Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny

Posted on May 22, 2011 by spilledinkguy

Hmmm… looks like this post is a ‘tiny’ bit off level. I suspected as much.

Not quite perpendicular, either. Now that’s a surprise. Or… not.

“Tiny bubbles… in the wine… make me happy… make me feel fine…”

– Tiny Bubbles – Don Ho

About this image: digital photograph, lightly modified

42 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny”

Jesse Jaca on May 22, 2011 at 10:19 pm said:

love the interpretation!

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- spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 1:50 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, sir!
  I was hoping this one fit the theme okay…
  🙂
  
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Laura on May 22, 2011 at 10:41 pm said:

Great picture. I’m not sure I would have realized what it was without the hints.

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- spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 1:43 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much, Laura!
  Yeah, it got pretty abstracted (to say the least)!
  🙂
  
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frigginloon on May 23, 2011 at 3:22 am said:

Hmm, what the hell is growing in your wine?

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- spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 1:44 pm said:
  
  Not sure, F.L. –
  it’s a bit crunchy, too.
  🙂
  
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nursemyra on May 23, 2011 at 3:42 am said:

I’m confused but I like the colours

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- spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 1:45 pm said:
  
  I’m almost always confused,
  but I’m happy you like the colors, N.M.! 🙂
  
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Bearman on May 23, 2011 at 6:20 am said:

Daddy long legs carrying a razor.

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- spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 1:45 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  I hope he remembered to lift with his long legs and not with his back!
  🙂
  
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Lenore Diane on May 23, 2011 at 9:44 am said:

Wow. I feel really stupid. I refreshed the picture several times, thinking it was not loading 100%. I was thinking wine glass, because of the tiny bubbles reference. Completely missed the ‘level’ comment. Wow. I really love this picture.

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- frigginloon on May 23, 2011 at 10:59 am said:
  
  I think I was drinking at the time too 🙂
  
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  - spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 2:43 pm said:
    
    Wasn’t though I the time at.
    *burp*
    🙂
    
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- spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 1:47 pm said:
  
  You really shouldn’t, Ms. D –
  there’s a ton of white / negative space in this one. And a little Don Ho is enough to throw anyone off!
  Thanks so much for your kind words! 🙂
  
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Amanda on May 23, 2011 at 10:06 am said:

This is such a great interpretation of the theme. I like the composition and the minimalism you used as well. I caught it as a level bubble first without hints. I guess I spent too much time working with tools.

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- spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 1:54 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much for stooping by (and your kind words as well), Amanda!
  I’m glad you saw that! Sometimes I enjoy really abstracting things, but I still like them to be recognizable as well.
  Tools – they’re hard to get away from! 🙂
  
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ramoncito17 on May 23, 2011 at 1:19 pm said:

Very smart take on the challenge. In the ’60’s when my sister was learning to dance the Hula, the teacher just loved teaching the Hula dance for Tiny Bubbles!

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- spilledinkguy on May 23, 2011 at 1:49 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, sir!
  I thought this one seemed a bit more difficult than the others for some reason!
  I wish I had some dance moves – it’s usually best for everyone involved if I remain seated! 🙂
  
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Robert X. Jones on May 23, 2011 at 3:19 pm said:

Ha, was this government work?

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:26 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  Close enough to it, Mr. J!
  🙂
  
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Unapologetically Mundane on May 23, 2011 at 5:13 pm said:

What’s weird is that you don’t appear to be perpendicular based on the right side, but the left side is fine. Your house is crumbling as we speak.

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:28 am said:
  
  Yeah, I noticed that, too…
  you would expect the lines on both sides to be closer to parallel… maybe I was close to perpendicular, but not at the midpoint? Hmmm… I’m confused.
  🙂
  
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Jillsy Girl on May 23, 2011 at 6:26 pm said:

this is reeeeally strange. i think i might have just zipped through the twilight zone. i saw the image, but there was no text and no other comments, just a box for me to leave a comment. so i did. i said “so what is it that we’re looking at” or something like that, but the second I hit “post comment” i realized what it was and then this texted version popped up with all the other comments. strange, huh!

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:30 am said:
  
  Craziness, J.G.! Wouldn’t it be nice if stuff always loaded the way it was supposed to?! It would be a dream come true… (well, I guess I wouldn’t go quite that far, but it would be nice). 🙂
  
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Syncopated Eyeball on May 23, 2011 at 7:46 pm said:

Wonderfully startling colours. I realised what it was without the hints but not immediately. I like that I had to stop and wonder about it.

Did you clean the food colouring out of your soft box for this?

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:32 am said:
  
  Thanks very much, S.E.! I’m glad that it isn’t too vague (I was worried it might be).
  
  Hahaha… there are still a few tiny speckles in there, but it’s better than it was! 🙂
  
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Derrick on May 23, 2011 at 9:47 pm said:

Very nice! Just think, a few miles down the road, if this was as “level” as you could make it, you’d be really off! 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:33 am said:
  
  Thank you, sir!
  Ha! As it is I’ll just have to make due with some shims, I guess! 🙂
  
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Redneckprincess on May 23, 2011 at 9:54 pm said:

Spectacular shot my friend 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:33 am said:
  
  That is very kind of you, RNP – thank you!
  🙂
  
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Binky on May 23, 2011 at 10:28 pm said:

So that’s how contractors drink on the job, by filling their levels with wine? I never would have guessed!

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:34 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  a difficult job, but somebody’s got to do it!
  🙂
  
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The Good Greatsby on May 23, 2011 at 10:53 pm said:

Great shot. Very cool. I won’t try and think of a pun using “level”.

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:34 am said:
  
  Thanks very much, G.G.!
  Yeah, I’ve already wasted enough time for everyone in that department! 🙂
  
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Tony McGurk on May 24, 2011 at 8:11 am said:

Who would’ve thought a boring old level could make such a colourful fantastic photo. Well done.

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 10:35 am said:
  
  I thought it was something a bit different, anyway.
  Thank you very much, Tony! 🙂
  
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Annabelle on May 24, 2011 at 11:31 am said:

Very cool! I like the refraction of light in the bubble.

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- spilledinkguy on May 24, 2011 at 11:42 am said:
  
  Thanks, Annabelle!
  I’m still considering either:
  a) re-shooting this, or
  b) doing a little air brushing to ‘fix’ those double lines on the right… hmmm… 🙂
  
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sizing down the diva on May 25, 2011 at 10:12 am said:

It took me a second to figure out what this was. At first, I thought it was a really cool piece of furniture. It still looks like it could be a really cool piece of furniture. You may have something here…. 🙂 Amazing picture.

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- spilledinkguy on May 25, 2011 at 10:14 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, S.D.D.!
  Hahaha… yeah, I can see that, too! Maybe I can pitch this design to Ikea?! 🙂
  
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marina on June 5, 2011 at 4:30 pm said:

I like it when it takes me a while to understand what I’m staring at….

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- spilledinkguy on June 5, 2011 at 4:42 pm said:
  
  This one got a bit more abstracted than I originally had in mind… 🙂
  
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