Welcome to the 16th edition of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!  After last week’s topic, I figured that it might be a good time a little bit more tasteful.  So this week, the challenge focuses on a technique that can provide some great eyeball benders: Close-Up!

Close-up photography provides an opportunity for some fun images that give a view that we don’t necessarily notice every day.  Your challenge is to keep your eyes peeled for something interesting to photograph that will either make us wonder what it is or be awestruck!  Of course, achieving both is permissible.

Shooting a close-up doesn’t require any special equipment, other than your highly adaptable brain!  The image shown here was taken with a mobile phone; of course, this doesn’t allow me to do magnification unless I get very clever and put a drop of water on my lens (I’m not making this up: http://gizmodo.com/5892461/use-a-water-drop-as-a-simple-iphone-macro-lens).

This example shows the result of my doing a little close-up photography during Thanksgiving dinner; as it was right in front of me, I couldn’t help but notice the interesting formations in the ice cream cake…

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This takes the cake!

So, be on the lookout for anything and everyting in the world around you that will look really great close-up, and might even make us wonder what it is…

For those who’d like to participate in this weekly challenge, the rules are the following:

  • Write a post with an image for this week’s topic
  • Please tag your post with fpj-photo-challenge (if you’re not sure about how tags work, please check out this WordPress article about tagging posts)
  • Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week
  • Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!

This challenge should be a wonderful opportunity to share your visual frame of reference with your followers and wow all of them!

Technical Details

This image was captured with an iPhone 4S using the standard Camera app.

29 responses

  1. What an awesome shot Frank. This one should be fun. 🙂

    1. Thanks, Miriam! Ice cream is always good!

    1. Thank you very much!

      1. You’re welcome!

  2. Can’t wait to see what people come up with. 16 already, and like you just started. Great photo can’t wait to play along.

    1. “feels” like you just started.

    2. This one should be a lot of fun!

  3. I love love love love love this prompt. I use my cell phone and the best pics it takes are close ups. I’m gonna have a lot of fun with this one. (and just between us…I kinda wanna lick that cake. 😉 )

    1. Hi Nikki, great to hear that this prompt really speaks to you. I agree with you that close-up photography is a lot of fun. The cake was delicious!

  4. […] Here is Dutch Goes the Photo’s (https://dutchgoesthephoto.net) Tuesday photo Challenge.  This week’s topic is:  Close-up (https://dutchgoesthephoto.net/2016/08/02/tuesday-photo-challenge-close-up/). […]

  5. Great photo, Frank. (Especially because I love ice cream and have fond memories of ice cream cakes 🙂 ) Looking forward to seeing what this challenge brings. It’s a fascinating one!
    Blessings, Debbie

    1. Ice cream is the best! 🙂

  6. […] Close up of the keyhole of my cupboard […]

  7. Great photo and challenge Frank. I’ve been absent from the blogging world of late, and still not back to full steam — but I wanted to post something, and I love your weekly challenge. 🙂

    1. Thanks, Kim! Great to have you back in the blogosphere. Hope all is going well,

      Frank

  8. […] This week Frank at Dutch Goes the Photo has come up with a great challenge: Close Up […]

  9. What a superb photo, Frank. I did think as a nutritionist I should take a close up of some food-related thing, but I can’t follow your wonderful lead, so I’ve opted for flowers !!!! 🙂

    1. Flowers are always great for a close up shot!

  10. […] Frank, author of the “Dutch Goes the Photo” blog (https://dutchgoesthephoto.net) sets a Tuesday photo challenge each week.  This week’s topic is:  Close-up  (https://dutchgoesthephoto.net/2016/08/02/tuesday-photo-challenge-close-up/ […]

  11. […] details of objects, so I was very pleased with Frank’s prompt this week. The prompt for the Tuesday Photo Challenge over at Dutch Goes the Photo is Close-Up. This blog will also serve as the first in a series of pictures I’m calling My Town. […]

  12. […] at Dutchgoesthephoto had a photo challenge this week with the focus of “close up”.  Little did I know what my close up would […]

  13. Done. A blessing once again. Thank you, Frank. <3

    1. Looks great, Debbie!! Glad you enjoyed it.

  14. […] week’s Frank over at Dutch goes the Photo challenged us to find interesting and maybe even mysterious close-up images to share.  I […]

  15. Hi Frank! I made it! Whoa. Talk about the knick of time. 🙂 I can’t for the life of me figure out why my pingbacks only work every other time. It’s there…in my post. Loved this challenge. Can’t wait to see what Tuesday brings. 🙂

    1. It may be that I have approval requirement set for all links (reduces having to fix spam); when I look at the setting for the blog post, it does have allow pingbacks and comments…

      It’s a mystery! Great post!!

  16. […] This is in response to Frank’s challenge over at Dutch goes the Photo – Close up. […]

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