The Kettle

This is a pure snap shot. I was sitting at a tea shop sited on a platform (sidewalk). Here in Burma, we have plenty of similar tea shops countrywide. Every street you go in, you see these shops. These shops occasionally become meeting place for circle of our friends. All of a sudden, I saw these kettles boiling tea. I ran to my car and took camera to have these shots. I took this shot without flash. I have tried couples of shots with ISO 400 however the shots did not turn out to be decent. Finally ended up with ISO 800.
Photo Information
Camera – Nikon D40
Exposure Time – 0.625s
ISO Speed – 800
Focal Length – 55mm


I like this picture the most. Environment, lighting, reflection, refraction, shading and blur concept are too perfect to the view. It’s seemed one Tea shop’s back side on the pavement. I love those Burmese and Indian’s style compact prototype shops for saving space and those prove that everyone can do business in small space. If you have ratings .. let me put * * * * * for this picture.