Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

[Kiwi Paul]

The idea is to photograph something not particularly photogenic from a typical photographic viewpoint but make it interesting, anything at all, use your photographic skills, you post processing skills, whatever to make the bland...exciting!!

Here's a pretty poor example, I'll try to find something a bit better but this gets the ball rolling.

Paul.

[West Arm Rider]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

I'll try one. Found a washed out shot of a Heron on a dead tree with a pale blue background. Converted it to B&W, upped contrast 100%, added a textured background, burned out a portion in upper right and filled with red to get a rising sun effect, added a border and presto.... Japanese place mat for a Sushi restaurant... thats gotta' be more interesting...

[67DGS]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

Ah, Stef-san, verry interesting

[Barr1e]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

I'll try one. Found a washed out shot of a Heron on a dead tree with a pale blue background. Converted it to B&W, upped contrast 100%, added a textured background, burned out a portion in upper right and filled with red to get a rising sun effect, added a border and presto.... Japanese place mat for a Sushi restaurant... thats gotta' be more interesting...

So Japanese looking and without the turtle too. I think it looks rather good.

I would like to join in, but but big bertha (PC) is out of action for a few days until the computer expert returns from holiday - currently using a notebook.

Regards. Barr1e

[Ian]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

Great idea for a challenge thread, Paul

Ian

[Kiwi Paul]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

This was just a rock, and the colours in it weren't apparent till I wound up the saturation, same with the jelly fish.

Paul.

[West Arm Rider]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

Ubber saturation can really make a dramatic difference in some shots. Playing with tone mapping is another game changer....

[throt]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

Serve ice cold

[T-Lama]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

Serve ice cold

That's really cool!
Took me few seconds to realize what it is..

[throt]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

As last one had some editing to help it out then this piece of ice has nothing more than a bit of crop applied.
A glass of red juice with ice, FL-36R lightning from left. Now I notice that unfortunately camera wasnt parallel with the surface



btw just found out that when placing image from my pics it has the option to place original image also

[Kurt]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

Deep in the dark forest, something stirred

. . . er . . .

its a branch off a tree near a road in the New Forest . . .

[Raj Surin]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

I've posted this image in another thread..but i think it fits in here.
Art Filter:Water color painting !!
Its reflections by the side of a waterbody..the picture rotated upside down.


Regards.

[hschnee]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

Some of the abstracts posted here remind me of a photo I took a few years ago. I call it "Autumn Swirl," taken by rotating the camera around the lens axis during a 1/8 second exposure. It even fits with the season (for those of us who aren't buried in snow yet).



- Hal -

[rogerioi]

Re: Challenge; Ordinary made interesting

Well, I didn't rotate the camera but expected the dancer to rotate the stripe...



And this one is from a Tree I pass by several days a week.