Weekly #860 - Outside the Box Competition

Outside The Box hasn't brought in masses on entries, but I'm pleased to see enough to make it worthwhile, and those who have entered have certainly stretched the old grey matter and thought outside the norm. Let's see what we have.

Breakfast out of the box by Yorkie is a literal interpretation and it gets us off to a great start. It's clever and the technical quality is excellent.

Cookin' – good lookin' by RayW at first glance looked like an audio amplifier, but turns out to be an oven rather than rock 'n roll. Humour it is and it made me smile...

Outside the box/phone by sueriley is my other half sneakily working away in Photoshop and proving yet again that she's capable of superb work. This works well and is outside the box on many levels.

Magic pencil sharpener by davidwozhere – A lovely sharp image of sharpening and a great macro shot whichever way we look at it. An accomplished image.

Jewels in the rough by NigelK – This is an unusual abstract image and it isn't at all clear what it is without the explanation. However, it works well and produces an interesting and attractive result.

Strange hatchling by Noelcmn – You don't see many of these hatching, not in captivity anyway...well done for making something up and producing it to such a high standard.

Campbells Tomato Soup deconstructed by drofmit – Oh my, that's a clever one, what a great idea and what an amount of trouble to go to to carry it out with such superb technical quality and panache. A master of his craft has constructed his canvas, told a story and delivered the goods in more ways than one.

So, to the winners and I think without any doubt:

WINNER is drofmit with a master class in food preparation that goes way outside the box

SECOND is sueriley with yet another wonderfully classy construction in Photoshop

THIRD is Yorkie with a brilliantly simple but cleverly produced concept

Well done all, and over to drofmit!

Thank you for the win, John.... it is one of my favourite pictures. All the tomatoes were home grown, as were the chard leaves that I camouflaged the rest of the cooker with.... the rest, apart from the two Warhol glasses are in daily use, or from the immediate vicinity.
The heat-moulded Perspex tray is also a collectors item and is from the same era as the two glasses.
Congratulations to Sue and Yorkie for their podium places.... "certainly stretched the old grey matter".... and yours too looking at the quality of the entries.
I will put my thinking cap on and get a subject up asap.... but will be late with the comments next Monday as we are moving my dearly beloved to a care home in the next village rather than 30 kilometres away.... and a purpose built facility, too. Hopefully they will rebuild he legs enough for her to come home where she belongs.... growing old sucks!!

Thanks drofmit, I hope the move goes well and she is back very soon.

Exquisite life photograph Dromfit and I know that I did not enter the comp but I have to say, well done

Thank you John!

Thank's Flan.... it was one of those times when I both enjoyed setting it up [not all the cherry tomatoes made the picture] but was mighty pleased with the end result!

Superb shot dromfit, congrats on the win.