Classic Still Life (Get Pushed Round 6)

This was my fourth week in the flickr group Get Pushed. The purpose of the group is to take a challenge from a partner assigned to you each week. For this challenge I was paired with Lynette Henderson. She has a wonderful and varied stream that is worth a view. She is a very versatile and clever photographer! You'll be impressed.

Well, after perusing my stream, she stated, "looking through your beautiful, varied sets, I did not see any arranged still life photos. I am thinking a good push for you for Round 6 would be a photo similar to the still life Classics... Something on a table with a pretty cloth, with complementary items arranged artfully atop it. Natural lighting, of course.... If you could add a light texture to age the image, so much the better.

So I immediately set out to create some semblance of a still life classic. The subject that popped into my head first had something to do with horseback riding since I have an abundance of materials for this. So I proceeded to set up a "classic" western still life. After taking various photos I came back in a reread her challenge and then noted her words "something on a table with a pretty cloth." Then I started to doubt what I had done. My "pretty cloth" was my show saddle blanket and my "table" was the floor of my new redwood deck. So I started over trying to find something more "pretty." I found an antique pitcher of my mother's and a hand made lace table cloth made by my grandmother, snagged a hydrangea from the yard, and proceeded to take another series of shots.
This was a great challenge and I had a lot of fun. I even ended up entering the photo above in the county fair in a special category for antique type photos. I won't know how that goes until later in the week.

Thank you Lynette for pushing me into an area I haven't done much with for a number of years.

I have included the color version of this image in the comments as well as my "classic" western still life.

Thank you for your visits and comments! This is such a great group. I've learned so much from studying everyone's challenges and descriptions. Have a great week ahead!

Taken in: United States / Idaho / Colburn (show map)

Taken on: August 17, 2011

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