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I give up.
I postponed scheduling this - I was hoping the winter would turn dry and unseasonably warm. We all see how that turned out.
Inspired by Minor White ("One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but for 'what else it is"), I've decided to offer up a different kind of challenge: night abstracts.
This could mean just about anything as long as it's night. After being further inspired by watching Andre Gallant's recent GLPA presentation, I'll offer some possibilities. In the interest of brevity, I'm not going to explain each in detail - the Google and Youtube are your friends. I'm mixing his ideas with mine.
1. Mirror montages
2. Multiple exposures where you turn the camera slightly after each shot
3. Double exposure where you take 2 shots of the same subject, one in focus, one out of focus, and layer the sharp image on top
4. Take a picture of a painting you have around, but just shoot a small portion of it and then try a different portion of it and then another
5. In a dark room, use only the light coming in under and around the door to illuminate your subject or open your fridge door and let it shed light on your subject
6. Similarly, in an unlighted room, use the street or moon light from a window for your only source of illumination
7. Let your imagination guide you to find "what else it is"

For the images we share, I have a couple of other suggested guidelines:
1. The pictures you post should not look like what the subject actually is
2. Use only available light - no light painting
3. Don't worry about the timing on Meetup - it wouldn't let me schedule a 2 week meetup. It starts now and "ends" in 2 weeks.

Post your pictures and comment on others. When you comment on others, please leave 2 sentences:
1. How does the image make you feel?
2. Try to guess what it actually is

Finally, have fun using this time to pick up your camera and see the world anew.
And never forget what the space alien thief in "Commies from Mars: the Red Planet" announced they'd do after stealing everything in the universe, only to find that someone had stolen it all back: "Steal everything else!"

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