superhero photo challenge: counter this

Sometimes you have to go across the street or around the world to find that perfect shot, but most of the time the picture you've been waiting for is right under your nose.  What happens when you confine your eye to what's closest to you?  Can you find the shot?  This week we're going to find out.

For this week's Superhero Photo Challenge, go to your kitchen counter and capture that glimpse of ordinary magic you might have overlooked otherwise.   Share your photos and links here in the comments below.

Comments

[ELK]

in the kitchen~ much beauty

better start my grocery list:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammymom/2949057419/

[maya]

my countertops are a mess at the moment (pie baking), but here's one of my cabinet that i like:

http://flickr.com/photos/springtreeroad/2693906522/

[Gayle]

I love this challenge. Who would have thought a drainboard could be beautiful! I'm going to wait until later when the sun is shining in my kitchen.

[~ kristina ~]

A topic near and dear to my heart! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/2008/10/kitchen-counter-shots.html

[mary]

Yes, there is definitely beauty to be found in the mundane. I actually posted this:

http://inasoftlight.blogspot.com/2008/10/still-life-with-apples.html

before I read about your challenge.

[DonnaG]

Here's a pic of the "crazy chicken thingie" that sits on my counter. It was one of those gifts that you weren't sure if it's a gag when you open it (it wasn't).

http://handmadebydonna.typepad.com/whatisee/2008/09/post-5.html

[Busymomma66]

It's always great to be reminded to look at the beauty that we have.

Here's mine -- good thing there's no picture of my sink right now :)

http://busymomma66.blogspot.com/2008/10/superhero-photo-challenge.html

[margie]

this challenge was made for my kitchen counter, the morning after a friday night dinner.

[Andie]

Doing dishes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artsynaturegirl/2951299531/

[spread your wings]

i found beauty and truth in my kitchen this morning

http://autumnsun08.blogspot.com/

[simply blogged / leaca's philosophy]

http://flickr.com/photos/leacayoung/2951171244/

[Wanda]

My first challenge response. Thanks for being kind to amateurs. :)

http://whatwouldwandado.blogspot.com/2008/10/response-to-superhero-photo-challenge.html

[elianne]

http://zus.my-expressions.com/archives/10864_1427783206/310624
http://zus.my-expressions.com/archives/10864_1427783206/310899

[Jodyangel]

oOOoo I just saw this challenge. I can't Wait to go and try a few photo's!!

[Amber(Homeschool Diva)]

Well. this is my first post and my first challenge. I love following you shutter sisters and thought I would play along.

Be kind:-)
http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2008/10/18/a-little-beauty-in-the-kitchen/

[Gayle]

Here's my shot. It's not my counter. You wouldn't want to see my counter! It's my kitchen rainbows.

http://planetmfiles.com/2008/10/18/kitchen-rainbows/

[maz]

Why I love my cutlery drawer.......... http://divingforpearls.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/tales-from-the.html

[Jodyangel]

My sink water had sat since I went on the pc to catch up on blogs lol. This is what I found when I went to do the challenge..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodyangel/2952929030/

[Heather]

Yay! This is one of my favorite things to shoot.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawberrygoldie/2241942902
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawberrygoldie/2299412228
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawberrygoldie/2433665465

I would take a photo of my counter as it stands right now, but OMG. It would scare ya'll. After-dinner disaster.

[Tracy]

Today's lunch. Artichoke angel hair pasta.

I live in a small apt and enjoy clean countertops. When I moved in I was disapointed to find that the bottles didn't fit in my spice cabinet where I prefer them. After many months on the counter, I believe I would miss them if they weren't there. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2952802016_c5d6faa2a6_o.jpg

[Vanessa]

took these over a year ago for spc... breakfast made with love at our messy kitchen counters:
http://risingtothechallenge.blogspot.com/2007/10/self-portrait-challenge-food-and-me-5.html

[shelli]

By coincidence, I took a few shots in my kitchen a week or two ago. I never thought I'd use them!


http://www.mamaofletters.com/Mama_of_Letters/Camera_Happy/Pages/Nikon_D60.html#33
http://www.mamaofletters.com/Mama_of_Letters/Camera_Happy/Pages/Nikon_D60.html#34

[Julie Alvarez]

A bit of loveliness here:
(I might have been spending way too much time photographing my kitchen countertop, oops..!).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2832358608/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2860531347/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2831517845/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2779876403/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2780713826/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2780689742/

[Diane Schuller]

such coincidence, earliery today I shot a few petals that had fallen inside my kitchen sink (but they're still in my camera!!) so until I get them downloaded, her is something that I shot much earlier sitting on the counter, catching the light.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27458974@N00/2419222810/

[Diane Schuller]

Okay my shutter sister darlings, I'm back. As I said, I had taken this earlier in the day not knowing but somehow with a prescience about the challenge! ... this is the single shot I took in my kitchen earlier today:

http://albertaphotography.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/shutter-sisters-photo-challenge/

Wow.

[Maria]

What fun! I was so excited to play along, that I shot this at 10 o'clock at night (not optimal lighting conditions!).
http://marianelsonphotographer.blogspot.com

[Lucy]

Just discovered this blog and I am so excited to take part in it. Am trying to figure it all out. I have posted my first attempt and would love to share.

[Naomi]

I've got a bit of kitchen goodness to share:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/sets/72157605188279450/

[Rachel Parton]

Oh, I love this challenge!

Here's my favorite from my little kitchen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/partonponderings/2954282919/

Although I also really like this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/partonponderings/2955136386/

[psumommy]

I'm constantly taking photographs in my kitchen; it's where I spend most of my time. If I moved my computer onto the counter in there, I would probably never leave.

Some beauty I found this morning: http://nittanymommy.blogspot.com/2008/10/shutter-sisters-challenge-counter-this.html I might have to replace these with better ones this evening, when the sun actually shines directly onto my counter. But I'm too impatient to wait for that.

[Steph]

Hi,
This is my first time responding to a Shutter Sisters challenge. I love taking pictures of everyday things in my home; here are a few things I found on my counter ...

http://urbanlivingexperiment.blogspot.com/2008/10/superhero-photo-challenge-counter-this.html

[Steph Wiese]

Funny, when I started clicking I realized the story my kitchen told about me. Texan, eclectic, random, romantic, comfortable. At least, thats the story I hope every one else sess as well!

http://stephwiese.squarespace.com/

[Claudia]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20398719@N03/2336222314/in/set-72157603766718574/
I'm a lucky girl...my husband is the one in charge of the dirty dishes!!!

[yellow pooky]

making coffee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowpooky/2939063283/

[renee @ FIMBY]

Sunday morning. Washing dishes. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the prism catching the sunlight in the kitchen window. Technically this isn't a shot of something on my kitchen counter but I was standing at the kitchen counter when I caught a "glimpse of ordinary magic" and attempted to capture it.

http://fimby.tougas.net/Green_window_prism

[allie]

i haven't posted for a while but wanted to get back into the click!

http://simple-pie.blogspot.com/2008/10/shutter-sisters-challenge.html

[jessica]

It is true, I had forgotten that I purchased this little giraffe for his broken ear, for one franc. i always see him, but i forget to notice how he is a symbol of my creativity, even in our cramped space...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamaier/2942811102/in/set-72157607850392294/

[Puna]

I love watching my mother cook. Her food is the best. She's scooping some tom yum soup.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifesignatures/2962074826/

Yum.

[elizabeth]

I was surprised that the items on my drainboard looked so colorful one morning - so I had to take a photo:

http://retinalperspectives.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/7-things/

[emily]

thank you for the fresh inspiration! here's one of mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/girl_seeking_grace/2963159838/

[simply]

I love simple beauty...I think even the kitchen sink can be beautiful :o)

http://bp1.blogger.com/_A1Xbjk4uEks/SA9HjMbwkeI/AAAAAAAADPw/D-yTA3Hwm6Y/s1600-h/random+beauity+041aa.jpg

~simply~

[Angie]

I happened by Shutter Sisters today and found this fun challenge. Here's my take, albeit a bit tardy. Thanks for the fun idea!

http://angienewsome.com/archives/115

[Maggie Ann.]

A little late in the game, but yes, here it is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mostsincerely/2963594263/

Forgetfulness in the kitchen, whilst making dough.

[Jeanine]

I heart pyrex: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15607464@N03/2966050111/

[Rachel Haynes]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluealgaecreative/2968990658/

[Liz]

i do this all the time!!!! i thought was the only one!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/1232845476/in/set-72157601159660166/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/2648061921/in/set-72157601159455456/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/2786710779/in/set-72157604565369559/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/2787568400/in/set-72157604565369559/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/2787594302/in/set-72157604565369559/

[Donna Marino]

Never did a draining board look so exquisite. Your work is exceptional. I would love to participate in some of the challenges in the future. I'm just now getting to know my DSLR and have joined a photography club. I'll be visiting, and will jump on the bandwagon when I've conjured up the courage!