Steam

For our last camera club meeting one of the members did research and gave us wonderful tips. Like putting cotton balls soaked in water in a bowl and microwave them and place this behind your food for steam. Well, this is a very small teacup and I would have had a hard time hiding the bowl. But hey I can do it with PS. I made two versions. In the other version, I had the smoke moving to the right. I liked the sense of motion but got suggestions that it looked crooked so see what you thing of this version.

[JackieR]

Clever!!!

[Betsey]

Excellent tip!!

[GG G]

I see a cat with a hula hoop!

[Margaret Brown]

Pretty and I too see the cat!

[Joan Robillard]

@gggg I see the cat too.

[Junko Y]

And -- it works so well!!

[Jean]

what a great tip! I must try

[Kate]

Very cool - thank you for the tip!

[Pat Knowles]

Ha ha what a wonderful piece of inside info....I will never look at a steaming cup of tea again without remembering this!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Yes, I see that cat! And I think your tablecloth/horizon line could be straightened slightly. Pretty tea cup as well and I think the cottonball trick was very clever!

[sarah]

Cool trick ! I see the cat too! It’s like seeing things in clouds

[Islandgirl]

Nice steam tip.................I see the cat as well!

[Francoise]

It's the angles on the steam that trip me up. I have to learn from scratch every time (and by then the food went cold.)

[Vickie M]

Great trick. I see the cat, too!

[Taffy]

This is a clever way to get steam -- thanks for sharing the idea. The resulting composition is so pretty with the steam seeming to come up from the teacup.

[Jane Pittenger]

Clever

[Laura]

Brilliant.

[Diana]

Lovely shot and a great tip, thanks for sharing.

[Merrelyn]

Clever tip, thanks for passing it on :)

[Val]

neatly captured

[FBailey]

Lovely composition and what a terrific tip!