I'm excited to be hosting EOTB10. It's such a fun challenge because there are so many possibilities. My photo from EOTB9 was:
Thank you to Catherine (@gozoinklings) for selecting the photo as one of the finalists for EOTB9, and thank you for voting for it!
So, I encourage all of you to consider submitting to EOTB10! What does it involve? Here is what the competition, started by Jeff, is all about (in Jeff's own words):
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
For those of you that don't want to commit to a specific set of words for a month, are intimidated by the thought of being pushed by another 365'er, don't want to be constrained to a specific mundane object, aren't feeling the week's theme, feel you don't have the creativity, time or tools for album and wwyd challenges but still want to face down and conquer a challenge, I have just the challenge for YOU!
(Also, if you enjoy facing all the above challenges and can't get enough of challenges and want to add another challenge to your arsenal, this is for YOU as well!)
Here's the lowdown (and its fairly simple):
Your challenge is to find something most people would not consider to be beautiful, and find a way to capture it that IS beautiful, You can achieve it any way you desire. This challenge will help you with your composition and lighting skills. The way you compose the shot or the way you use light will usually be the way you bring out the beauty. It will also help you look at your surroundings differently. Everything is potentially a beautiful photograph. Its not a matter of finding something to photograph, its a matter of finding a way to photograph something that makes photographing it worthwhile.
There is not specific item you have to photograph for this challenge. And the only rule is that the subject you photograph has to be something that, if people were watching you photograph it, would be wondering what has possessed you to photograph something so plain, bland, boring, ugly, etc. Beauty is where you find it, and it is all around you. Train your eye to see things differently.
The challenge begins on June 5th (Wednesday) and runs through to midnight on June 12th. Entries must be taken within this time frame. I will select and post the 5 images I feel best achieved the goal on Friday, June 14th (toward the end of the day, EST in the US) and voting will run from then until Monday June 17th.
Tag your entries EOTB10
I will announce the winner shortly thereafter and then the lucky person will have the honor of selecting the 5 finalists for Eye of the Beholder 11! I look forward to seeing your entries!
@ozziehoffy Isn't that always the case! A good sign perhaps? I did the same with the shot that won EOTB9 -- had to go back and re-take it when I realized it would fit the theme. I guess that only works when the subject is immobile!
@taffy lol yep!! I'll have to try to remember to be on the lookout! I dont' think my shot today will be there tomorrow... they'll be used for building my new fence!
I was excited about this challenge and had a great idea. I took the picture I thought would be great for this on the day of the post June 4th! It was rainy and cloudy and I couldn't recreate that, so here is my second attempt.
@ikamera Best to post it today as I will start the process of choosing first thing in the morning. And this way we aren't making exceptions for one person that others would not be aware of. I encourage you to post it on the 12th (or if it's after midnight but still on the night of the 12th -- that is, the 13th but not yet morning) you should be fine.
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Love your winning shot too, by the way!