"Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the ‘ah-ha’." - 365 Project, Day 29

We're almost a month in at this point, which is pretty amazing.  I was also pondering a few things concerning this.  One of them being this:  Some 10 or so times a week, I walk down the same streets, walking to and from work.  I walk past the same scenery almost every day and wondered how many ways you can photograph one thing and still make it different?

In modelling shoots, the intention is to take as many shots of the model as possible with somewhat-similar poses in the hopes to get that one perfect picture for the magazine cover, or billboard or what-have-you.  In landscapes, hdr and a few other types of photography, the best thing to do is to get an original angle or an otherwise different view to distinguish your picture from all the others.  There's also really only one way to take a picture of a particular valley unless you decide to cross it to different spots.

What I am asking is a little different.  Take one object, like a building or a crumpled up piece of paper and shoot it in as many different ways as you can.  I wonder how many times it could be shot before it gets repetitive, and whether a pro photographer would do any better than an amateur photographer.  Ponder that next time you're waiting at a red light.

Today's pictures are very interesting, in that 3 of the 4 have the same idea: putting the camera on something (or very near something) and shooting down that something's length.  Again, this is a total coincidence and I find it fascinating three of us had the same inspiration.

Frank

His note: This metal lamp post was about 30 feet high.  All I did was stick the camera on it and snap the shot.  As luck would have it, because this was not intentional at all, the reflection of the light on the post made it seem like the 4th light was subliminally part of the photo.  Serendipitous!

Mandy

Her note: Nifty angle, almost fell over.

Shannon

Her note: View of the Ottawa River.

Pat

My note: While I was waiting for a friend at the mall, I decided to take a few pictures to pass the time, and this is one of the more interesting pictures that came up.  This shows that even at f5.6, you can still have some pretty creamy bokeh.

I doubt tomorrow will bring the same, well, sameness as today, but you never know.  The weather is getting a bit warmer (a bit warmer) so hopefully I'll be able to walk around more to take pictures instead of only taking indoor shots.