Close to Home: Weekly Photography Challenge
This week your challenge is to take and share an image on the theme of ‘close to home’.
This bounces off our post earlier today – 5 Photo Ideas for Shooting Close to Home – but you could also interpret it any way that you want and do something a little more abstract on the theme of Home.
Once you’ve taken your “Close to Home” image, upload it to your favourite photo sharing site and either share a link to it below or embed it in the comments using the our new tool to do so. Please note it sometimes takes us a while to approve comments with images as there’s a moderation queue – particularly over the weekend.
If you tag your photo on Flickr, Twitter or other sites with Tagging tag it as #DPSPHOME to help others find it. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.
PS: don’t forget to check out some of the great photos shared last week in the PHOTO WALK challenge.




154 Responses to “Close to Home: Weekly Photography Challenge” - Add Yours
July 31st, 2010 at 5:51 am
Fahrenheit 452
July 31st, 2010 at 6:38 am
Just some random tree branch (no creativity today)
July 31st, 2010 at 6:45 am
July 31st, 2010 at 7:01 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irenaphotos/4844168043/
July 31st, 2010 at 7:36 am
2.The garden :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acidopuro/4838379617/
July 31st, 2010 at 7:39 am
July 31st, 2010 at 7:40 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulsail/4764599427/
July 31st, 2010 at 8:06 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jarretc/4844906010/
July 31st, 2010 at 9:29 am
I bought a Fuji Finepix F100 just so I could take ‘guerrilla’ photos for an online workshop last year. It’s a great little pocket camera, and I used it for this image.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/4844467401_7c293e2277_m.jpg
July 31st, 2010 at 10:03 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinjuhlphotography/
July 31st, 2010 at 10:45 am
July 31st, 2010 at 10:46 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giovannigori/4317047189/
July 31st, 2010 at 10:51 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giovannigori/4317047189/
July 31st, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Of course, the week I go on vacation… I guess I will try to make my vacation home feel like home.
July 31st, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I live in a small town on a big hill, and every walk around town gives me a new perspective.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lendog64/4351753960/
July 31st, 2010 at 4:44 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/byenseven/4747327479/
heres mine! hope you like it
July 31st, 2010 at 4:46 pm
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=153944&l=6e2ef0ab5d&id=100000828289839
July 31st, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Just behind my house, I found a nice fresh cut barley field.
http://edmund22.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2u6ncc
July 31st, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Took a picture of my balcony, with long exposures in the evening:
Quiet evening traffic
July 31st, 2010 at 5:20 pm
In front of my house….just a waste lock but worth a photo I believe
July 31st, 2010 at 5:22 pm
In front of my house….just a waste lock but worth a photo I believe

July 31st, 2010 at 5:40 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulsail/4745352349/
July 31st, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Taken from my balcony, couldn’t get much closer to home:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/halyard/4842627023/
July 31st, 2010 at 8:12 pm
There are lots of luxury cars in Singapore, which is where I live. So… Here’s my shot of an Audi R8:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/miltonforce/4842964930/
July 31st, 2010 at 8:36 pm
My first upload to a challange. Taken in the field next to where I work. The tractor is there everyday and I never really took notice to it until yesterday.
July 31st, 2010 at 9:39 pm
A father and his three sons who respectively live in different countries. A reunion is the closest thing to home for each one of them.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_QdO70VS0Qak/TFQJ-AYD4NI/AAAAAAAAG2c/WaLCVALfewc/s720/Zee%20%2839%20of%2048%29.jpg
July 31st, 2010 at 9:47 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lemonboyz/4721182847/
July 31st, 2010 at 10:18 pm
A few pics in our backyard.
July 31st, 2010 at 11:21 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48744757@N04/4846347260/
August 1st, 2010 at 12:07 am
strawberrys in my garden
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edspix2010/4838469133/
August 1st, 2010 at 12:19 am
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/photo.php?pid=4712193&id=751323206&ref=album
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/photo.php?pid=4898567&id=751323206&ref=album
August 1st, 2010 at 12:19 am
tractor parked in field at work…..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamper712/4846136736/
August 1st, 2010 at 12:33 am
Close to home…not sure what dates apply to this challenge as there is no date mentioned in the challenge…so just gonna put it in and see what happens!!!
August 1st, 2010 at 1:10 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edspix2010/4841558338/
the fog here on the oregon coast creates a very fine mist and the plants collect millions of these drops, hanging everywhere reflecting light- i shot this all all of my macros free hand, no tripod on my front porch having coffee one morning
August 1st, 2010 at 1:21 am
Playing with cups…
http://www.mcdanielpictures.com/2010/07/photo-of-day-lets-play-with-cups.html
August 1st, 2010 at 1:35 am
This is a re-do; a friend pointed out that I cropped the handle in my first shot. I’m also trying to embed an image this time.

August 1st, 2010 at 1:44 am
Front porch in the afternoon.
August 1st, 2010 at 1:49 am
This morning the light was just right in our little pond. And the pond lily was enjoying it too.
August 1st, 2010 at 1:50 am
This morning the light was just right in our little pond. And the pond lily was enjoying it too.
Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/close-to-home-weekly-photography-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-123758#ixzz0vH9TABQe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darango/4846097433/
August 1st, 2010 at 2:02 am
A sunrise from the balcony of my house.
August 1st, 2010 at 2:04 am
A sunrise from the balcony of my house.
August 1st, 2010 at 2:04 am
Just took this with my phone (Palm Pre 3.2MP) while walking to the store and then came back and saw this post.
Taken on the 2300 block of Poplar St in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia
August 1st, 2010 at 2:09 am
Second try of a man grinding spices in the market
August 1st, 2010 at 2:13 am
Last try…
De Diversas
August 1st, 2010 at 2:23 am
De Diversas
August 1st, 2010 at 3:02 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstirling/4846205053
Just in front of my house.
August 1st, 2010 at 4:06 am
I chased it to the garden
August 1st, 2010 at 4:07 am
My dad’s wine cork collection
August 1st, 2010 at 4:32 am
The Woodlands Waterfront, Singapore, is just a 10 minute walk away from our place and it offers a refreshing view of not just the Straits of Johor but Johor, Malaysia, itself.
August 1st, 2010 at 4:53 am
A summer resident in the tomato plants.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4847179822_7c0251a33c_m.jpg
August 1st, 2010 at 5:10 am
Passion fruit flower in a park near by.
August 1st, 2010 at 6:01 am
This Kloster is just a block away, I can’t resist taking a photo of it every time I walk by it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lendog64/4351769462/
August 1st, 2010 at 9:15 am
Too hot to spend much time outside, so I stayed inside:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QeY7B0wlyYaIOM9Zy1TeXQ?feat=directlink
August 1st, 2010 at 9:44 am
Rain drain in the parking lot of my Apartment complex.
August 1st, 2010 at 9:44 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jus10helmick/4694700823/in/set-72157624059298739/
August 1st, 2010 at 11:59 am
Today was a mix of storm and shine. I got lucky looking out my window at the right time to see this rainbow.
The image is 3 pictures stitched together and touched up a little bit to remove the power lines. (Obviously shrunk to be more web-friendly).
Readyville Rainbow
August 1st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Here is a great HDR shot I took Close To Home. It is a shot from under the pier at Daytona Beach. I love it here because I have so many photo ops Close To Home
Hope you like it

August 1st, 2010 at 12:12 pm
I’m substituting an ‘improved’ version of my first post of ‘around the house.’
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26473210@N04/4846057503/
August 1st, 2010 at 12:34 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sugoisugoi/4845212430/
August 1st, 2010 at 1:17 pm
The fencing protects us from errant golf balls.
August 1st, 2010 at 1:40 pm
At the lake by my house
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8418387@N05/4847764903/
August 1st, 2010 at 7:17 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hopelesslyromantic/4848362567/
August 1st, 2010 at 7:49 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/reck1983/4230234082/in/photostream/lightbox/
There is a horse next door… which is’nt common here in Los Angeles
August 1st, 2010 at 11:14 pm
I took this picture at Rattray Head, Scotland. It was really close to “home” (as in the bed and breakfast where we stayed).
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30693782&id=1430941541&ref=album
August 1st, 2010 at 11:20 pm
And another one, just outside the B&B
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30693852&id=1430941541&ref=album
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:26 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teehawkes/sets/72157624630414384/
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:42 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52594160@N07/4850399736/
Palm Trees Outside my balcony
August 2nd, 2010 at 6:16 am
I have lived in NYC my whole life and I never get bored of seeing it’s beauty.
August 2nd, 2010 at 6:38 am
http://throughmylens.aminus3.com/image/2010-08-01.html
August 2nd, 2010 at 8:06 am
I went for a walk through a cemetery near home this morning/lunch time. I was expecting to take lots of pictures of grave stones and monuments, however this beautiful cat grabbed my attention and I couldn’t stop taking pictures. He was just resting on a grave stone and didn’t seem to be bothered by me one bit. He kept falling asleep so I had to keep shuffling stones to alert him again. Once I got a few pictures I left him in peace.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
I took a more metaphorical interpretation…
http://jpgmag.com/photos/2595364
August 2nd, 2010 at 5:43 pm
http://beingshortandfat.blogspot.com/2010/08/photography-challenge.html
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:07 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuwbie/4848767325/
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:05 pm
One of my very first SLR pictures

August 2nd, 2010 at 11:19 pm
August 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 am
http://kashyap-photography.blogspot.com/search/label/Abstract
http://kashyap-photography.blogspot.com/search/label/urban%20wild
Home work… ^_^
August 3rd, 2010 at 3:22 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dame-1/4846478332/
August 3rd, 2010 at 5:57 am
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:00 am
Just in case the embedding didn’t work…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hlcombs314/4854519396/
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:03 am
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4853970453_50afc603b9_z.jpg
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:04 am
link to flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/themainingredigent/4853970453/
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:07 am
The wind chime..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10826895@N02/4854789938/in/photostream
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
I took this challenge a bit differently. I was at my Alma Mater this weekend and it is just like home. So, “close to home” to me, means my second home, Ohio University and more specifically, college green.
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:26 am
I took this challenge a bit differently. I was at my Alma Mater this weekend and it is just like home. So, “close to home” to me, means my second home, Ohio University and more specifically, college green.
August 3rd, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Hotel Indonesia roundabout, Jakarta.
August 3rd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Near to home!
August 3rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jjxzPyZ-Ua_8Ctahol-MSw?feat=directlink
August 4th, 2010 at 1:20 am
This was taken 20 feet from my front door.
August 4th, 2010 at 2:54 am
Check out the description,without it the photo will have no meaning
August 4th, 2010 at 6:23 am
getting closer to home

August 4th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
August 4th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
August 4th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
August 4th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
a melancholic time
August 5th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Our wedding rings… I was at a loss for ideas :S

August 5th, 2010 at 5:00 am
This was taken at Heratige park about 30 min form my house. My boyfriend was teaching me how to create depth. I htink i may have gotten it with this picture
August 5th, 2010 at 5:52 am
August 5th, 2010 at 5:56 am
August 5th, 2010 at 6:03 am
August 5th, 2010 at 6:31 am
August 5th, 2010 at 9:51 am
August 5th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I went for a walk through a cemetery near home on Sunday morning. I was expecting to take lots of pictures of grave stones and monuments, however this beautiful cat grabbed my attention and I couldn’t stop taking pictures. He was just resting on a grave stone and didn’t seem to be bothered by me one bit. He kept falling asleep so I had to keep shuffling stones to alert him again. Once I got a few pictures I left him in peace. I’m not really a cat person but this one is making me rethink.
August 6th, 2010 at 2:45 am
August 6th, 2010 at 2:46 am
I took this picture yesterday just outside the door of my uncle’s farm in Kentucky. /Users/valeriegraham/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Modified/2010/4-Aug-10_2/IMG_5387.jpg
August 6th, 2010 at 3:02 am
Taken in my barkyard
August 6th, 2010 at 3:20 am
Garden in front of my house
From Nature
Garden in front of my house
From Nature
Tree in front of my in-laws’ house.
From Nature
August 6th, 2010 at 3:27 am
Basilia´s Cathedral, close to home.
August 6th, 2010 at 4:21 am
Close to my house a yellow sea!

Little ladybug in found in my garden

August 6th, 2010 at 4:32 am
It doesn’t appear to have worked before. This is a baby robin in a tree just outside my Uncle’s house in Kentucky.
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August 6th, 2010 at 4:38 am
August 6th, 2010 at 5:04 am
I took both these photos after a photowalk on July, 9 when I was arriving home…. thanks for viewing….
August 6th, 2010 at 5:46 am
August 6th, 2010 at 5:49 am
I went out and took these this evening.
The rest of the set can be seen here; http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcjjap/sets/72157624661070960/
August 6th, 2010 at 5:52 am
[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4864137192_1d47944599.jpg[/img
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More here; http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcjjap/sets/72157624661070960/
(sorry for the double attempt)
August 6th, 2010 at 5:56 am
I’ve tried to submit these three times now ~ third time lucky!!
Taken tonight.
August 6th, 2010 at 7:08 am
Sunset from my window
August 6th, 2010 at 8:36 am
August 6th, 2010 at 8:37 am
Link: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/217/e/0/DPSPHOME_by_OmegaNakaKun.jpg
August 6th, 2010 at 8:38 am
http://omeganakakun.deviantart.com/art/DPSPHOME-174147453
August 6th, 2010 at 11:05 am
This is my new car and I took this close to home @ Bear Mountain
August 6th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Cashton, WI Amish boy and his father at produce market
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegardendeva/4847474731/sizes/m/in/photostream/
August 6th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
August 6th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I’m on my way back home..(taken from Mandala Airlines Flight from Yogyakarta to Banjarmasin)
August 7th, 2010 at 4:33 am
my keyboard
August 7th, 2010 at 6:18 am
this is very close to home as it is a hole in my basement wall!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28832602@N05/4865205396/
August 7th, 2010 at 6:35 am
This is a pic of my daughter that was taken about a block from my home http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs117.ash2/39211_1569048910250_1356293192_1501042_4681022_n.jpg
August 7th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
So, perhaps the third time is a charm. My profound apologies for any multiple posts, but I cannot get the image into the comments.
My take on the “close to home” assignment is a bit abstract: Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz as she leaves Kansas, all grown up. In her case, Kansas became TOO close to home.
August 7th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4851509921_98f9deb470_m.jpg
This is my daughter’s portrait converted into two colors using gimp.
therefore it is very close to home!
August 8th, 2010 at 6:22 am
DPSPHOME
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kriss_60/4869719056
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kriss_60/4869788166
August 8th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Canon PowerShot A630
Exp. 1/500
f/4.0
0 EV
Flash Off
ISO 75
Taken: 04 August 2010
Close To Home
August 8th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Close to Home
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tincangypzee/4860741321/
August 8th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Close to home
This farm belongs to the open air museum in Reykjavik
August 8th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
This is a non-stinging white headed bumblebee that is covered with pollen. He has been all over this potted plant that sits on my patio. If he doesn’t quit feeding soon, he may have to join Jenny Craig.
August 8th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
August 9th, 2010 at 3:40 am
One more time. Arggh.
Dorothy close to home as she leaves Kansas, all grown up.
August 9th, 2010 at 6:42 am
Some lightness on the backyard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acidopuro/4868140867/
August 9th, 2010 at 6:49 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52387543@N08/4872975962/img
August 9th, 2010 at 8:08 am
My photo did not show up last time. Lets give it another try
This old farmhouse is part of the Open air museum in Reykjavik, Iceland
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sprettfiskur/4869902969/
August 9th, 2010 at 9:38 am
I know this is kind of late… but I figure I’d give it a shot.
August 9th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Not having much luck with the posting here. I’ll try again.
My take on the “close to home” assignment is a bit abstract: Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz as she leaves Kansas, all grown up. In her case, Kansas became TOO close to home.
August 9th, 2010 at 11:00 am
After a fun afternoon of tubing down the river…
August 9th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Trying again….
August 9th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
August 9th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
August 9th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
A hayfield just a 5 minute drive from home
August 9th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Old school farming in Mennonite country of South Western Ontario, Canada. 10 minute drive from home.

http://fatdr.smugmug.com/Places/Ontario/Rural-Ontario/empty/852818074_vUwn5-M-2.jpg
August 9th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
August 9th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
A day out in Sydney…
August 10th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Just around the corner.
August 10th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Not sure why it didn’t show up last time…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/azurecrescent/4873147437
August 10th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
August 10th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
The view from a play park a 15 minute walk from my home.

August 10th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
August 15th, 2010 at 7:16 am
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