Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Something Old

Patti’s choice of subject for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue, proved to be just that, a real challenge, especially since I wanted to try and get everything into one picture. Trawling through a photo file of miscellaneous topics I came across some old pictures that I had taken years ago with my Minolta film camera. I was new to photography and was trying my hand at still-life shots. I gathered some old books, a shiny new copper kettle that my husband had just bought me, borrowed an old violin from a friend of my daughter, stuck some flowers in a vase and started taking pictures. The results were not that great which made me feel rather blue. The film was too grainy, the shadows too pronounced and the reflections from the flash, blinding. But luckily I kept the pictures anyway. I changed the color from sepia to blue and added a frame. This might also work for Nancy Merrill’s Photo A Week Challenge which just happens to be Still Life.

12 comments on “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Something Old”

A well composed presentation, Sue!

Sue (Mac's Girl) on August 17, 2019 at 6:53 am said:

Thank you, Indira! Many years later I see what I probably would have done differently with this picture but sadly the violin is no longer in our possession and the copper kettle has suffered a few dents over the years so I’m unable to re-create the set-up. Still, I’m glad I kept the original photos.

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Love the elements you gathered. Beautiful composition.
The result is really cool, Sue! 🙂

Sue (Mac's Girl) on August 17, 2019 at 7:04 am said:

Thanks, Amy. I’d almost given up trying to find something suitable for this challenge when I came across these old shots.

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- Amy on August 17, 2019 at 7:25 am said:
  
  I also love the blue and the frame. This one tells stories.
- Amy on August 17, 2019 at 6:30 pm said:
  
  I had to scroll a couple of thousands of photos to find a few to fit this one. 🙂

Very enterprising and an excellent result.

Sue (Mac's Girl) on August 18, 2019 at 7:50 am said:

Thanks, Tom! I’m often tempted to go through the photo files and toss out things that I don’t think will be of any use. But, just like clearing out the cupboards, I somehow manage to hold onto everything and in this case it paid off.

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