The PhotoChain Challenge - The Big Dilema

This is, once again, a promotional post for the PhotoChain Challenge, a comment contest, hosted by @davidesimoncini under the Italian Community. It is now on its 90th Edition or Round. It is hoped that with this post, more Steemians will become interested to try this very exciting and creative Challenge.

This week the challenge is to show two objects (also called keywords) in one photo. After doing this, a third object, called personal keyword, must be chosen by each participant. This personal keyword can be any object found in the same photo. If the photo is chosen as one of two winners, then their personal keywords will be combined to form the keywords of the next Round. To illustrate.

The two objects or keywords for this Round were chosen from the two winners' personal keywords of the previous week, @xiao-aine (POCKETS) and @gems.and.cookies (BIRD). So each participant needs to show Pocket and Bird in the same photo. And here lies my big dilema. You see, I have 2 photos which I really like to enter but cannot decide which. I cannot enter both because the rules stipulate only one photo per participant. Let me show you the first.

The photo above shows my grandson enjoying this Black Naped Oriole perching on his shoulder. He is also wearing a black pair of shorts with a big light blue pocket in front. Can you see it? Here's another shot.

This time the Pocket is more pronounced but the Bird is not so much focused on unlike the first photo.

So my big dilema is which do I choose as my entry? Do I choose the first photo with the Bird prominently featured but not so much the Pocket, or do I choose the second photo where the Pocket is clearer but the Bird not so detailed as the first picture?

Now, if I choose the first photo, what could my personal keyword be? Lots and lots. I see trees, grass, sidewalk, shirt, shorts, the colors blue, black, yellow, white and green. There's steel from the cage. There's cement from the pavement. There's the smile from my grandson. There's a glimpse of the sky so I can also choose that. Wow. Whatever I choose will become one of the keywords next week should I win. What about the second photo? What can I choose as personal keyword? Well, there's the hand, fingers, cage, steel wires, then blue and black and yellow and grass.

Doesn't this make you excited enough to join? If you don't have a photo like mine, then you can definitely photo stage your entry. Get a picture of a bird and stuff it inside a pocket. You have a bird figurine in the house? Hold it against a shirt or pair of shorts with pockets and you're good to go. Bring out that creativeness in you!!!

So what are you waiting for? Try it out. All you have to do is click on the contest link here, go to the comment section of that post, click reply and enter your photo WITH your personal keyword. Don't forget that so your entry will be valid.

So what do I choose? I have to think about it. You see, I have another photo taken from the Philippine Eagle Center, an eagle conservation outfit, which is also a really good one. And this adds further to my dilema. Here's that one.

This photo shows an intern, as they call this lady, seated with a Philippine Serpent Eagle on her lap. She has something like a container, probably for water or food, tucked inside the pocket of her blouse. So this photo also has all the keywords in it.

What do you think? Calling on PhotoChainers @barski @wakeupkitty.pal @henryclive @olivia08 @serdak and @soulfuldreamer.

Hope to see you all soon.