In a world that seems increasingly rushed and with information overload it is easy to miss things around us. When life is busy you often look, but don’t really see. I am sure that until I retired I wasn’t always fully aware of my surroundings. But now I can take my time and fully absorb the environment around me and maybe see things that are often overlooked.
Photo challenges have had an impact on the way I see things, looking for the unusual, the interesting, things I may not have photographed before.
And on my travels I always look out for the details.
Different ways of framing the view.
Macro delights when you’re not always sure of what you will see.
Taking time when wandering around a place to notice the unusual.
Finding the unexpected when out in nature. I was concentrating on the pied wagtail on the lovely textured fence.
My love of textures always has me snooping around churchyards, the older the better.
And seeking patterns in unusual places. I’m sure people think I am mad when I stop to photograph something beneath my feet.
And who stops to look at a row of wetsuits they are not interested in buying? But it’s fun spotting the odd one out.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #260 | Overlooked
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All great! Not just being retired but the restrictions of the covid years made me much more attentive to my immediate surroundings and able to find interest in the mundane. But I could never, ever have overlooked that cat!
The cat was actually quite high up as the steps are on a hill. Always pays to look up, look down and sometimes stop and look behind 😊
Jude, so glad you joined. For one thing, I found out I’m not the only one taking photos of manhole covers. 🙂 I love the bee macro, the door handles, and the wet suits in particular. Wonderful job of seeing.
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Thanks Janet. A great topic. Makes you think about what you see and what you might not.
These shots are wonderful. I am trying to be more alert to my surroundings and appreciate things others might not notice. I’m reading a book called “The Art of Noticing,” by Rob Walker. It has prompts and suggestions to be even more aware of what’s around us that we might miss. (E.g. “a smell walk,” or a “color walk.”)
That sounds like an interesting book. When I ran my colour challange in 2021 I did a lot of ‘colour’ walks 😊 it certainly focuses the mind to have a theme in mind.
I know that writing a blog has made me more conscious of what I photograph and how I use my camera. I love all the cats, real and otherwise.
Seems that a lot of my fellow bloggers are cat people 😻
I love those door handles! Beautiful collection of pictures 🙂
Thanks. Yes, those are quite handsome, you just want to touch them.
Loved all of them Jude and was glad when you made sure we didn’t overlook something else like the “fairy” lol. Loved that “look again” moment. And while I was enjoying those farm shop delights, you reminded me to look at the baskets. Yes…what we see… Textures, lines, composition, fun!
Haha… thanks Donna. I am happy that you found the fairy 😁
You found the most interesting things, Jude. I love every choice you made, but the drunken bee is a favourite. And all the cats. Cat people are special, and so are their cats. A lovely display in that window. The wagtail fairy? Overlooked by me at first!
Loved your picture of the farm baskets full of colorful produce, Jude.
A very enjoyable set of photographs! The cat looks very like my Ellie. We had a lovely black cat (Merlin) years ago. I once spotted Merlin getting a bit too close to the road in front of the house, so went and picked him up. Except that it wasn’t Merlin – I’d just catnapped the black cat that lived a few doors down…oops!
Love the bee and the doorhandles. The cherub seems to be wearing John Lennon-style glasses, which gives him an elderly look.