The second December challenge features Household items in use. Objects used in daily life – from vacuum cleaners down to toothbrushes and coat hooks – are shown while they are used.
The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout December–JanuaryUTC.
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Korkenzieher
Weinkühler
Teig kneten mit der Küchenmaschine
Spinner and weaver of silk, working under a house in Northern Laos
Router in Use
Apfelspalten will baked
Peeling of an apple
Cabinet dryer, 1950s
A microwave oven is used as a letter box
Keyboard in use
Comb in use
Ceramic water filter pouring water in glass
A clothes peg closing a bag does not avoid rodents to open it
Opening a domestic trash bin
Bain-Marie with Pork heads
Hot electric stove
Shoveling snow
Cookie cutter in use
Teapot & teapot warmer
Frying a carnival doughnut in a pan.
Sandwichera.
Cafetera haciendo café.
Calentando leche en el microondas.
Cafetera.
Batidora de cerca.
Exprimiendo mandarinas.
Fan in use (shoot at low speed)
Electric Shower in use
Killing hen for lunch
Karottenspitzer
Using an old ashtray
A roast pork needs a sharp knife
Burn it, Baby!
Celebrating New Year's Eve with a glass of Champagne
Weighting with bathroom scale
Cracking hazelnuts
Toothbrush in action on some teeth with Bracket
Household items in different use
Kaasschaaf, Cheese slicer
Enjoy with black tea after dining
Using cat comb
Using hair brush
Ice scraper in use
Notenkraker, Nutcracker and walnuts
Slicing roast beef with a n° 12 Opinel.
Corkscrew's POOP while opening a white wine bottle.
Dinner on the plate--pork chops and rice with a sauce of wild mushrooms, with broccoli on the side.
mending hole with darning mushroom, needle and thread
removing teanet from teapot
teakettle pouring water onto tealeaves into teapot
teakettle on stove, whistling with steam next to teapot
Shining desk lamp
Producing "Nockerl", a sort of Pasta for a dish which is common in the region called "Pinzgau", Salzburg (state), Austria
Clean up
Pork chops simmering in chanterelle sauce with green onions and herbs. A pot of rice waits on the side.
Repas paysan sur l'ile de Khône Province_de_Champassak Laos
Coconut berry delight
A rubber spatula and metal mixing bowl used in making a batch of truffles
Weighing out sugar for a cake
New Year's Eve celebration equipment1
New Year's Eve celebration equipment2
Tableware
Wall drilling
Spoon in use
Teeth brushing
Épluchage des légumes à Champassak (Laos)
morgentoilette
Electric water boiler
Espresso machine
Filling a pan with water
Использование зубной щетки.
Atelier de couture à Ghat Darwaza, Jaipur Rajasthan Inde.
Kneading in a machine.
An apple a day...
Retour de rando... la "Bière des Trois Monts"
vor der eigenen Tür kehren
Women in Jaisalmer carrying dishes for a marriage
"Pinzgauer Kasnocken", a traditional dish of Salzburg (state), served in an iron cooking pan.
Fumeur de pipe au village de Model healthy dans la province de Salavan (Laos)
Ingwertee
Decorating bread dough in a wooden basket by making patterns with kitchen utensils and putting on seeds before baking it to bread
Early in the morning
Fall tomatoes, plums, and apples combine with plenty of sugar, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and pectin to form a surprisingly delicious sauce. Canned it looks fabulous in gift baskets of mixed home canned goodies. Excellent over vanilla ice cream or pancakes.
A humble and old coffee maker in action, filtering coffee for a breakfast.
sewing machine's presser foot before a lockstitch operation
Coup de balai dans la cour de la Cité interdite, à Pékin (Chine)
Knife & fork in a 1.400gr beef rib roasted on vine embers in the chimney.
Pounding in Model healthy village, Salavan Province Laos.
Ouvre bouteille (macrophotographie N&B) à votre santé!...