Challenge! Cameraderie Challenge #77: Unexpected Gems

[EdipisReks]

Start Date

Jan 9, 2025

End Date

Jan 31, 2025

For this challenge I have thought about street shots where I have seen something unexpectedly jewel-like. I have included an example, which is not an entry.

No change to the tried and trusted rules, which are as follows:

1. Either take pictures that match the nominated theme or select one from your portfolio. You must be the photographer that created the image in order to enter it.
2. Only one entry per challenge, please. If you want to withdraw an entry and replace it with another, that is OK, but you must make it clear in the post containing your
replacement picture that this is what you've done. You can add or change the title and add to the edit line to let everyone know.
3. The decision of the curator at the end of the challenge is final - don't give him/her a hard time about it: this is just a friendly photo challenge, after all!
4. The winner will assume the responsibility of curator for the next Challenge, and as soon as possible post a message in a new thread in the Cameraderie Photo Challenges forum,
with details of the new theme. Don't forget - the opening message must include a copy of these instructions, which also double as the rules.
5. The curator cannot enter in his / her / their own challenge

The 77th Cameraderie Challenge will run from now through January 31st.

I'm looking forward to seeing your photos.

 

[bartjeej]

Cool! Just for my own clarification, are you looking for unexpected gems in a street shot or in any kind of photo?

Also, when you edit the OP, you can add a prefix "challenge"; that'll give this thread that nice blue prefix that makes it stand out in the Latest Post lists etcetera.

 

[EdipisReks]

Oh, just any unexpected gem. Let’s call it “found in the wild.” And thanks for the tip on the prefix!

 

[MiguelATF]

Just to be clear, as I'm still puzzling over this Challenge - when you say something "jewel-like" - or an "unexpected gem" - do you mean that, literally, it should have the appearance or form of a jewel or a gem? Or something that resembles a 'precious stone'? In the photo you posted as an example, would the glowing golden light on the opposite side of the street... be the 'gem' or 'jewel' in question? Or is the scooter which one discovers in the middle of an otherwise drab street the 'unexpected gem'? I also can't help wondering about the figurative meaning of the expression 'an unexpected gem' - which basically refers to something which surprises you or stands out. So...are there any further guidelines or suggestions for this Challenge? Or other examples?

I love the idea... just not sure exactly how to go about it.

Thanks!

 

[EdipisReks]

That’s why it’s fun.

 

[David1701]

In a very boring and unattractive car park, I found this unexpected "gem".

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[ShipleyNW]

I was at this spot at this time very much intentionally. I'd been there the day before and I got a room nearby so I could wake up to this.

But I didn't know about the moonset, and it kinda made this shot.

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[MiguelATF]

I think that most museums I have ever been to are repositories of hidden gems, treasures not well known to many which one is lucky enough to stumble across, often accidentally. Several years ago, I was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, and spent some time wandering around OMCA - the Oakland Museum of California - a very cool small museum in downtown Oakland, California. There is a permanent exhibit dedicated to a handful of legendary photographers, including Imogen Cunningham - and this Rolleiflex belonged to her. Seeing it exhibited along with some of her memorable photographs was an emotional experience for me.

So I had to take a picture of it. In a way, it felt like a small act of respect, or reverence - like trying to take a picture of the wand of a legendary magician - which in many ways she was.

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[Irene McC]

To find LOVE is always an unexpected gem 💗

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[e-light]

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unexpected . . .

 

[rayvonn]

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unexpected . . .

Your doing Olympus proud with these images, I'm impressed and am sure I'm not the only one. I notice that the camera has a very low ISO value which I see as an advantage, I don't know whether this has anything to do with it, but there's something in the camera complementing the shooter which makes these images "pop" (now there's a previously often used phrase which we don't see anymore).

 

[5354photos]

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[e-light]

Thanks Rayvonn; the JPEG is taken from the Fuji X-A2 with the TTartisan 23mm at f 4 at 100 ISO.
To cut, convert (B/W) and reduce images to web size, I use Olympus OM 2 as software; which unfortunately is only available in 32BIT and not for 64BIT computers.
There is a conversion point to black and white or sepia.
Fuji B/W images have the super slight "blue tint" in the highlights (detergent trick) removed... with +1 monochrome
This looks more “natural”, especially with chrome parts on cars, motorcycles.

 

[e-light]

@ 5354photos : unexspected gem for everyone . . . yes, I can see my favorit really amazing and surprising

 

[Bonneville]

Noticed in a junk store, Tumacacori Az.

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[pljs]

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