for Bob Harris's invite to bring our red solo cups to his fancy-schmancy campground...

[OrchidJulie]

Thanks, all!

I figured our solo cup aficionados would enjoy it...

[Sailor]

Very cool, Julie - an imaginative shot, indeed.

Jer

[RonH]

I'm totally impressed with your lighting setup, Julie. I just wish I could replicate it for my orchid shots at the monthly society meetings.

--Ron

[OrchidJulie]

Jer, thank you. Thought the "wine goblet" Solo cup (that's a real item there, I didn't conjure it!) would be a hoot.

RonH..."lighting setup"... ROFL... couple of boxes set up under the dining room light fixture....black background cloth clothespinned to the vertical blinds... ROFL

Thanks, guys!

[RonH]

Ah, well... that's simplicity in action! Whatever you used worked wonderfully. A beautiful shot!

--Ron

[imaspy]

the only issue i can see with this image is that the bottle isn't open

[Jean Poitiers]

Wow, nice cup ... have not seen these yet in France J

[OrchidJulie]

Ron... thank you!

Imaspy... ah, right, if I'd opened it before shooting, who knows how the image would have turned out?

Jean... <haha>... I suspect these cups -- an obviously Yankee abomination -- may never appear on store shelves in France. But we have them (dishwasher safe, too)

[RonH]

Yes, the wine bottle should have been opened ... or maybe you could have used an open can of PBR. The possibilities are endless!

--Ron

[OrchidJulie]

PBR? Surely you jest... a goblet like that deserves nothing less than a Blue (Labatt's)... something worth raising one's pinkie when holding it. Nobody raises their pinkie for a PBR...

[Kerrowdown]

After a quick Google for us none technical in the know and not USA folk.

If PBR is in fact Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, that glass/cup or whatever you call it is just way to wee to be of any real use.

[OrchidJulie]

Indeed, Pabst Blue Ribbon it is. Sort of a cult beer, I think, which is a very polite way to say it's very cheap. ...the wee cup holds 8 ounces of liquid, about half the capacity of its larger, stem-less brethren, and I imagine that quantity of PBR would be about all you'd want. You'd want to move on to a larger cup, and better beer. Hence the suggestion of a Blue (in any size cup, one can refill them after all). (Labatt's is a Canadian beer, BTW)

[RonH]

Well, at least I didn't say Rolling Rock!

--Ron

[Kerrowdown]

Labatt's is a Canadian beer, BTW

Aye, last had a few Labatt's Blues in a wee place called Kitchener, while on a wee road trip from Niagara to Chatham, Ontario.

Had a sore heed in the morning.