!
A plate of glass, a couple of books to hold it up. Wireless flash underneath with some tissue paper to soften the light a touch. Set the camera on the tripod and use the wired remote trigger.
I left the tungsten-based lights on behind me. It give almost the illusion of fire in the goblet. =)
I balanced the ambient light and the flash using a long exposure.
A bit of Lightroom magic fairy dust, and here you are.
I like it.
I almost titled it the goblet of fire, but that’s been used before. 
Elegant still life.. and whimsical twist below it reminiscent of the Ubangi (lips).