Dan Perovich's Cyberfront Property

Photo365-20100110 – Tea’s Bloomed, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/25 sec @ f/3.5, ISO 800, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)

My sister gave my fiancee a blooming tea set for Christmas this year.  The unbrewed tea comes in a sealed pouch as single tea pot servings.  Today’s raw tea was pressed into the shape of a heart.  When the boiling water was poured into the tea pot with the heart shaped tea ball inside, it started to bloom.  For the next few minutes, we watched as the tea flower opened up more and more to reveal red tea leafs in the middle.  I was snapping frames through the entire process.  Unfortunately, we did not pick an ideal location to brew the tea in order to keep the background of the photographs clear of clutter.  In today’s picture, a candle “photobombed” the shot.  However, I did realize this issue during the shoot and tried to make adjustments to minimize the distractions as best as I could.  Believe me, it could have been a whole lot worse with a slightly different angle.