Daily Theme- August 2023

[Kath]

Aug 1, 2023 12:32:09 GMT kate said:

It is glossy between the grey ones.

ap gloss hair by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

I want glossy grey ones!  

[kate]

Aug 1, 2023 13:37:38 GMT Kath said:

Aug 1, 2023 12:32:09 GMT kate said:

It is glossy between the grey ones.

ap gloss hair by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

I want glossy grey ones!  

Me too! Mine feel like wires!  My neighbour manages it, but she's been grey for a long time. Maybe glossy comes back?

[Kath]

Aug 1, 2023 13:45:10 GMT kate said:

Aug 1, 2023 13:37:38 GMT Kath said:

I want glossy grey ones!  

Me too! Mine feel like wires!  My neighbour manages it, but she's been grey for a long time. Maybe glossy comes back?

Let's hope so!

[kate]

Bland

Something I really associate with taste, but I'm struggling to think what to photograph. Perhaps I'll get inspiraation later.

bored board (sigh) by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[Kath]

230801-AP Daily Bland-001d by Kath Polley, on Flickr

Like Kate, I associate 'bland' with 'taste'.  Both the kind of taste you percieve when you eat, and the kind you percieve when you look at someone's clothes/home/decor.

[kate]

A negg for tea.

sunday teatime by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[kate]

what is kate doing now? by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[kate]

retirement by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

I must have thousands of shots for bland, but they're not normally kept readily accessible if I think then bland. However these shots through my budget ultra macro might fit the bill
full magnification in mm (unedited) by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

ultra macro of furnature by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[zx9]

Local Authority or Housing Association stock.

Perry Vale 2022-07-27-0031editOCT by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

[zx9]

Old turnstile Crystal Palace img194 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Bland in most folks eyes, kind of sums up a lot of what I do. ^^ 2011. Still doing it in 2023 :

Rochester Row 2023-07-26-0005 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

[kate]

Behind the Arts Centre
narrow alley by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

Where's the bin?
ap my town access alley by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

In the Narrows
The Narrows by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[stevewmh]

Can't get more bland than a failed arty shot of a feather on a pond




Almost as bland as the shite  it pumps into my living room 



Empty dumped beside a bench, 

[peterob]

Not sure about bland.  How can a photograph be bland ?

Out on my walk today my wife suggested trying grasses because they are kinda bland and unexciting.

But I think there is still plenty of interest

274A1876.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

an attempt at recording detail in the seeds didn't add up to much - so definitely boring and lacking in interest 

274A1878.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

more so on attempt one which is bereft of anything positive really.  I'll bin it (them) later.  

274A1877.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

[zx9]

Aug 2, 2023 15:12:59 GMT peterob said:

Not sure about bland.  How can a photograph be bland ?

.....

I take heart from a generation of mostly American photographers who made fame and probably fortune from photographing the ordinary.

Ordinary becomes notable with the passage of time.