photo contest

[ilya]

Please help us decide the photo you like best. Most votes wins a $50 Adagio Teas gift certificate.





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[Victoria]

Wow, cool! Nice job Brian, very zen-like!

[bsteele]

Wow, cool! Nice job Brian, very zen-like!

Thanks I love that tree stump-- such great colors and textures. The tree that used to be there was pretty awesomely majestic.

However, it was cut down because there were a lot of big dead branches on it-- some fell on our carport. It was just outside our property line and was on land owned by an apt complex just behind our house. Guess they didn't want anything worse to happen-- minimize their liability.

[chamekke]

I'm especially partial to the last photo, but they're all great! What a terrific idea.

[bsteele]

yikes, a turn in the polls. haha. Oh the agony.

I just hope there are no hanging chads to complicate the results... okay, lame... i know.

[bsteele]

I did a pre-brew, brought from my house about 100 ft away out of the frame, so I could just show me enjoying the tea there There was a progression of pictures, some showed me pouring tea out of the gaiwan... but this happened to be the last picture taken. So most of the tea is gone...no more tea in the bodum mug and just a little in the tiny cups that I am finishing off.

I had several ideas running through my head of what I wanted (that's why I had all that tea stuff there... initially I was going to go for a silly theme to the picture but that changed) but I think if I could change one thing, I would have gotten rid of most of the tea stuff to really simplify the final picture. But I didn't think about that until yesterday, haha. Oh well.

[ilya]

After removing certain, lets just say, suspicious votes, the winner turns out to be Brian Steele. Congratulations on the winning photo and the $50 Adagio Teas gift certificate.

[Chip]