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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 828356" data-attributes="member: 53455">Boils even when watched! (2020)Our Riviera &amp; Bar electric kettle is the one single appliance that gets the most everyday use in the kitchen! Some days (not often, but it happens) we don’t even switch on the cooking table as we have a light cold meal of leftovers, or eat out, or have food delivered, but no day goes by without numerous cups of tea and tisane!Therefore, I undertook long and exhaustive research on all models available, before settling on this one. I needed it to be as fast as possible, even when watched... Do you know the joke that says that a kettle that is being watched never boils? Well, this one does, and very quickly, and doesn’t mind being watched impatiently!I like to tell those little stories, but all in all those photos really are exercises in studio flash lighting...Nikon D850, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Composite shot made up of 22 focus-stacked exposures, set automatically&nbsp; using the built-in function on the camera. Stack processed with Helicon Focus. I also composited in another exposure taken without the strobes to see the lit LED temperature indicator.[ATTACH=full]414622[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 828356, member: 53455"] [B]Boils even when watched! (2020)[/B] Our Riviera & Bar electric kettle is the one single appliance that gets the most everyday use in the kitchen! Some days (not often, but it happens) we don’t even switch on the cooking table as we have a light cold meal of leftovers, or eat out, or have food delivered, but no day goes by without numerous cups of tea and [I]tisane![/I] Therefore, I undertook long and exhaustive research on all models available, before settling on this one. I needed it to be as fast as possible, even when watched... Do you know the joke that says that a kettle that is being watched never boils? Well, this one does, and very quickly, and doesn’t mind being watched impatiently! I like to tell those little stories, but all in all those photos really are exercises in studio flash lighting... Nikon D850, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Composite shot made up of 22 focus-stacked exposures, set automatically using the built-in function on the camera. Stack processed with Helicon Focus. I also composited in another exposure taken without the strobes to see the lit LED temperature indicator. [ATTACH type="full"]414622[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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