Weekend task #10 - Boredom

[A1original]

Everybody, please, no Likes yet as the competition is still running! Thanks.

Sorry Levina forgot were I was.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Sorry Levina forgot were I was.

LOL I had a feeling that was the case, Ira!

 

[David1701]

1) Levina

2) RDWP

3) Jan1977

 

[Stiga]

Kudos to all the winners

 

[Jack Dawe]

It's now past 13:00 British Summer Time (noon GMT), so voting is closed. It was nice to see an increased number of votes this week. Maybe next week we'll see more entrants too? The results are:

1. Levina with 20 points
2. Rob (RDWP) with 13 points
3. Terry with 9 points.

Congratulations to Levina, Rob and Terry.

Levina, take it away!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

It's now past 13:00 British Summer Time (noon GMT), so voting is closed. It was nice to see an increased number of votes this week. Maybe next week we'll see more entrants too? The results are:

1. Levina with 20 points
2. Rob (RDWP) with 13 points
3. Terry with 9 points.

Congratulations to Levina, Rob and Terry.

Levina, take it away!

Thank you very much, Jason. And thank you for a really challenging theme!

Congratulations to Rob and Terry too. And thanks everybody for playing. I thought the field was strong again this week.

I'll be back in a bit with the new challenge!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

New challenge is up: It's a-peeling!

 

[greatgrandma]

When setting week's theme two potential problems occurred to me: 1) how to convey the feeling of boredom effectively and 2) how to do that without the photo itself being boring.

This was exactly the problem. Stiga had a really cute idea - but it was kind of a cop-out. I don't think dogs can be bored. Although they are cute. And getting a picture of a person who is bored is a problem because they either look mad or spaced out. The title/caption of the photo has to say why the person is bored. I was going to submit a photo of my husband waiting to board a flight, but I decided that many years of marriage was a better idea even though it was a grainy photo taken in low light (church basement at my sister's wedding reception)

 

[Jan1977]

This was exactly the problem. Stiga had a really cute idea - but it was kind of a cop-out. I don't think dogs can be bored. Although they are cute. And getting a picture of a person who is bored is a problem because they either look mad or spaced out. The title/caption of the photo has to say why the person is bored. I was going to submit a photo of my husband waiting to board a flight, but I decided that many years of marriage was a better idea even though it was a grainy photo taken in low light (church basement at my sister's wedding reception)

Like Jason and Rosalie pointed out, it was more or less the challenge I came across myself. When the subject would look boring, the photo most often will get boring so not worth being taken. So I struggled a bit to get a photo from my archive to submit for the challenge (do not have time to set up and shoot something for these challenges most of my weeks).
So I looked through some photos of my parents' dog. There were some where she looked a bit bored, but the photos in my opinion just can't show that with dogs. Like Rosalie said, dogs can't be boring .

So my votes went to Martin as the book can express the boredom while still being an appealing photo and Terry and Levina for showing actual boredom in their photos. But in all honesty I do not think that their photos would end up in their ultimate portfolio .

But like mentioned in reaction to previous challenges, thinking outside of your regular photography boxes is fun and can help developing oneself. If you already have the perfect photo for a challenge it becomes less of a challenge

 

[greatgrandma]

This was the photo I did not submit - of my husband waiting to board a plane - I think he looks a little bored, but I have been
married to him for more than 65 years and I know he's not grouchy or angry - that's just his natural expression.