For the last month or so, checking the topic for the next day has been my bedtime routine. If I forget, my husband reminds me. If I’m tired, I do it on my iPhone from bed- checking the photo of one of my Flickr contacts in the group (being in Australia or somewhere far away, she’s often first to post). That’s what I did last night. Her photo was called Time, and it was a lovely textured image of a clock.
I planned to go downtown to shoot one of the clocks down there. I ended up doing laundry and watching videos on using my new flash, and I realized that the time had past to get good light downtown. While practicing with my speedlight, I took some photos of my grandfather clock. These are the kind of shots where I raise the ISO or use a tripod and long exposure- but today I used flash bounced on the white shutters. It was like I was cheating- it was so easy!
However, I felt like a dork when I uploaded it to Flickr and realized that the topic was Money can’t buy– and my Flickr friend had creatively interpreted it to be Time.
Oh.
But I like the picture, and it will be my photo of the day. If I think of something else for the topic, I’ll take another photo!
Only 3 more days. . .
f/2, 1/80, ISO 200, 35mm, with flash
melinda anderson photography 
You did a fantastic job using the flash. Glad you posted this shot here.
Beautiful bokeh; gorgeous photo; effective use of flash– it’s not at all obvious. Nice job. And remember, Melinda, it’s YOUR blog and you can post whatever topic you want to your own blog. As far as missing the challenge topic, you didn’t really because it iS a clock after all and money CAN’T buy time, so there you have it. BTW, what I do when I’ve misinterpreted the topic is admit it and post it anyway.