objects

[Sandrine Bascouert]

What is the most common, ordinary, mundane, everyday object you ever photographied?


Here's mine:
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/nature%20patterns/oeufs.jpg

[Ken Tanaka]

Four panels I created two years ago, ostensibly for our kitchen, on a cold winter afternoon.

http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v9/p341125643-3.jpg
http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v10/p443612705-3.jpg
http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v11/p20655808-3.jpg
http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v13/p338827577-3.jpg

[Ken Tanaka]

Not meaning to flood this thread, but it's a genre I enjoy. Here are three plain ol' glass vases I photographed about a year ago.

http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v14/p466082527-2.jpg

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Thanks Ken, I particularly love the forks. This a subject I like most because you can concentrate on lines and light.

[charlotte thompson]

Fun Thread!

this is an outdoor patio table with-everyday bills-



http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk288/redfiregold/DSC_1358.jpg

[Sandrine Bascouert]

I like to think that the best photos comes from the very simple subjects, like a re-discovery of sight.

[Asher Kelman]

I like to think that the best photos comes from the very simple subjects, like a re-discovery of sight.

I'd like to think that what we make has the stuff of simple beauty photographed in a modern way that will be appreciated long after what we have is modern, but when viewed against future modernity will still be effectively satisfying.

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

What is the most common, ordinary, mundane, everyday object you ever photographied?


Here's mine:
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/nature%20patterns/oeufs.jpg

My lat father n law photographed eggs he first chilled to get glistening drops of condensate that acted as myriads of magnifying glasses to show the texture of the shell surface. Eggs shown dry as a different esthetic but so handsome and democratic. We are stimulated to have our own thoughts with out you deciding anything of consequence for us.

Thanks for starting such a splendid thread.

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

Four panels I created two years ago, ostensibly for our kitchen, on a cold winter afternoon.

http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v9/p341125643-3.jpg
http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v10/p443612705-3.jpg
http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v11/p20655808-3.jpg
http://kentanaka.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v13/p338827577-3.jpg


Sandrine and Ken,

I'd like to think that what you show us here has the stuff of simple beauty photographed in a modern way that will be appreciated long after what we have is modern, but when viewed against future modernity will still be effectively satisfying.

Asher

[Ken Tanaka]

Asher: Put up a carefully-composed, perhaps slightly precious, image of a butt-simple object. This thread doesn't require theoretical analysis or navel-gazing (or narration). Shhhhhhhh.

[Sandrine Bascouert]

I also like Charlotte's image, I like this view from above, . It seems that I see my own bills on my own table. (The difference is that I don't smoke :-))

[charlotte thompson]

Another hobby of mine is high end cooking-these are 2 German steel knives I use-The other is a Shun which I couldn't put in because it was in the dishwasher-anyway " Two Blades-"


http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk288/redfiregold/DSC_0323-1.jpg

[Asher Kelman]

Another hobby of mine is high end cooking-these are 2 German steel knives I use-The other is a Shun which I couldn't put in because it was in the dishwasher-anyway " Two Blades-"


http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk288/redfiregold/DSC_0323-1.jpg

Simple, well shaded, fearsome; good weapons for a ninja Nun!

Asher

[charlotte thompson]

Then you and she must be appeased! Wipes forehead with kitchen towel- Star of David must have been watching out for me and her!

Charlotte-

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Hope there is some place around here where we can share each others recipes:-)

[Jean Henderson]

Simple test shot with Canon SX 120 last winter.

Jean

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_qSE6n0P7WkE/THP1IyglPqI/AAAAAAAAAog/9EV4VhnvGd4/s512/100B0232-2_Coffee_Mug_W_.jpg

[Jean Henderson]

Sandrine, I love the eggs; Ken, I also love the intertwined forks; Charlotte, remind me to carry a big stick when I ever meet you!

Jean

[Charles L Webster]

Simplicity and elegance were the objectives here.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7336904-lg.jpg

Got Vermouth?

[Asher Kelman]

Simplicity and elegance were the objectives here.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7336904-lg.jpg

Got Vermouth?


Then, my distinguished friend, you succeeded splendidly!


Asher

[Mark Hampton]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/tigertiger.jpg

glass.ashtray.empty - M Hampton





eggs - forks - cups - glasses - let get some beers and food and have a party !

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Shaked not stirred, please...

[Jarmo Juntunen]

Must be at least 10 years since this thing was taken for a ride:

http://jjuntunen.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Kev%E4tt%E4+m%F6kill%E4/2010_hermes_yleis-2537.jpg/_small.jpg

A close-up:

http://jjuntunen.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Kev%E4tt%E4+m%F6kill%E4/2010_hermes_l%E4hi-1608.jpg/_small.jpg

[fahim mohammed]

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v14/p661409363.jpg

[Sandrine Bascouert]

It's not really what I call mundane (At least in GB) :-) It's not really what I call an object too.
But I must say, this kinda "tourist image" (In France, nearly everybody goes to Tunisia for holidays and it's inevitably the photos you are mandatory to watch when they return...) must do the trick for "everyday" views as intended at the start of the thread...

And always this sharpness, my god! You can feel the texture of the fur on its flanks!!!!. (that's so very different from my mother's pictures :-) )

[fahim mohammed]

' It's not really what I call mundane (At least in GB)'

You never mentioned that we were to post what you considered mundane. ( at least in GB )and neither was a specific location mentioned.

'It's not really what I call an object too.' an ' object' of love ( say ) could to me be many things..including women, men, dogs, children, baseball, sunsets, kitchenware etc. If you want something specific, please be specific. Diversity is something to be cherished. Not necessarily agreed upon, but accepted as a natural consequence of the diversity of the human population.

An ' object ' by itself is not specific enough. It cannot exist in a vacuum.

Maybe Tunisia might be more like France..but we know why, don't we?

'But I must say, this kinda "tourist image". What is touristy for you is not necessarily for me.


In France, nearly everybody goes to Tunisia for holidays and it's inevitably the photos you are mandatory to watch when they return.... When we go to ' France ' we have ' mandatory ' photos of
men playing the accordian on the Seine. Amongst other wonderful ' objects'.
If you want something specific, please be specific and unambiguous.

...must do the trick for "everyday" views as intended at the start of the thread...; I guess you might have intended to write ' must not '; A camel is not only an ' everyday ' sighting for us
but a constant thing. Maybe some would call it a constant mirage of the desert!


And always this sharpness, my god! You can feel the texture of the fur on its flanks!!!!. (that's so very different from my mother's pictures :-) Thank you. Camels are sharp, everyday sightings, mundane as ( for me at least ) going to the office every morning!


My intention here is only to suggest that if I participate ( there was no restriction on who could or could not ! ) the pictures would reflect my views of everyday, mundane, ' objects '. What your intentions are I could not discern from my reading of the instructions.

But then again, English is not my ' mother ' ( or father ) tongue, or my first language. Neither French,
the Language. That indeed is a gift, I sorely miss.

[Asher Kelman]

' It's not really what I call mundane (At least in GB)'

You never mentioned that we were to post what you considered mundane. ( at least in GB )and neither was a specific location mentioned.

'It's not really what I call an object too.' an ' object' of love ( say ) could to me be many things..including women, men, dogs, children, baseball, sunsets, kitchenware etc. If you want something specific, please be specific. Diversity is something to be cherished. Not necessarily agreed upon, but accepted as a natural consequence of the diversity of the human population.

An ' object ' by itself is not specific enough. It cannot exist in a vacuum.

Maybe Tunisia might be more like France..but we know why, don't we?

'But I must say, this kinda "tourist image". What is touristy for you is not necessarily for me.


In France, nearly everybody goes to Tunisia for holidays and it's inevitably the photos you are mandatory to watch when they return.... When we go to ' France ' we have ' mandatory ' photos of
men playing the accordian on the Seine. Amongst other wonderful ' objects'.
If you want something specific, please be specific and unambiguous.

...must do the trick for "everyday" views as intended at the start of the thread...; I guess you might have intended to write ' must not '; A camel is not only an ' everyday ' sighting for us
but a constant thing. Maybe some would call it a constant mirage of the desert!


And always this sharpness, my god! You can feel the texture of the fur on its flanks!!!!. (that's so very different from my mother's pictures :-) Thank you. Camels are sharp, everyday sightings, mundane as ( for me at least ) going to the office every morning!


My intention here is only to suggest that if I participate ( there was no restriction on who could or could not ! ) the pictures would reflect my views of everyday, mundane, ' objects '. What your intentions are I could not discern from my reading of the instructions.

But then again, English is not my ' mother ' ( or father ) tongue, or my first language. Neither French,
the Language. That indeed is a gift, I sorely miss.

Fahim,

Immediately in your reply I sensed a train of thought that can dissect arguments well. There are 100 pages of Muslim philosophers, LOL!!! Most of them appear to be scholars of Islam. The Categories "Muslim Philosopher" and "Arab Philosopher", however are empty! So someone should add these!

After all, we couldn't discuss objects if we had no idea of objectivity and the nature of objects and the effect of the observers viewpoint. The gap in the Wiki is so weird!

Just an incidental distraction as is my wont!

Asher

[fahim mohammed]

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v12/p97235528.jpg

[Asher Kelman]

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v12/p97235528.jpg


Fahim,


First a camel, then a hardly common Leica, lens and all! Mundane? For me they're both higly exotic, LOL! For my Father in Law, the Hasselblad was really mundane. They were lying all over the place! So it's all a matter of where one is located in life. One can do the same exercise with "organic", where a "a flea can bite the bottom of the Pope in Rome" (Les Miserables) would fit just nicely! Organic indeed!


GAVROCHE
They laugh at me, these fellas,
Just because I am small
They laugh at me because I'm not hundred feet tall!
I tell 'em there's aot to learn down here on the ground
The world is big, but little people turn it around!

A worm can roll a stone
A bee can sting a bear
A fly can fly around Versailles
'Cos flies don't care!
A sparrow in a hut
Can make a happy home
A flea can bite the bottom
Of the Pope in Rome!

Gaoliath was a buiser who was tall as the sky.
But David threw a right and gave him one in the eye.
I never read the Bible but I know that it's true
It only goes to show what little people can do!

[scott kirkpatrick]

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v12/p97235528.jpg

I don't find this one mundane at all. Maybe with a Nokton 1.5 instead of the Summilux, and with less powerful colors in the OOF background it could descend to mundane.

scott

[fahim mohammed]

I don't find this one mundane at all. Maybe with a Nokton 1.5 instead of the Summilux, and with less powerful colors in the OOF background it could descend to mundane.

scott


Hi Scott...

insert [ clap ] [ clap ]. Thank you.

[fahim mohammed]

Enjoyed this...brilliant Asher.

Sits on the ground, eats with his hands
how gross is fahim; so they say
Sits on a camel,tall and high
how cruel is fahim to animals; so they say
Showing a Leica, a camera or two
boasting must be fahim; so they say
Putting on a summilux too, horrid horrid
must be vain, this fahim; so they say
Lived in a hut, made of clay
must not be his; so they say
Hanging sheets, to cool the air
must be lying, this fahim; so they say

Posting photos on OPF; sacrilege
must not allow that from fahim; so they say
But there was a man; Asher was he called
of fleas and bugs and ants he talked
Photos, photos, photos is what he sought
from fahim or david he cared not
so long as he approved; the one Asher that was called

The photos from fahim will be terrible; cause people to leave
from forum OPF to somewhere else; so they say
Photos I want, from fahim or david is what I say
of camels or mammals post they may
Let the people say, what they say
fahim or david; post away

Regards.



http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v12/p97235528.jpg


Fahim,


First a camel, then a hardly common Leica, lens and all! Mundane? For me they're both higly exotic, LOL! For my Father in Law, the Hasselblad was really mundane. They were lying all over the place! So it's all a matter of where one is located in life. One can do the same exercise with "organic", where a "a flea can bite the bottom of the Pope in Rome" (Les Miserables) would fit just nicely! Organic indeed!


GAVROCHE
They laugh at me, these fellas,
Just because I am small
They laugh at me because I'm not hundred feet tall!
I tell 'em there's aot to learn down here on the ground
The world is big, but little people turn it around!

A worm can roll a stone
A bee can sting a bear
A fly can fly around Versailles
'Cos flies don't care!
A sparrow in a hut
Can make a happy home
A flea can bite the bottom
Of the Pope in Rome!

Gaoliath was a buiser who was tall as the sky.
But David threw a right and gave him one in the eye.
I never read the Bible but I know that it's true
It only goes to show what little people can do!

[John Angulat]

Well said Fahim.
Your images never fail to bring a smile to my face.
Your words a smile to my soul.
So please, post away!

[Sandrine Bascouert]

in the trash can, no need to banter...


http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/valise-et-tiquettes.jpg

[fahim mohammed]

Well said Fahim.
Your images never fail to bring a smile to my face.
Your words a smile to my soul.
So please, post away!

Hi John,

How is the family and you?

You embarass me with your generous words. It feels nice though!!

Take care and best regards.

[Rachel Foster]

Simplicity and elegance were the objectives here.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7336904-lg.jpg

Got Vermouth?

Brilliant.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/ProtarSoft/WelchsPepperf6s.jpg
Welch's & Dr. Pepper

[Sandrine Bascouert]

another one
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/londres07-1990.jpg

[fahim mohammed]

Bland...

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v17/p114680451.jpg

Spiced...

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v16/p158155470.jpg

[Mark Hampton]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/Bolt.jpg


tractor.balance.bolt - M Hampton

[Asher Kelman]

in the trash can, no need to banter...


Meaning what? You found the case in the trash, put it there or trashed ths photograph of t?


http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/valise-et-tiquettes.jpg


Frankly, Sandrine, it's a keeper!

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/ProtarSoft/WelchsPepperf6s.jpg
Welch's & Dr. Pepper

I like this picture as this really makes me feel young by a many decades!

Asher

[Sandrine Bascouert]

I found the case in the trash on the pavement, (I love this shot I'll never trash the picture) one of the so few early mornings when I got up before the dusk.

[fahim mohammed]

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v12/p681097366.jpg

[Asher Kelman]

Fahim,

It's splendid, but is that a tooth brush below the apples?

Asher

[fahim mohammed]

Ah, there it is! You found it Asher.

Fahim,

It's splendid, but is that a tooth brush below the apples?

Asher

[Mark Hampton]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/potty2.jpg



red.tilted.potty - M Hampton

[Jim Galli]

red.tilted.potty - M Hampton

Wonderful shot and idea Mark. I've been thinking of this shot for this post. The neg is loose somewhere where it's not supposed to be and keeps reminding me.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/gloves.jpg
work ethic

[Mark Hampton]

Wonderful shot and idea Mark. I've been thinking of this shot for this post. The neg is loose somewhere where it's not supposed to be and keeps reminding me.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/gloves.jpg
work ethic

thanks jim,

I can almost feel those gloves - mental tonal range !

[Mark Hampton]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/yellowtruck.jpg

yellow.truck.grey - M Hampton

[Asher Kelman]

Wonderful shot and idea Mark. I've been thinking of this shot for this post. The neg is loose somewhere where it's not supposed to be and keeps reminding me.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/gloves.jpg
work ethic

Left and right gloves of a man and a woman?

Asher

[Jim Galli]

Left and right gloves of a man and a woman?

Asher

We're baptists. We don't let the boy gloves and girl gloves snuggle unless we were at the wedding.

[Asher Kelman]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/yellowtruck.jpg

yellow.truck.grey - M Hampton

I like the picture, Mark, but for sure am flummoxed by the title!

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

I liked Ken's elite utensils. They really add class! This is far more mundane but in the same utensil class!

http://openphotographyforums.com/2007_OPF_AK/Asher_Kelman_2007/_MG_0121 copy.jpg

Asher Kelman: Identicality


Asher

[Asher Kelman]

http://openphotographyforums.com/2007_OPF_AK/Asher_Kelman_2007/_MG_0108-2.jpg

Asher Kelman: Portrait #2

There might be more!

Asher

[Prateek Dubey]

Hello Asher,
If you were to turn the picture upside down, then this 'utensil' would turn into a time warp. Since the object itself is not primary and how it displays the world is, I would concentrate on that aspect of its personality..

ps : This is for the first image..

[Asher Kelman]

Hello Asher,
If you were to turn the picture upside down, then this 'utensil' would turn into a time warp. Since the object itself is not primary and how it displays the world is, I would concentrate on that aspect of its personality..

ps : This is for the first image..

Prateek,

That's happens to be a self portrait, LOL!

Asher

[Ken Tanaka]

Asher,
Those basins are lovely! An excellent subject nicely photographed. (If you were to take another swing at this I would be very tempted to horizontally center the basins. the slight eccentricity is a bit off-putting and not productive.)

What makes this image attractive is our involuntary compulsion to first "see" familiar forms in any object. Of course here we see an image peering back at us with those shocked eyes. But we quickly realize out silliness at such recognizance and then turn to salute the photographer who has just has his way with our minds for a moment.

[Asher Kelman]

Asher,
Those basins are lovely! An excellent subject nicely photographed. (If you were to take another swing at this I would be very tempted to horizontally center the basins. the slight eccentricity is a bit off-putting and not productive.)

What makes this image attractive is our involuntary compulsion to first "see" familiar forms in any object. Of course here we see an image peering back at us with those shocked eyes. But we quickly realize out silliness at such recognizance and then turn to salute the photographer who has just has his way with our minds for a moment.

Ken,

That's so kind of you! I appreciate too the suggestion to straighten the image. Yes you are entirely correct. I'll do that. The picture before is portrait #1. I could have but didn't flip t upside down.

Asher

[Jim Galli]

Asher,
Those basins are lovely! An excellent subject nicely photographed. (If you were to take another swing at this I would be very tempted to horizontally center the basins. the slight eccentricity is a bit off-putting and not productive.)

What makes this image attractive is our involuntary compulsion to first "see" familiar forms in any object. Of course here we see an image peering back at us with those shocked eyes. But we quickly realize out silliness at such recognizance and then turn to salute the photographer who has just has his way with our minds for a moment.


Concur, but like it asymetrical :~'))

[Asher Kelman]

Jim,

Thanks for your words. From the "Prince of Soft Focus", (with discarded lens treasures from the last century gathered for you by loyal Hobbits and your little green men), this is a real compliment!

Asher

[Mark Hampton]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/yellowtruck.jpg

yellow.truck.grey - M Hampton

I like the picture, Mark, but for sure am flummoxed by the title!

Asher

Asher,

the yellow truck in my sons hands is grey in the image :)

cheers

[Mark Hampton]

http://openphotographyforums.com/2007_OPF_AK/Asher_Kelman_2007/_MG_0108-2.jpg

Asher Kelman: Portrait #2

There might be more!

Asher

Asher,

I like the glasses !

can you pop the "Identicality" the right way up please?

cheers

[Mark Hampton]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/masksharpflat.jpg



mask.reflection.dark - M Hampton

[Asher Kelman]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/masksharpflat.jpg



mask.reflection.dark - M Hampton

Mark,

This is a simple construct but has depth and inside that another reality.

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

Well this next set of objects is really mundane also transient! One of the most intimate relationships!


http://www.openphotographyforums.com/2007_OPF_AK/Asher_Kelman_2007/_MG_0187 B&W_500 brighter.jpg

Asher Kelman: Portrait# 3: "Soap with Folded Arms"




No soap was hurt in the making of this picture!

Asher

[Will Thompson]

http://www.openphotographyforums.com/2007_OPF_AK/Asher_Kelman_2007/_MG_0187 B&W_500 brighter.jpg

Asher Kelman: Portrait# 3: "Soap with Folded Arms"




No soap was hurt in the making of this picture!

Asher, The bottom soap looks as if it could be melting ice!

A very interesting effect.

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Brighton beach, covered with snow, probably Sunday Morning.


http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/brighton-sous-la-neige-9.jpg

[Sandrine Bascouert]

In case it works better in black and white, I dunno...



http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/brighton-sous-la-neigeBW.jpg

[Sandrine Bascouert]

gas pipes -Toulouse, France


http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/tuyaux.jpg

[Michael Nagel]

What about a door handle:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4758526696_092d842a10_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4758526696/)
Gerade und gebogen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4758526696/) - click on photo for larger image.

Best regards,
Michael

[Sandrine Bascouert]

http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/All%20Things%20British/all-things-british_301210_0000.jpg





very classy, In front of Selfridge's Lady's bathrooms....

[Michael Nagel]

Sandrine - interesting place for fire extinguishers, but now I'm stuck with this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWX_MFNOL_Y) in my head (...putting out the fire with gasoline...)...

I am constantly looking for odd things on my way. I saw this in january on the way to a hike:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5360676159_6c07e8264d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5360676159/)
Ausgebrannt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5360676159/)

Ausgbrannt = burnt out

Best regards,
Michael

[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Michael,

Lovely! It may be burnt out but it still shines.

...I am constantly looking for odd things on my way. I saw this in january on the way to a hike:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5360676159_6c07e8264d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5360676159/)
Ausgebrannt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5360676159/)

Ausgbrannt = burnt out


Cheers,

[Michael Nagel]

Cem,

Thanks, I did not look at it this way. I was more focused on the different ways of decay, the rotten leaves and the old lightbulb with parts of it missing.

Best regards,
Michael

[fahim mohammed]

Michael, you will be surprised at the beautiful collection one can have by accumulating photographs
of decayed ( thrown out ) items.

I make background patterns out of them.

[scott kirkpatrick]

A fire hydrant in a stadium parking lot, protected from the cars but not from the people.

http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~kirk/testfiles/CF000371_1small.jpg

scott

[Michael Nagel]

Fire hydrants are a good subject as they come in various shapes and often vivid colors.

I like the symmetry vs. asymmetry aspect of your photo.

I found this result of a public chess game:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/4551173805_4fb52866a5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4551173805/)
Game over (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4551173805/)

Best regards,
Michael

[Paul Abbott]

This is a shot I took a long time ago of a bottle backlit through a sheet of greaseproof paper, using a slide projector.




http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/paulyrichard/RIMG0181-copy500.jpg

Blue Bottle Corona - Paul Abbott

[Michael Nagel]

What about this:


http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4073/4945601939_a244c5ed8c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4945601939/)
Not the usual green (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4945601939/)


Best regards,
Michael

[jake klein]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6664530027_12f8233067_z.jpg

[Mark Hampton]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6664530027_12f8233067_z.jpg





here is a window - for the lens cap.






http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/Untitled1-1.jpg




- Deka











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[fahim mohammed]

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v47/p320714705-5.jpg

[Asher Kelman]

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v47/p320714705-5.jpg

This, my good friend, might be too nice ........ or even beautiful.

Asher

[fahim mohammed]

This, my good friend, might be too nice ........ or even beautiful.

Asher

This then?

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v55/p643563117-5.jpg

[Asher Kelman]

Fahim,

Your work is naturally elegant and always a good choice. Still, let me gently steer the thread a little more towards Sandrine's original idea. It does not require beauty!

What is the most common, ordinary, mundane, everyday object you ever photographied?


Here's mine:
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/nature%20patterns/oeufs.jpg


......... the simple, mundane and practical; elegantly imagined and shown. It's hard to be at this end of the spectrum, but it's a goal we can try every so often.

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

I am constantly looking for odd things on my way. I saw this in january on the way to a hike:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5360676159_6c07e8264d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5360676159/)

Michael Nagel: Ausgebrannt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5360676159/)



Ausgbrannt = burnt out


Exquisitely mundane!

[fahim mohammed]

Fahim,

Your work is naturally elegant and always a good choice. Still, let me gently steer the thread a little more towards Sandrine's original idea. It does not require beauty!




Here's mine:
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/nature%20patterns/oeufs.jpg


......... the simple, mundane and practical; elegantly imagined and shown. It's hard to be at this end of the spectrum, but it's a goal we can try every so often.

Asher

Pencils? "What is the most common, ordinary, mundane, everyday object you ever photographied?

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v49/p410677387-4.jpg
But to my kids, pencils are not mundane..keyboards are. How about camels? Mundane?

[Asher Kelman]

Pencils? "What is the most common, ordinary, mundane, everyday object you ever photographed?

But to my kids, pencils are not mundane..keyboards are. How about camels? Mundane?

Pencils are indeed "super mundane" and as perfect choice. camels, OTOH or far to noble to be assigned to this heading. Common, but not mundane!

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

Pencils? "What is the most common, ordinary, mundane, everyday object you ever photographed?

But to my kids, pencils are not mundane..keyboards are. How about camels? Mundane?

Pencils are indeed "super mundane" and as perfect choice. camels, OTOH or far too noble and blessed with life to be assigned to this heading. Common, for sure but never mundane! :)

Asher

[fahim mohammed]

Pencils are indeed "super mundane" and as perfect choice. camels, OTOH or far too noble and blessed with life to be assigned to this heading. Common, for sure but never mundane! :)

Asher

Depends. Where you live. And what you are used to.

Snow..common, mundane? For whom?
Sand, desert. common, mundane? For whom?

Iznik tiles. common, munane? For whom?

Depends.

[Maggie Terlecki]

Pencils are indeed "super mundane" and as perfect choice. camels, OTOH or far too noble and blessed with life to be assigned to this heading. Common, for sure but never mundane! :)

Asher

Can the images of mundane objects be shown in an original way? or must they be as found?

[fahim mohammed]

A rare sight, where I live.

Common and mundane object elsewhere..

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v57/p111066477-4.jpg

On the other hand..common sight for me..in my backyard..
But elsewhere..not really.

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v49/p813688512-4.jpg

Without specifically defining the parameters of what is ' common ' or ' mundane '; it is like I said
..depends.

Is a camera a common or mundane object? I have to ask where and to/for whom?
Is a wash basin, a sink, beautiful set of knives and forks, beer bottle discarded..common and mundane sight?
Depends.

[Asher Kelman]

Without specifically defining the parameters of what is ' common ' or ' mundane '; it is like I said
..depends.

Is a camera a common or mundane object? I have to ask where and to/for whom?
Is a wash basin, a sink, beautiful set of knives and forks, beer bottle discarded..common and mundane sight?
Depends.

A "beer bottle discarded" would be the archetype! The Leica camera, never!

[fahim mohammed]

Let me steer myself back to the thread with some objects..what could be more common and mundane than these? Right?

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v49/p298596297-4.jpg

[Mark Hampton]

Let me steer myself back to the thread with some objects..what could be more common and mundane than these? Right?

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v49/p298596297-4.jpg

i have seen this before fahim - you must have posted it elsewhere on the site.

[fahim mohammed]

i have seen this before fahim - you must have posted it elsewhere on the site.

Thanks Mark. Yes, I think it was in the S.E. Asian or Indonesian thread.

Best regards.

[Mark Hampton]

Thanks Mark. Yes, I think it was in the S.E. Asian or Indonesian thread.

Best regards.

cool - i am not going mad...


following the window - here is a frame.


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/003.jpg






- Deka






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[Asher Kelman]

cool - i am not going mad...


following the window - here is a frame.


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/003.jpg






- Deka [/COLOR]


This is mundane but so beautiful!

Asher

[Maggie Terlecki]

I asked earlier about if the mundane objects had to be as found, or could we have set them up creatively for the photo. I guess I have a pretty mundane life, as I seem to have many photos using everyday objects. Since I didn't get an answer, I'm going to post, but if this is not what was intended for this thread, simply delete my post. Thanks :-)

Candles - A Love Story
http://maggieterlecki.com/maggietemp/lovestory.jpg

Maggie

[fahim mohammed]

I asked earlier about if the mundane objects had to be as found, or could we have set them up creatively for the photo. I guess I have a pretty mundane life, as I seem to have many photos using everyday objects. Since I didn't get an answer, I'm going to post, but if this is not what was intended for this thread, simply delete my post. Thanks :-)

Candles - A Love Story
http://maggieterlecki.com/maggietemp/lovestory.jpg

Maggie

Maggie, in simplicity is elegance. In simplicity is grace. In simplicity is the meaning for us all.

And Mark's window...beauty in its simplicity.

Thank you both for sharing.

[Maggie Terlecki]

Fahim, I'm glad you liked the little love story. :-)

Here are just some simple wax crayons:

Wax Crayons
http://maggieterlecki.com/maggietemp/crayons.jpg

[Jarmo Juntunen]

Well, there are people who must find this view terribly mundane. Santa, for example:

http://jjuntunen.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Outouksia/Joulumaassa-9705.jpg/_img900.jpg

[Maggie Terlecki]

How lucky you are to have been able to travel with Santa and to take this picture. :-)
Maggie

[fahim mohammed]

http://umdah.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v61/p213762906-5.jpg