Hi Folks and welcome to Weekly Challenge #324 – “Outliers and the (un)familiar.” I’d like to thank chmance for hosting the last contest and warn everyone not to expect the same level of sophistication from me because I am a complete amateur. Thus disclosed, I would like to share this week’s theme “Outliers and the (un)familiar.”

From dictionary.reference.com: Outlier – (1) something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands and (2) someone who stands apart from others of his or her group, as by differing behavior, beliefs, or religious practices:

Sometimes a photograph will include the group to give context to the outlier. In the definition above we see it takes both a cow and a herd to make the case for an outlier. Other times, a subject that is both universally familiar, yet somehow different, can represent an outlier. For example, a green stop sign is an outlier because we know stop signs are red. Hence addition of the term (un)familiar to represent those images.

I’ve included a couple pictures that aren’t particularly interesting but serve to illustrate the point. The first image was made with a Canon powershot, which is pretty uncool, but's it's just for illustration.

This Weekly Photo Challenge will run until midnight next Tuesday, May 19, 2015. That's midnight of the time zone you are in.


Rules:

1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose one of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus an additional day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Photos from any Pentax camera (film, compact, DSLR, etc.) -- or a Samsung DSLR -- are allowed.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.
9. In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, they will PM the #2 winner for that person to be the judge.

[Hattifnatt]

[jchorst]

Those poker enthusiasts stop at nothing.

[Outis]

I'll bet his opponent has a four-of-a-kind flush.

[perspicador]

Chip off the old block

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[asp1880]

I see that flowers are a popular topic in this contest. Here are some more flowers.



Regards,
--Anders.

[MadMathMind]

[sealonsf]

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This was taken at the Cross Bones Graveyard in London, also called the "Single Women's Churchyard", with "single women" being a euphemism for prostitutes. It was an unconsecrated graveyard and today, people leave ribbons to remember those who were deemed "beyond the pale" and not worthy of a decent burial.

[StephenHampshire]

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[Dieterson]

yet another flower picture...

[DoctorX]

We're in the home stretch. Loving these so far.

[DoctorX]

Thanks everyone for your excellent photos. This evening I'll get out my best box of crayons and continue to pretend to know what I'm doing as I judge these submissions. I expect to have the results up tonight or tomorrow at the latest.
Cheers!

[clockworkrat]

Bugger. I took one for this challenge but didn't get round to uploading it in time! Good show folks.

[Dieterson]

Bugger. I took one for this challenge but didn't get round to uploading it in time! Good show folks.

Post it anyway, if you don't mind. It is always nice to see more pictures!

[clockworkrat]

Oh, all right then.

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[Dieterson]

clockworkrat, I like the contrasts in colour and the contrasts in lightness. Thanks for sharing the picture, I like it!

Do you know why a few of the blossoms are white? My first thought was that they turn white when they get old. But the uppermost white blossom seems to be not old at all.