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Tuesday Challenge #34 – Limitations

Friday 23rd October

This week the theme is Limitations.

In a recent interview, Terry Gilliam said that he aspires to mediocrity. It’s the limitations that make his work stand out. For example, on Monty Python’s holy grail, he wanted the knights riding around on beautiful horses. However, the budget limitations put a stop to that and we were left with the famous coconuts.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with the most fantastic idea. What would you shoot if time, money and skills were no issue? Then work within your limitations to realise your dream. See what unique surprises occur.

New rules apply. They’re just like the old rules, but with different times.

Written by Stu

October 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm

Posted in Tuesday Challenge

21 Responses to 'Tuesday Challenge #34 – Limitations'

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  1. Awesome! This is why I love the timbales. You have two drums, two cowbells, two sticks, and have to get through 10 songs without getting bored. Hoping to gestate a suitably grand idea now!

    sweavo

    23 Oct 09 at 15:50

  2. It struck a chord with me on the 8-bit computing thing.

    Stu

    23 Oct 09 at 15:58

  3. oh bugger that sounds hard

    lordhutton

    23 Oct 09 at 20:30

  4. I wish my computer wasnt so slow at buffering videos

    lordhutton

    23 Oct 09 at 20:54

  5. I’ve even managed to take a photo for this… Crikey!

    rollasoc

    24 Oct 09 at 11:11

  6. specifically for this challenge? nuts.

    :)

    Colin Morey

    24 Oct 09 at 23:51

  7. Jan

    25 Oct 09 at 16:05

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  9. This is my first go at this challenge – and it seems to be the most difficult ever!
    http://inherentvalue.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/img_3314.jpg
    For a bit of explanation: http://inherentvalue.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/tuesday-challenge-no-1/

    snowqueen

    25 Oct 09 at 21:48

  10. God my entry is rubbish

    lordhutton

    25 Oct 09 at 22:03

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  12. Here’s my entry. The chosen picture is the first one in the post.

    http://photos.jonathangazeley.com/?p=1192

    Jonathan

    25 Oct 09 at 22:45

  13. I’ve got until Friday 30th to get an entry in haven’t I?

    Aoj & The Hounds

    26 Oct 09 at 14:40

  14. You have, Aoj!

    Stu

    26 Oct 09 at 14:53

  15. Thanks Stu. I’m easily confused at the moment.

    Aoj & The Hounds

    26 Oct 09 at 15:04

  16. Arse – I put my entry in the wrong place … I think!

    Anyway, this is cut and pasted :-

    My limitations : A camera that struggles; an imagination that struggles; cloudy daylight through a door augmented by 20 – twenty! – smokin’ watts of IKEA halogen highlighting. Freely post processed in CS3.

    Browser size – http://jay-linn.co.uk/gallery/TPC/Copperplate-tray-smaller.jpg

    Full size – http://jay-linn.co.uk/gallery/TPC/Copperplate-tray-full.jpg

    Can I linkify comment links, instead of dumping inscrutable URLs?

    Clackpot

    28 Oct 09 at 12:37

  17. @Clackpot, that’s rather spiffy tbh :)

    Colin Morey

    28 Oct 09 at 16:23

  18. I sent my picture into Stu but is you want some more info check it out here – http://susanmjoyce.blogspot.com/2009/10/stus-tuesday-friday-challenge.html

    Susan

    28 Oct 09 at 18:48

  19. Wanted to take a night picture of a different university building in Holland, but the lighting was as bad as my camera, so had to settle for this building instead. I m surprised it actually turned okay.

    Fabien

    29 Oct 09 at 22:20

  20. Yay! I’ve shot something for a Tuesday Challenge! IT feels like 6 months since I last did that!

    http://www.paulseward.com/blog/20091029/one-light-week-part-3/

    Rah!

    Paul Seward

    29 Oct 09 at 22:22

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