Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #447: Take a photograph of something you've never taken before

For me this was probably the most difficult TSC challenge ever! I first just thought to go a location where I have not been before, but then my perfectionism stepped in.

I also had an idea to shoot a bowling ball. I even found one in the same second hand shop where I found these items in the picture. But I really could not be a 100% sure I have not already photographed a bowling ball(s) back in 1980s.

Another idea was to take a macro shot of a black pepper corn, but I have probably photographed that as well.

Besides, I had the following personal restrictions:

I was not happy with taking a shot of some general category like flowers, domestic animal, sports equipment, household tools, books, etc. By picking just some sports equipment like a bowling ball, it still would not have been unique enough for me. I have photographed a great deal of sports equipment already. In the similar way a new place like a street where I had not been before would still be just a street. Or black pepper is just a spice, which category I have also covered pretty well.

What comes to what I have been photographed, the list would be endless. I have photographed trash, trash cans inside out, cars, traffic signs, lamp posts, poo, insects, bones and skulls, money, office supplies, all sorts of kitchenware, electronics inside out, sticks and stones, various kind of flora and fauna, prints, vehicles of all sort, various buildings etc.

Since mobile phone photography became possible, I also have started to take shots of things to remember. Something like pictures of items I consider or need to buy: hygiene products for me or to my wife, food products, cleaning products, tape rolls, makeup, clothes and so on.

One possibility would have been to go inside some building or machine which I do not have or had access ever, like inside a locomotive or hydroelectric power plant. Then pick a part of a machine, which I very likely had never been able to see with my eyes. But then there was the problem of not being able to gain access into such place within a week.

Well, napkin rings are also just rings or cutlery, but in my mind they are so specific and unusual items made for one purpose only, that I could be at least 99% sure I have had never photographed any such things before. They are not used in any weddings and parties where I recall attending to, nor being used in any restaurants for decades. Besides it even took a moment for me to figure out what these rings are for.

And yes, also rings for different uses than in the picture has been covered: curtain rings, jewelry, toys, hula-hoop, bicycle tires etc.