Do you take a lot of odd pictures when you travel?

One of my rock pictures - This was taken in Virginia on the way to Ohio.
@Erilyn (3020)
United States
October 19, 2010 9:24pm CST
On our way to Ohio I of course decided to get out the camera. I took a lot of pictures of trees, rocks, road signs, menus, just anything that caught my eye. My mother thought it was odd that I took so many pictures of things like that. She said only you would take pictures of things like rocks. I disagree, I think I cant be the only one in the world that takes pictures of odd things that i like the look of. What about you, do you take pictures of things that other people might find odd?
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@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 10
Oh, I am like you. Besides taking pictures of the scenery and objects on interest, I would take pictures of anything unusual. Even I had myself posing in an unusual way.
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@Erilyn (3020)
• United States
26 Oct 10
I hate pictures of me so almost all of my pictures are of scenery etc. or other people. I like taking picutes of animals also. I used to want to be a photographer.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 10
I like to take picture of myself, but usually without face. either from behind, from the side or I cover my face with leaves, hands, papers, anything.
@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
20 Oct 10
I take pictures of anything, and everything! That's the good thing about the digital age - you can be as trigger happy as you can be! In the olden days, the "film" wouldn't be allowed by my mother to be wasted on silly things.
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@Erilyn (3020)
• United States
20 Oct 10
My mother hated letting me take the "old" camera anywhere, I have always taken odd pictures lol. We would go on feild trips and instead of taking pics like everyone else I was taking the pictures of the oddest things!
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@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
20 Oct 10
toothbrush holders - aren't our toothbrush holders fun? mine is missing a paw. aww.
I don't even have to travel to shoot odd things. At home I shoot my room, my toothbrush holder , my violin. One time I took a picture of the loo. At the office, I shoot what's on my desktop window , the contents of my bag.
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
20 Oct 10
When I have a travel, usually I will take sceneary and people's pictures. Perhaps some of them seem to be odd. However, today almost everybody uses the digital camera to take photos. So it doesn't matter how many photos you will take. As long as the storage cards can store them, it is no problem at all. It won't be a waste anyway. I love China
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@Erilyn (3020)
• United States
20 Oct 10
I know its great my ditigal will hold 3000 pictures with the memory card I have in it. I take a ton of pictures whenever I can.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Oct 10
I certainly do. I used to make my ex so mad at me. I had to stop to use the bathroom and that was irritating but when I would see something(like the glass house made of bottles)and make him turn around and lose time getting from point A to point B he was one upset dude.
• Philippines
20 Oct 10
I do take odd pictures myself and had a lot of it, I love to take them myself be it common or something new to the eye I would love to grab my camera and take a shot of it. I love the picture of the rock you took, its nice also for friends to see each other's photo taken, its interesting how things like rocks or other part of nature differs from one place to another.
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@Erilyn (3020)
• United States
20 Oct 10
Thank you! my mother has never really gotten into taking pictures so i guess she doesnt understand my love of odd pictures. It is really fun when you look closer at the pictures later and find you got something small you may have missed if you hadnt taken the pic! I also like to put them into photoshop and make them different also. I havent had the chance yet to do that!
• Philippines
20 Oct 10
For me get a lot of picture when i'm traveling so that i can still remember the places that makes me happy especially the memorable places. Sometimes for me taking picture are so boring but still i always making it. :)
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
20 Oct 10
When I go off traveling to different countries I like to take lots of the photos of the scenery. I like to take photos of buildings, beaches, the countryside and the wildlife. I take a number of odd looking photos. I have travel albums of the places I have been to. Family members and friends like to look at my latest travel photo album. They would see a couple of odd looking photos.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Oct 10
I take pictures of whatever catches my eye, tree stumps, rocks, whatever. Maybe your mother's odd. lol
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
20 Oct 10
I can get really touristy when I go places. especially on road trips. I think those cool rock/boulders are really amazing! We don't have them on country roads here, but when I road tripped up to Canada, I saw the same big boulder-type rocks on each side of the row and I thought they were totally amazing and interesting. It's so funny how one person, who might live in Ohio or Canada will take these things for granted, but an outsider who hasn't been exposed to this kind of nature or scenery - like you or me, will be totally astounded by it's beauty! I love stuff like that. I am guilty also of taking a lot of those "driving pictures" - pictures that LOOKED prettier when you stared out the window than when you took a picture through a car window. It's the best part about travelling though, taking pictures, I think.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
20 Oct 10
side of the road** lol
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@sender621 (14894)
• United States
20 Oct 10
When i travel i like to take a lot of pictures. the more obscure the photograph, the more memorable it may seem to me.
@amelly (1554)
• Malaysia
20 Oct 10
my brothers like to take picture of almost anything if we go for a vacation..even pictures of the sideway,cats and others..i guess he just enjoy snapping photos with our sony cmera..well,it does look fin and he enjoyed himself doing it...although sometimes we do wonder where are our pictures...
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@amelly (1554)
• Malaysia
20 Oct 10
my brothers like to take picture of almost anything if we go for a vacation..even pictures of the sideway,cats and others..i guess he just enjoy snapping photos with our sony cmera..well,it does look fin and he enjoyed himself doing it...although sometimes we do wonder we are our pictures...
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@zenvovn (37)
• Vietnam
20 Oct 10
sometimes i also take odd pictures that other peopler find odd, some peole sneer at me, but i dont mind on it. the pics are mine, it is my private hobby, it make me comfortable and don't annoy anyone. Why i don't do it?
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• United States
20 Oct 10
I think its great that you take photos of odd things! You probably have a very good eye for great pictures. Don't let your Mom or anyone else discourage you from what interests you!
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• China
21 Oct 10
Yes, of course.I aslo like to take a lot of pictures especially some odd and strang things. After I come back,i like put these odd pictures on my bolg and share with my friends,just like "look! how strange it is! ''hahaha I also think take a lot of pictures can make our travle more nice.When you look at these picture,you can have a lot of wonderful memories. the people the things.
@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
21 Oct 10
Erilyn those are not odd pictures, you have artistic eye. perhaps not just everyone appreciate it. But sometimes it is really nice to look at things through the eyes of another person.
@scififan43 (2434)
• United States
24 Oct 10
I love to take pictures when I travel. Photography is my hobby and taking pics is like haveing plenty of soveriors. I may also chose to take pics of anything that I may find intersting. wheither it is odd or not is up to the person looking at my photos. I am sure that over my lifetime I have taken someting that was considered weird or odd by someone.
@pan_23 (420)
• Kuwait
26 Oct 10
i also will take many photos like u. when i go outside,i will take my handycam and i will take photos and videos. i like to take photos of everything i see,the natural sceneries,mountains,rocks,sea or oceans,or even old buildings,old roads,any old tourist spots etc.once i have taken photo and video ,when one building is demolishing.it came out good and my husband also encouraged in taking that photos. i feel more happy if i take more photos , any rare and odd photos which other people will not take them. i feel happy,when i take my handycam out when i travel outside places(near my places also). i sometimes takes photos of the recipes which i have made in my house.i have taken many photos of cakes and buscuits which i have made in many varieties.i also takes photos of vegetable carvings. and stored them all in my computer. i also like to take the photos of restaurent chef's and their recipes,when i travel to other places.
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
20 Oct 10
Yes I like to take a lot of odd pictures when I go for travelling anywhere because also it is my hobby to take pictures of many good places. So I always take mostly odd photographs of many places which I liked. I think it is good to take snaps of places where you go because it always memories us for our journey.
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