Friday, May 4, 2012

Friday Photo Fun - Something Antique

Something Antique
by Rachel Hoyt


Invented around the same time as instant coffee,
cellophane and Life Savers candy.
They're helpful for saving time and energy.
I use my modern one quite frequently.

So, what's in this snap I took at an antique store?
Can you guess which thing I couldn't ignore?

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.


Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.
After the answer is guessed, I will post a second, non-abstract photo,
and just in case you wanted to know,
the first is not a photoshopped version of the second -
they're shot using different techniques that to me beckon.

Bryan guessed the right answer was toaster.
He wins the right to be a boaster.

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20 comments:

  1. Ummm I have no idea, a watch?

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    1. No... You can't wear it, but it is shiny. :-)

      Thanks for getting the guessing started for me! :-P

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    1. Ding - ding - ding!! It's a toaster. :) :) Congrats!

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    2. BOOM! Right out of the box. Oh yeah! Whooooo!!!

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  3. I was thinking that you snapped a great pic of the Horsehead Nebula or that's what ot appears to me. Toaster was my second guess ;)

    http://erinsdomain.blogspot.com/2012/05/this-moment-fracture.html

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    1. David, I'm all giggles right now... "toaster was my second guess" :) thank you for the laugh!

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  4. Rachel -- I love the way you have turned an art form which is generally considered to be 'realistic' by nature, photography, into an abstract art form ;-)

    My Moment:
    http://www.dangerouslinda.com/?p=1964

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    1. Linda, THANK YOU! :) It has been quite an experience for me. I learned the techniques in an article I read at Christmas time about cool ways to photograph lights. I love it more every time I do it and it amazes me because I was never a fan of abstract art. I didn't get it until now. :) xo

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    2. I'd love to read that article if you still have access to it.

      Exploring photography as an abstract art form has been a long-term interest of mine, also, as in this example: http://www.dangerouslinda.com/?p=107

      Thanks!

      PS My 'Friday Moment' this week was inspired by a post you did last year introducing me to cascarĂ³nes -- XOXO

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    3. Sorry, I should have included the link before! Here is how to make art while photographing christmas lights. :)

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  5. I can never get it Rachel. What is it?

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    1. It is a toaster. You can see it better in the second shot. :)

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  6. I would never have guessed that :)

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    1. :) smiles. You can't guess off the picture for this one.

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  7. My dear Rachel,
    I would say it is a watch?? Oh well, will wait for the answer. Thanks for sharing and having so much fun with this.I like it!!

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    1. The answer is already up? It's a toaster. I guess the way the colors transformed in the photo really confused everyone. :) xo

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    1. Thanks! This was a tough riddle for sure. Many of them are not as tough. :)

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  9. So cool and your right what would we do without a toaster ! thanks for sharing x x

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Rhyming or not, I would like a lot to hear the thoughts my words brought...