The forgotten coffee

[hminx]

Not sure if the background adds to the context of this or a tighter crop would help.
I was helping repair a truck in this yard today when I noticed this abandoned coffee cup, it was one of three that I noticed but the only one
with coffee and a fly. I tried to reposition the fly but it sank..

[Ptax]

Do you have an image shot down lower, more across the top of the cup? (Does that make sense?)

[llewpics]

I like the colors, and exposure. I think the use of the chosen aperture works as well - with the blurred background. It made me wonder and look around - I like that. The fly is not enough of a "fly" - shape is not distinctive enough - and the cup is a strange one for a construction / towing crew. I feel this image must have a title to make sense - and that may be its shortfall.

[GB1]

Pete - This works in its own way, but not sure it works quite enough. I can see where the fly might add to such a shot, but in this one I want a little simplicity too, and the background offers enough distraction already w/o the fly in the coffee . I do like the background, but wish it was w/o a different foreground subject, like a model, or an empty whiskey bottle if you don't have one handy (where are the models when you need them?).

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[hminx]

Thanks for the feed back everyone, a little of the story behind this one. This is taken in the yard of a chap that operates a small fleet ( 4 I think ) of logging trucks that are kept mobile through scavenging and recycling parts from various donor vehicles gathered in this yard. With this shot I was trying to capture the essence of the character of the place. The cup was abandoned on a rusting oil tank as shown and with it's dead fly I though a typical part of the place. Having said that the chap must be doing something right as he's been in business for many years like this...

[Eric Dobis]

Having said that the chap must be doing something right as he's been in business for many years like this...

I have to wonder though what else has he lost besides his coffee? Nice shot!