Strainer

Our (me and my wife) favorite tea blend is black tea spiced with ginger. For this shot I used this old and rusty strainer. But normally we use some more modern utensils:

Some more detail shots on notes.

Camera details
Camera: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile phone F5321
Exposure: 0.03 sec. (1/32)
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 4.2 mm (approximately 50 mm equivalent after 1.8 times zooming and cropping)
Lens: Clip-on macro lens (magnifying glass).
Editing: Snapseed mobile phone photo application.

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34 comments - The latest ones

Gisela Plewe ^club

Durch den Schärfeverlauf befasst man sich automatisch auch mit dem Raum unter dem Sieb, der eigentlich außer der schönen Farbe nichts zu bieten hat. Ein interessantes Still.

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Gisela Plewe ^club

I agree, the limits of poor depth of field and lack of quality hit hard on this topic =/

7 years ago.

Gisela Plewe ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Das war keine negative Kritik. Ich finde das Phänomen spannend.

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Gisela Plewe ^club

Sorry, I got lost on translation. But I myself think there is much to improve ;-)

I also like the soft blurred background. But the depth of field is just a little too shallow for the foreground.

At some point I need better tools =D

7 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

Amusante cette idée de passoire !! ma préférence va au 1er PIP ; mais c'est mon goût personnel ^_^

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to neira-Dan ^club

My favorite is the second PiP ;-)

7 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

Great idea, Sami, love the rust lol !!!

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet

But it is not healthy for digestion! ;-)

And this was just a set up. I found that old rusty strainer from our drawers for this challenge, and it is not used anymore. Which reminds me that I need to go and buy a new one =D

7 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

A very good idea! I also love ginger tea:-) My favourites are the 2nd and 3rd note, your pink and blue cups/strainers are fun!

7 years ago.

Xata ^club

That is a super macro indeed...
Arabia’s mugs on second pic?

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Xata ^club

Yes, Moomin mugs! =D

We Finns are peculiar people. We try to be unique when it comes to export, but then we all have to have the same items as every other Finn has. And one of those items are Moomin mugs:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin_mugs

7 years ago.

Xata ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

I have some too... I love them, I love northern minimalistic styles, I am a design-minimalistic person im my place.
What I would like to find id the filters for tea leaves you show in the mugs...

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Xata ^club

Try googling 'Ellie May tea infusers' ;-)

7 years ago.

Jan

gorgeous textures and love to see the colours through. great composition

7 years ago.

Taormina

Es wirkt so als Makro ganz anders....
fast Metallisch.
Gefällt mir die Idee!

7 years ago.

Chris10 ^club

Nicely done Sami. Good presentation from your nets!!

Greetz, Christien.

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club

Some lovely photos here, Sami, and I particularly like your second PiP. Some of the moomin mugs are very collectible.

This one is £130

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

I think that one is cheating! =P That particular mug should still be on production and sold with "normal" price.

But yes, there are several mugs that are not made anymore and costs a lot! =D

7 years ago.