Tea for 13

Use tea leaves or tea bags (used or unused) or even just liquid tea (in a cup or not) to create something today

I love tea, but i didn't always. Seriously only got into it about 2 years ago. I always thought it tasted like watered down juice. if i wanted water, i'll drink water, and if i want juice, i'll get juice. My dude got into the idea of getting tea and making it, i watched him prep it, and then - what's this? sugar?

Yea, yea, make fun of me, but i never thought of putting sugar in it. anyone i knew that drank tea when i was little (mainly my scottish grandma), didn't add sugar to it, just drank it like that, and i thought it was gross. I added sugar (a lot actually) to a cup and it was DELICIOUS!

I've had sweet tea, and hello, SUGAR! But i didn't know regular tea should have it, stupid American.

So the thought for today was to photograph the steam trails from a hot tea.

I had to edit this one, but those are the steam trails. I had a really shitty set up cuz i didn't feel like going all out (i don't feel good today), so this is just a cup on a white folder, a warm light from the ceiling, and a small book light from behind (to highlight the steam).

It was a tad blurry since i had to get a very small long exposure to capture the steam trail, but this was the best shot i could get. I opened it twice in CS5, once to play with the WB to make it a neutral color, but the steam was blue. And then again to get a warm tone (too warm on the folder), and the steam was white. I layered the 2, warm on bottom, neutral on top, erased the neutral layer's steam to show the white steam underneath. Flattened the image, and there you have it - tea steam trails.