EOTB18 (Eye of the Beholder)October2-October9

September 30th, 2013



Thanks to all of those of you who took part in and voted on EOTB17. I am honored that out of all of the beautiful entries,"Nature's Lace" was voted the winner.This is a wonderful and fun challenge and I am thrilled to host it.I encourage everyone who is reading this to participate!

In the words of the challenge's founder, Jeff Walker, this is how it works:

"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.

Challenge time frame:

Challenge starts Wednesday 2 October and ends Wednesday October 9th at midnight (EST).

The five finalists will be announced on Thursday 10th October.

Voting will be from Thursday 10th October until Sunday 13th October (EST)The winner will be announced shortly thereafter.

Tag your entries EOTB18 . You can see current entries at :
http://365project.org/tags/eotb18
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Multiple entries are accepted but remember all images must be taken and submitted within the specified time frame.

You are also welcome to copy your entries to this thread, where I am sure they will be admired and will also inspire others.

I'm really looking forward to seeing your EOTB images. Charge those camera batteries, remember to insert your memory card (the voice of bitter experience!), and enjoy the challenge!
September 30th, 2013
well done hope :o)
September 30th, 2013
@gozoinklings thank you so much,Catherine! :)
September 30th, 2013
Congratulations, Hope!
September 30th, 2013
@catwoman2 Thank you so much, Mary!
October 1st, 2013
Congrats Hope! Sounds like fun, perhaps I will give it a try. It is a good challenge, because we automatically want to capture beautiful things - things that appear beautiful instantly without having to regard them differently.
October 1st, 2013
@linah Exactly Linda! Looking forward to everyone's images
October 1st, 2013
Congratulations Hope. I'm looking forward to this next one.
I'm afraid I entered the salt grinder too early to qualify for this one.
October 1st, 2013
@bill_fe looking forward to what you will find next,Bill!
October 1st, 2013
@mzzhope Oh great, a couple of lucky shots and now I have to meet expectations. ;-)
October 3rd, 2013
Join the challenge! Beauty is everywhere! http://365project.org/tags/eotb18
October 3rd, 2013
October 3rd, 2013
Congratulations Hope! @mzzhope
October 3rd, 2013
@thomastoth thank you so very much!
October 5th, 2013
October 6th, 2013
Here's my entry:

October 7th, 2013
My entries:

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