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Week 26: Distortion

First things first: WE’RE HALF WAY THERE!!!! Week 26 marks the half way mark for the WPC {2011} Challenge! If you started in January and have 26 photos, congratulations! If you’ve joined along the way and kept up, you deserve a pat on the back too. The important thing to note though, is that there’s only 26 more weeks left!

My photo for this week almost didn’t happen. I know. The blasphemy of missing the photo for Week 26. Shame shame, know my name. The main reason was because I had no idea what to photograph. No idea. I experimented my heart out. Long exposure while zooming. Shooting through glass. Shooting through more glass. Water in glasses. Every shot I got, though it had “distortion,” was boring. The focal point was bland therefore the effects I tried did nothing. Boo.

Last night I strolled around the house looking for something to help me distort my photo. I picked up a few more glasses. (Which, by the way, was the silliest and most ineffective way to experiment this week. Glasses? Really, Brooke? Step away from the stemware.) And then I saw the silver scoop on my flour canister. And wandered out on the deck with it in my hand. Speaking of the deck…

Here is my distortion:

Finally. I snapped something I was satisfied with. But then came problemo numero dos: my card reader drive on my tower didn’t read the card. Or any other CF card for that matter. Gah. So I uploaded the photo this morning on my handy-dandy orange card reader at work, did a little Picniking and there you have it.

Distortion. Bended image. Reflection. Self-portrait of me and Mac. And a almost completed pergola. Yay pergola.

Definitely go check out the Flickr group to see how everyone else photographed “distortion”. I’m hoping there are some wicked photos because even though I like mine, it’s not the caliber I was hoping for. And don’t forget to leave comments – we lurve comments. For Week 27, the new subject we’ll be photographing is NIGHTTIME. Oooh… and I think I already have an idea… this is way better than distortion.