Thank you so much to @johnston1364 for hosting the last EOTB which had 27 entries and 45 people voted on Rob’s shortlist. As a result of some of these votes, for a photo of Buzzing Pylons, I have the privilege of hosting EOTB number 79. Thanks to all who voted and congratulations to the other photographers Rob shortlisted.
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford is apparently credited with coining the phrase "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" in 1878 and this challenge was created to endorse her views by Jeff Walker.
The objective in this challenge is to catch something most people would not consider to be photogenic, and find a way to capture it so that it comes across beautifully. You can achieve this any way you wish. The way you compose the shot or the way you use light will usually bring out the beauty of the subject. It will also help you look at your surroundings differently.
Everything is potentially a beautiful photograph. It is not a matter of finding something to photograph, but finding a way to photograph something that makes photographing, and looking at that photograph, worthwhile.
There is not a specific item or theme for this challenge. The only rule is that the subject you photograph must be something that, if people were watching you photograph it, they would be wondering what has possessed you to photograph something which seems so plain, bland, boring, or just plain ugly.
Beauty is where you find it, and it is all around us. Train your eye to see things differently.
The Eye of the Beholder 79 begins now, March 5th, 2017 and will end on Sunday 26th March 2017 giving you Sunday to Sunday over three weeks. Oh, there is a second rule! Entries must be taken and posted within this time frame. I will choose the finalists shortly thereafter and open the voting.
The winner gets the honour of hosting EOTB 80.
Tag your entries: eotb79 and copy them to this thread to keep it current.
Hi, I tagged a photo for this but I did not take it during the required time frame, I took it just prior and did not get the film back until later so please don't include my photo...Sorry about that!
This will close in about 5 hours time so if you have an eotb that you've taken in past 3 weeks, upload it before 5pm (UK clocks moved forwards an hour time!)
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A (filthy) bottle of streaky green dish washing liquid that turned blue with the help of some lighting. I wish it looked like this normally!
@miseria thanks for entering!!
@genealogygenie thanks for entering