The object of this challenge is to notice ordinary subjects and try to make it extraordinary by including the essentials and excluding distractions as much as possible. One way of developing skill in “seeing” the extraordinary in the ordinary, is to take as many pictures of the same subject in different lighting conditions, different angles or different contexts as you can possibly imagine. Give it a try and post your best images.
Here are a few links to inspirational videos:
Extraordinary Ordinary by: Two Mann Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXvvQmo3xsM
Alex Kilbee’s musings on the subject.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idp3wrXemM&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WI-451I46g
hope this qualifies ISO 100 30mm f4 1/160
Absolutely! It looks like a close-up of an asteroid in the blackness of space.
one more attempt ISO 200 36mm f4 1/100
Sunglasses on park bench – background removed
f1/8, 1/150, iso100
Feeding time…
f 8, 1/150, iso100
Ominous clouds with rainbow.
Cool, old timey staircase at Lindsay Park footbridge…
Taken with my phone
Beltline Daycare kids having fun in the morning sun
-the safety vests struck me as a bit extraordinary
Molly’s Nose in Black and White
Larches are budding out, this is with an infrared filter.
Really liked this tree on our walk today. Thought the shape was extraordinary. Played with the levels tool in the colour bands then processed it through the camera raw filter to make it an extra extraordinary object
It looks like one of those trees in movies that comes to life and starts talking. It could be friendly or threatening.
On the train from Heathrow to my daughter’s. The rain made this view out the train window more interesting. iPhone
Wow, I love the effect!
Thanks!
Dramatic clouds over trains at Clapham Junction, London UK.
iPhone