This week, share a picture that takes us on a journey into the unknown.
By Taking a photo is an invitation to explore the world around us as if it were new and mysterious. My favorite shots are always the ones that reveal something — a detail, an angle — I’d previously overlooked. They’re the ones that turn the familiar slightly (or very) alien.
On a recent cold, bright morning, I went strolling on the beach with my kids. Shells, seagulls, dogs running around — everything seemed like it always does. And then I looked down.
At low tide, this stretch of beach on British Columbia’s Strait of Georgia looked like it could easily be mistaken for a place in a galaxy far, far away. The undulating ridges of wet sand stretched far and wide, with the light casting dramatic shadows despite these lines being barely a couple of centimeters tall. For a brief moment, we were explorers on an uncharted planet (or perhaps we were the aliens?).
This week, share a photo that takes a familiar scene — a place you frequent, a face you know well, an activity you engage in regularly — and makes it look and feel like something out of this world. Feel free to interpret the theme as loosely as you see fit. I look forward to seeing your photos!
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I always see something in texture and colors of nature. Love this one and before I opened it and saw what it really was, I thought you were into zebra prints 😉
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Beautiful B&W picture, Ben. The zigzagging lines seem to extend forever!
I love taking picture of the sky; it is so common yet its depth holds a deep mystery that can be seen in the bliss of a gliding eagle high high above…
this is my entry for the week:
https://madame-zenista.com/2018/02/28/out-of-this-world-up-above/
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Yet another tough challenge. The architecture gives me a sci-fi feeling and sci-fi is a little out of this world, right?
https://wp.me/p3gqMf-O6
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In a new Chinese temple:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/weekly-photo-challenge-out-of-this-world/
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Texture can be so hard to reproduce. That’s stunning. https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/ice-world-weekly-photo-challenge/
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Great work!!
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The beach often offers Otherworldly images here’s mine
https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/weekly-photo-challenge-otherworldly/
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Simply beautiful
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I must admit a low-tide planet is one of my favorite places to be. I think I will find something from those visits for this weeks challenge. As a dialogue with your beautiful photo.
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Cool!!! 😉
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👌🏻👌🏻
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The Copper Ridge Dinosaur Tracks in Utah are Out of this World for all sorts of reasons, Ben. http://bit.ly/utah-dino
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I looooove this photo!
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Love the textures of nature
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That’s a super cool photo, Ben. I love it when nature surprises me with things like that!
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Beach: Out of this World. Here’s my photo submission
http://comewithg.blog/2018/02/28/weekly-photo-challenge-out-of-this-world/
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Happy Wednesday, everyone!
My entry this week: http://stenoodie.com/2018/02/28/weekly-photo-challenge-out-of-this-world/
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Come with me into a mysterious world https://retiredfromgypsylife.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/into-a-world-of-mystery/
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Ben, I always love your posts. And this time, you gave me a hook for a post that I wanted to publish. With no apologies for twisting the brief.
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Oo, those ridges look just like my snowy-mountainside! You think you’ve seen it all with snow and mountains (my mild obsession), and then bam, one left turn and you’ve walked (or skied) into an oil painting.
‘Mountain Veins’
https://laidigsbroadway.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/mountains/
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incredible!
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I would love to hear your thoughts.
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The startling discovery of unfamiliar living things is possible in your own back yard! Go take a look. scillagrace.com/2018/02/28/weekly-photo-challenge-out-of-this-world/
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The coast of Maine, or perhaps somewhere a little further out there??
https://jeffsinonphoto.com/2018/02/28/weekly-photo-challenge-out-of-this-world/
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Ben’s example is definitely another planet’s surface. My subject could walk in it in his astronaut suit. http://rutheh.com/2018/02/28/ready-for-lift-off-to-the-moon/
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Great one it is!
Help grow too Read my first blog at https://faithofacrippled.wordpress.com
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Absolutely amazing!!
http://beautifulbabel.com/2018/03/01/out-of-this-world/
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Good challenge. This will take a little thought.
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Very interesting how we can see things from a complete different perspective using just a little of our imagination. Thanks for sharing and posting this. I also posted and shared something for anyone to see: https://manoloscorner.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/photo-challenge-out-of-this-world-upset-martian/
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Great pic and great topic for this week, https://juliepowell2014.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/wpc-out-of-this-world
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