Morning Goji Tea - 2006

@Dysren: I did notice that myself. That shape is natural (not produced in Photoshop). Yes, I collect Japanese tea bowls. This is one of my favorites.

@Colour blind: I experimented with light coming from all different angles. I found that backlighting worked best. In this photo I used the sun as a backlight. It is just outside the frame of the picture on the upper right side. Also, using very hot tea when the ambient temperature is low also seemed to help. I took this photo at about 7:00AM when outside temperature is lowest (about 55 degrees fahrenheit). To snap this shot I held the tea bowl up in the air with my left hand in a position where the steam is back lighted with sunlight but the actual background (behind the steam) is dark to provide contrast between the light steam and the background. Then I snapped the picture with my right hand. I hope all this makes sense.