Week 137 Photo Challenge: Bottle(s)

With Grad Girl's schedule, giving 2 weeks for each photo card seems to be working much better.  Her teaching responsibilities ended last week, but she still has lots of grading to do.  Her thesis should be done next week and her statistics class ends a week from this Wednesday.  Once she's past that, her life will get a bit easier, just studying for her defense is what she has left.  With that said, we had photos for the last photography challenge: 

This one was a bit easier because it's an object, you don't have to be quite so creative with those challenges.  

I, as is my habit, waited till yesterday to figure out what I was going for.  I tried for the artistic approach.  

Kate: Dresser Artifact

This interesting perfume bottle was a gift. It sits on my dresser but has never been used. Almost any scent makes my nose run, so I gave up perfumes back in college.  Still I like the bottle. It's not broken, the cracks are part of the design.  My aim was to make it look like a National Geographic museum photo of some historical perfume bottle. The vibes are there, maybe not the substance.  

My Guy's approach gives a sports advertising vibe. 

My Guy: Specialized Elite

I think it looks like an ad for a Specialized bicycle.  Of course the photo challenge part of the photo is the water bottle. This definitely isn't a new water bottle, it's seen a lot of use.  This one has a very nice cap to cover the top and keep it clean.  It's really meant for mountain biking, but even the paved roads here are pretty dusty and dirty.  So it's one of My Guy's favorites.  

Grad Girl hasn't done much but drive to school, go to class, then to her office to write.  She's not been in the lab much so, she's had a harder time coming up with photos.  But this week she was able to find a nice shot in the kitchen (her home "lab"). 

Grad Girl: Spicey Bottles

These kitchen spices are about the only "chemicals" she's handled since January.  She did a great job of getting a good angle that cuts out most of the kitchen.  It could be a photo in a cookbook don't you think?  On the page with a listing of all the things you should have in your pantry to make most of the recipes in the book.  

That's the photos for the last challenge.  Very different approaches to a pretty common subject.  I drew the next challenge card. 

My photo definitely won't be a selfie of myself, I'm the exact opposite of graceful.  I have some ideas, which is always dangerous.