Challenge # 26 - Sleep VOTE!!

Who's been sleeping in my bed?

I learned something during this challenge. I learned that it's hard to take a photo of a body part of a sleeping person without it looking like a photo of part of a dead person. That's a sad lesson.

Instead, for my first submission, I was able to capture a neat juxtaposition of sleeping elements:



And my second submission was an attempt to capture what it feels like when I first crack my eyes open in the morning:



The other photos I took included my girlfriend, various petsmart pets, my dog, my dog's bed, my bedroom at night... but nothing freaky.

Cat Nap

I surrender any potential imaginary bonus points...

I could go for a nap right about now...

Click here and here to see the originals.

Nature awakens from its wintry slumber....

... it just hits the snooze button a few times before it gets up...


:)

Heavy lids

Here's a view of the last thing I see when I go to sleep.

Challenge # 26 - Sleep

I plan to keep using epigraphs at the beginning of my challenge posts, if I can. But once I decided on this week's topic, I couldn't think of anything that I could say better than Bert and Ernie:





So, the challenge this weak is Sleep. Let's say the deadline is next Wednesday, the 15th, at midnight EST.

Bonus Points (that don't really matter): No humans, cats, or dogs as the subject of your submission!

The winner of challenge #25 - Creative distortion is...

Paulidin! Congrats, you are both creative and twisted! Hehe, I keed, I keed.

As a reminder, here are this week's winning shots:





Mr. P., please post the next challenge and deadline.

Challenge #25 - Creative distortion - VOTE!

closer than they appear...

I went to visit my brother this weekend, and I took this "distorted" picture of my niece. The second picture is to remind us that "objects in mirror are closer than they appear", especially that big truck coming at me!!

Louis

A little misdirection

I took this this challenge as an opportunity to distort the beholder's view of reality, while still taking photos of real things. A little reflection and a little forced perspective go a long way.

For once, I had a chance to take photos at Jam Cellar for a challenge...and I may have spent too much time on that. Anyway, I got a nice angle on a freestanding coatrack and got a glimpse into an alternate Jam Cellareality!


This weekend, I was able to snap some shots of my dog's dream come true: toys that are finally big enough!


* NOTE: toys are smaller than they appear.

I took a pretty wide variety of shots this time around and you can see them on flickr.