Welcome to week 191 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!

Thanks again to all of you for the wonderful posts on last week’s theme of Mist! I have to admit that I struggled a bit with this week’s theme, as the holidays are also coming up and I wanted to leave some options for next week’s theme. However, after some looking around, I thought that it might be interesting to go for something rather Common… Whether it is the every day, common object or the things that you have in common, or crossing the town common… This is a word that allows for plenty of creative directions to be taken, so feel free to take the one that speaks to you!

I look forward to reading all of your posts on this theme and seeing what path you have chosen on this theme.

Here’s a rather common object…

Common Objects

There are few objects that are more common than the paperclip: a bit of metal, bent several times to give it utility. My goal in this product shot was to lend something a bit more artistic to this run-of-the-mill object. By using a very low angle of incidence in my lighting of the scene, more shadows were projected by the paperclips, adding a bit of drama.

The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:

  • 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 (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
  • Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!

Let the common be your guide to uncover the uncommon in the every day!

83 responses

  1. […] Frank’s Tuesday Photo Challenge: Common […]

  2. I have gotten quite common Frank 😀
    https://bushboy.blog/2019/12/17/common/

    1. Awesome set of common shots!

      1. Thank you Frank 🙂

  3. ps love the coloured clips. Great photo Frank

    1. Thank you, Brian!

  4. Never thought about the many meanings of the word! Here’s my take https://dailymusing57.com/2019/12/17/tuesday-photo-challenge-common/

    1. Wonderful post!! Those are awesome colors for a ‘common’ bird.

  5. Frank, great topic/theme again … and I love the artistic thinking about your shot. Great shot.

    1. Thank you, Viveka! Love what you did in your post!

      1. Frank, thanks for your kind words. Means a lot.

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  9. Fun fact: the French word for paperclip is ‘trombone’. You can see why.

    1. Too funny…!

    2. It becomes just a little less common with such a great name!!

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  11. Hi Frank, thank you for this fun topic and I love your shot of the paperclips! For this week’s contribution we focus on the common pleasures found in nature and feature a common seal: https://whippetwisdom.com/2019/12/17/quadrille-day-moon-glow/

    1. Thank you, Xenia. Your post is simply wonderful! Love the happiness in Eivor and Pearl!

      1. Thank you so much for your kind words Frank! 🙂

  12. […] *** Tuesday Photo Challenge: common. […]

    1. Great post, Jackie!

  13. Common objects maybe, but an uncommonly beautiful photo.
    Here are some photos of common people: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/people-watching-on-weekends/

    1. Awesome photos! I love the people watching that you did.

  14. […] This is is my sixteenth entry for the Tuesday Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is common. Hope you guys like this new post. Here’s a link to Frank’s blog https://dutchgoesthephoto.net/2019/12/17/tuesday-photo-challenge-common/ […]

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  16. Ah, paperclips. I have an excellent appreciation of those. 🙂 Also for the fun crafts they allow, with minimum pre-planning, on a rainy day or to help children understand the concept of sequence. 🙂
    Here’s my interpretation of the prompt, this time with a touch of story, rather than a poem.
    https://naamayehuda.com/2019/12/17/common-good/
    Na’ama

  17. What fun! Thanks for another great challenge.

  18. […] in response to this week’s Tuesday Photo Challenge: “… it might be interesting to go for something rather Common… Whether it is the […]

  19. What is common can be different for everyone. An apple is one of the most common things on my kitchen counter –
    https://wp.me/p9EWyp-1zo

  20. Common perhaps but colorful!

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  22. I’m a fan of multi-colored paper clips! I also have animal-shaped paper clips. Writers love paper clips.

    https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/tuesday-photo-challenge-common/

    1. Thank you! Love your post!

  23. Hi Frank, here’s my response to your ‘common’-prompt. Nice photo by the way.
    https://studiotionghan.com/2019/12/18/common-tuesday-photo-challenge/

    1. Great post on this theme!

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  27. Tranature - quiet moments in nature Avatar
    Tranature – quiet moments in nature

    Hello again Frank, we’ve found a common scene this Winter for our second contribution: https://tranature.com/2019/12/18/haiku-winter-solstice-ii/

    1. Wonderful post, Xenia!

      1. Tranature - quiet moments in nature Avatar
        Tranature – quiet moments in nature

        Thank you Frank! 🙂

  28. […] Here is my entry for Frank’s from Dutch Goes the Photo Blog Tuesday Photo Challenge – Common. […]

  29. Love your paperclips for the week.
    Here is my gallery for the week.
    https://ceenphotography.com/2019/12/18/tuesday-photo-challenge-common/

    1. Thank you, Cee! Love your post!!

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  37. […] delegation comes to me from the Lower House of Parliament, I know that they come, speaking for the common people. As I love the Commons as though they were my own children, it should go without saying that […]

  38. […] and we didn’t regret it. In this country people take their free time seriously and this is common. When they work, they work hard, when they play, they play hard – no […]

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  41. Great challenge and image… Wishing you and yours a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Have a great time xx

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  43. One simple capture turned extraordinary. Lovely it is 🙂

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  46. Your colorful photo of paper clips just further cements my love for office supplies. (if I had more time, I would have collected all of mine for this challenge!!).
    However…still a fun challenge:

    http://oneletterup.com/2019/12/22/common-crayons

    Happy Holidays to you!

    1. Great color in those crayons!

      1. Thank you. They caught me eye!

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