coffee with a drop of milk

Ah, sorry - that wasn't clearly written, and I have no wish to claim credit where none is due.

the picture is by someone known as "IreneM"

http://www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=440344

She has a number of other excellent shots on the same site, my favourite being the "floating marble" one...

Comments from the original photographer - "It took a LOT of images and about 5 hours of drip, drip, dripping milk into coffee with a pipette to get this one but it’s been worth it in the end. For the lighting I used a Nikon SB 800 on one side of the coffee and a Metz slave flash on the other. The biggest problem I had (apart from getting the splash in the first place) was getting the coffee colour bright enough without blowing the white of the milk."

So, actually no picture trickery - just a lot of hard work and patience. Paid off though! :-)

Wow, great shot. Must be photoshopped ;)

Wow, how long would it take to get the same results!