Marti was always a secret drinker; bottle hidden away on the top shelf. The effect was pleasant at first but the impact was devastating. The glasses hid the secret in the darkness... for a while... but then came the Light! A sense of relief, a sense of rescue, a sense of restoration. The Light brought purpose and direction to a life once lived for the top shelf. The Marti of old is no more and the top shelf never visited... but a shadow stands to remind her of what lies there in the darkness.
Here are the elements for the next Iron Photographer:
1 - eyeglasses / sunglasses
2 - a bottle
3 - noise / grain
The first element, eyeglasses or sunglasses is pretty self-explanatory. We're willing to stretch it to include things like welding goggles or a diving mask. Ain't nobody gonna say IP is finicky.
The second element is also pretty straightforwars. A bottle is a bottle, a container with a narrow neck designed to hold a liquid. We don't care if it's empty or full (or half-empty or half-full depending on your world view).
The final element is noise or film grain. The easiest way to achieve noise or grain is to crank the ISO up as far as it'll go. You can, of course, add noise in post processing.
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