Ordinarly Life

[Nigell]

A new series on "Ordinary Life" Click for larger.

[Geoff]

Wow Nigell,
This is brilliantly executed and amazing to look at, and errr..it's two handles and a tap...well done!!!
In a quirky kinda way, when I look at it for long enough, I imagine the two handles as eyes, with the pupils being the C and the absent H, and the mouth/nose as the tap. The texture of the wall in which they are in only add to it.
I really like this...thanks for sharing.

[hamster]

I'm going to be really picky here and say i don't like the shadows under the spout. The shadows under the tap are fine, but not the spout.

[Nigell]

Thanks for the comments guys.

[Matt. K]

A nice touch of surrealism. I love it!

[xorl]

Is that the head of a duck that I can see?

Nice work, I like it.

[Nigell]

Its certainly a challenge (at least for me) to shoot the ordinary in a way which gives it life and a sense other than "ordinary". It didn't start out a project, but the challenge it posed to how I shoot was something I really enjoyed. So a project was born. Thanks for the comments guys.

[Pehpsi]

So very nice, love it mate.

[surenj]

Nice work!! Great lighting..
Can I ask whether the texture was added later? if not how did you get it to stand out like that.

[wheels]

nice image, it really brings to life something that is everyday.

[Nigell]

Nice work!! Great lighting..
Can I ask whether the texture was added later? if not how did you get it to stand out like that.

The texture is real. That's what the taps are attached to. I suspect age allows it to really stand out like it does; so there are a lot of cracks and colour changes in it. I think of it like shooting a portrait of an old person. Not that pretty to look at, but always interesting.

[Killakoala]

That is really cool. The exposure, lighting, texture and subject is great.