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PenelopeK


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Challenge: In the Style of Streetpigeon (Standard Editing)
Collection: Challenges: Abstracts /Patterns
Location: Cape Cod
Date: Jul 5, 2020
Aperture: f/1.7
ISO: 40
Shutter: 1/120
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 5, 2020

 I've always liked this colander, which has been sitting on the deck ever since we got a different one (with less tendency to splash hot liquids).

It ended up on this table after I tidied up the deck for a social distancing visit from an out of town friend passing through en route home. I was taking pictures of Hosta leaves nearby when I noticed these reflections and patterns. It helped that I had just finished watering that side of the garden and the wet surfaces made everything more interesting.

Thank you for the comments. I was interested to read that streetpigeon's wife liked it and that she taught math, since I know my mathematics background is tied in with my enjoyment of these types of images, or more properly both likely stem from the same part of my brain!

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Statistics
Place: 7 out of 45
Avg (all users): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 6.1200
Avg (non-participants): 6.4667
Views since voting: 301
Views during voting: 98
Votes: 40
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 07/13/2020 08:24:51 PM
I collect colanders, though indeed we use them all for garden stuff; many battered, some sturdy, some tinny and 2 shiny, always interesting. But your combo of patterns is pure wickedness.
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 07/12/2020 08:29:33 PM
Beautiful image, Penny. I like images like this too (but I'm a little mathematically challenged). This was my equal top pick (along with Margaret's.)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/12/2020 07:55:59 PM
The simple things you see are all complicated.
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 07/12/2020 07:42:46 PM
Skillfully observing the unseen.
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 07/12/2020 04:18:00 PM
a good meditation on rhythms and textures. White is for sure dominating the game.
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 07/12/2020 05:51:04 AM
Neat idea!
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 07/10/2020 05:23:49 PM
Interesting image that's hard to focus on realistically and therefore transforms itself into abstraction. It's busy, even dizzying, with frantic lines, shapes and textures rising like a tidal wave. I find I can settle it down by softening my vision and seeing it as a force field. It's an unusual sensation that induces a sense of being both energized and exhausted. It's op art wrought of everyday objects, and quite creative. My wife, who taught math, just wandered by and said, "Oh, I like that. It's very mathematical." Also, to appreciate the title, it does seem like the game of go.
Thank you.
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 07/09/2020 09:19:10 AM
Top three.
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 07/07/2020 09:38:54 AM
so much in so so simple. great image.
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