Cracked

[Daisy Mae]

[Mike Buckley]

OK, I confess: I spent awhile trying to guess the subject before opening the thread to see the image. My first guess was an egg. My second guess was a self-portrait.

I like this a lot. Just out of curiosity, what was originally stored in the bottles?

[Daisy Mae]

Egg? Way to obvious!

Self portrait...cheeky AND predictable...double whammey!


The bottles were in the stairwell of the house in Mull Mike..I love that old frosted glass look and when I took the shot I was thinking'shame about that crack' then realised it was the crack that made the shot.

You can see the name 'Schweppes' on the standing bottle. I have fond memories of their Ginger beer which came in proper bottles and which my Dad would bring home with a 'Fish Supper' as a special treat when I was small.

A treat that was experienced in thousands of working class houses in Scotland in the 60's and 70's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweppes

[Donald]

... which my Dad would bring home with a 'Fish Supper' as a special treat when I was small.

This girl's been brung up right proper, y'know

Food of the Gods!

By the way, the image is wonderful. This is artwork.

[Sergio M.]

Sharon, a moving story for a moving image.

Serge

[Daisy Mae]

Thank you Donald and Serge.

[Bobobird]

Big fan of Schweppes especially the Cream Soda and of course the Ginger Beer. Still available in various parts of the world.

Half part cream soda + half part fresh milk == SUPER DRINK....

Oh, supposed to talk about pics not drinks ----- good one as usual.

[Daisy Mae]

Big fan of Schweppes especially the Cream Soda and of course the Ginger Beer. Still available in various parts of the world.

Half part cream soda + half part fresh milk == SUPER DRINK....

Oh, supposed to talk about pics not drinks ----- good one as usual.

Available ..but not the same.

[Coinneachmhor]

Great picture, love the textures.

Limeade or Irn Bru with our fish suppers!!

[Daisy Mae]

Thanks Kenny!

[ggt]

I thought it might be a picture of me, then I remember I haven't posted any here, so you'd have nothing to work with --

I like this composition a lot. I'm a bit confused by the shadows tho. It seems very dark at the bottom and the angle of the far right bottle seems at a different angle than the middle one --which is probably fine. But it seems like shadows should be darker? And the bottle that is standing-up should have it's shadow cast over the middle bottle that is on it's side --no?

Or am I interpreting this all wrong?

I love the texture and "aged-ness" you've created here. Thanks for posting!

[Kris V]

Just beautiful, as always.
Aaand....the only Schweppes I ever knew was Tonic Water. Must be a lack in my culture!

[Karm Redland]

That is a beautiful image.

Karm

[Daisy Mae]

Thanks karm,Gretchen and Kris

Gretchen, the little scene was lit from a window behind the stairwell and I moved nothing around so the shadows and shapes are all as they were.