I decided to try a challenge. Using a random word generator for objects, I would see if I could photograph whatever it came up with. I let the generator generate two words to give myself a little bit of leeway. A good idea as the first two words were ‘SNAKE’ and ‘CLOTHES PEG’.
Clothes peg it was then as Alice Springs is home to some of the most venomous snakes in the world and i didn’t fancy … well, possible death.
Yes, we have clothes pegs here in central Australia although the ones we have at our home are made of metal. The amazingly powerful sun here tends to destroy plastics due to the high UV and replacing them as they broke every 12 months was a hassle.
These I believe are French made and whoever designed them deserves a medal. We have had them for years and for some reason they don’t get too hot to the touch.
So to the photography challenge. First of all here are the pegs:
Clothes pegs, exciting stuff indeed.
Next a shot of the subject in situ:
Possibly a bit more exciting?
To be honest as far as a shot of a clothes peg goes, well … there you are really. Then I thought about focusing (pun intended) a little more on the subject. I would attempt to be artistic or something.
First I thought of a pattern idea:
Not one but three clothes pegs.
But the word generated was not plural so I decided to abandon this path and chose one lucky peg to be the focus of attention.
Put it in the spotlight so to speak.
Single clothes peg almost in focus.
Using a 50mm lens I struggled a little with focusing at the distance I was attempting. I realised I was starting to creep into macro territory and that a macro lens would have been better suited. I ignored my own advice and instead suffered a bit of a focusing issue in the final shot. Lesson learnt.
I thought why not throw it under some Hollywood lights? Then it could return back to the line with the rest of its family.
The setup was less impressive than Hollywood though:
The focus was on the star subject though and that’s when it dawned on me I was forming a bond with a clothes peg.
Finally a Star was born:
A star in the making: Steve the Clothes Peg.
That’s where the object challenge (and relationship) ended.
The experience left me thinking that not all clothes pegs are built the same, but they are safer than snakes.