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11/02/2003 09:48:55 PM · #1 |
Convert a common phrase into literal terms and represent that in your shot.
eg.. "Stop and smell the roses", "Wake up and smell the coffee", "I was brought up in a barn", etc... |
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11/02/2003 11:14:39 PM · #2 |
Hmmm, neat idea, especially if the title of the piece had to be the phrase.
My mind is already ticking over ideas there.
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11/02/2003 11:16:15 PM · #3 |
I like this idea a lot. I would love to see a more 'abstract' phrase used so we wouldn't get a bunch of photos that are all similar in nature for the challenge.
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11/02/2003 11:17:46 PM · #4 |
How about.... F#*% you, and the horse ya rode in on!
Think that would score well? Not sure if it would be in the rules, either though. LOL
The phrase could be just about anything! FUN!!
Message edited by author 2003-11-02 23:18:22.
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11/02/2003 11:33:23 PM · #5 |
*laugh* I shudder to think what your photo would look like dacrazyrn *laugh*
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11/02/2003 11:39:49 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Natator:
*laugh* I shudder to think what your photo would look like dacrazyrn *laugh* |
Question is...which would be first the horse or the rider? ROFL
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11/02/2003 11:45:52 PM · #7 |
What, as in "which came first, the chicken or ....."
Oops, forget I said that, I really don't want to get you started on chickens, it is bad enough with the horses ;)
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11/03/2003 03:24:48 PM · #8 |
alright...I won't touch that one.
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11/03/2003 04:03:12 PM · #9 |
I like it. We could get insects with "snug as a bug in a rug", nudes with "naked as a Jay Bird" and cats with "cat on a hot tin roof". And flowers could abound with "pushing up daisies" "a rose by any other name..." "tiptoe through the tulips".
It would be fun :)
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11/03/2003 05:28:03 PM · #10 |
mmm... even if I find it attractive, I have quite some concern about it. A website is reached from a world-wide audience and, maybe, what is literal in some cultures, or even in some places, is meaningless in others.
Interesting but too narrow. |
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11/03/2003 05:30:49 PM · #11 |
I think it's a good idea, but I dont really like being forced to title my photos in any particular way. I think the photo should be clear enough that people know what the phrase is when they look at it.
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11/10/2003 06:12:19 AM · #12 |
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11/10/2003 07:17:03 AM · #13 |
This challenge is very interesting, with lots of possiblities, but hey - am I the only one who thinks this kind of challenge is just crying out for Photoshop??!! LOL!
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11/10/2003 07:47:27 AM · #14 |
Could someone help me understand this challenge?
Being Icelandic ontop of everything doesnt help in a situation like that c," )
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11/10/2003 08:08:07 AM · #15 |
Well to use one of Excelsior's examples:
"Stop and smell the roses"
You could photograph somebody out walking their dog, bent over, smelling a rose bush.
That is a "literal" interpretation of phrase which has come to mean "slow down, take a moment to enjoy what is in front of you".
Another one might be:
"Don't make waves"
where you could have somebody standing completely still in the middle of a pool, the water perfectly flat.
Oh, and for anybody who wants to enter a (sleeping) dog picture, there is always "let a sleeping dog lie".
Message edited by author 2003-11-10 08:58:26. |
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11/10/2003 09:05:34 AM · #16 |
Literalisms, literally!
This page is a hoot...
Definitely worth mining for ideas
Most of these aren't dpc legal but should help folks looking for a visual explanation of what I think the contest is intended to be.
literally visual
Message edited by author 2003-11-10 09:09:03. |
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11/10/2003 09:24:48 AM · #17 |
A few of the many web sites with common English phrases:
//phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/index.html
//towerofenglish.com/idioms.html
//www.wordwithyou.com/
Message edited by author 2003-11-10 09:27:53. |
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11/10/2003 10:06:00 AM · #18 |
| I have a great idea but am running into a slight problem. Does anyone know of an easy way to kill two birds? |
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11/10/2003 10:14:13 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by Trinch:
I have a great idea but am running into a slight problem. Does anyone know of an easy way to kill two birds? |
You need a large handful of bird seed and one large stone.
Pile the birdseed near to somewhere you can hide, when two birds land and start feeding, throw the stone??
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11/10/2003 10:21:27 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by brownt:
Originally posted by Trinch:
I have a great idea but am running into a slight problem. Does anyone know of an easy way to kill two birds? |
You need a large handful of bird seed and one large stone.
Pile the birdseed near to somewhere you can hide, when two birds land and start feeding, throw the stone?? |
The squirells keep scaring the birds away!!! |
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11/10/2003 10:24:22 AM · #21 |
| Trinch: hehehe, laughing my a** off!! ;o) |
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11/10/2003 10:24:52 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by Trinch:
The squirells keep scaring the birds away!!! |
Then kill the squirrels. :-)))
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11/10/2003 10:38:53 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by vadvirag:
Originally posted by Trinch:
The squirells keep scaring the birds away!!! |
Then kill the squirrels. :-))) |
Once you've killed the squirrels, get the T-Shirt |
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11/10/2003 11:38:03 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by Trinch:
I have a great idea but am running into a slight problem. Does anyone know of an easy way to kill two birds? |
easiest with a VERY BIG stone.
Ed
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11/10/2003 12:30:42 PM · #25 |
I can drive through some pigeons for you, deal? :-) There are loads of them here. :-)))
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