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Challenge: Puzzle Macro (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Pentax
Location: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Date: Jun 15, 2007
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/350sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 17, 2007

Actually, this is the head of a turkey, trying to show off for the ladies. They change color when strutting their stuff.

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 300
Avg (all users): 6.1211
Avg (commenters): 6.4032
Avg (participants): 5.8851
Avg (non-participants): 6.3204
Views since voting: 2011
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 190
Comments: 73
Favorites: 1 (view)


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04/16/2011 05:23:09 PM
bet this bird looks a whole lot more attractive close-up than further away .. !! .. great shot julie ..:)
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11/07/2007 07:06:20 PM
wow.excellent colours & detail.
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06/28/2007 04:05:21 PM
GREAT choice for the challenge and very well done! Looks like some sort of alien desert landscape. Great colors, excellent composition, and 'grats on a new top 5!
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06/27/2007 06:17:01 PM
WOW! This looks like it belongs in the science fiction challenge. Great shot!
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06/27/2007 01:11:16 AM
So that's what it was :) I was close ....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2007 11:33:46 PM
Rooster?
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06/26/2007 10:56:44 PM
duck?
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06/26/2007 10:36:33 PM
Some sort of fungus?
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06/26/2007 10:32:20 PM
yick. but i kinda like it. best guess is some animal eye.
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06/26/2007 09:51:55 PM
That just looks gross...in a strange fascinating sorta way...
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06/26/2007 09:50:55 PM
this is good.. I'm gonna go with that insanely ugly bird.. not sure what the name of it is, but it's so ugly, it's shocking.. You know which one I'm talking about.. :-) 10
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06/26/2007 12:41:39 PM
Is this a turkey? or a bird of some sort?
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06/26/2007 12:38:18 PM
Part of a turkey?
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06/26/2007 12:28:31 PM
Some kind of reptile..?
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06/26/2007 11:55:16 AM
bird head? whatever it is it looks cool!
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06/26/2007 08:08:21 AM
turkey?
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06/25/2007 11:45:55 PM
It's a turkey head, is my best guess!
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06/25/2007 08:35:15 PM
Skin of some kind of bird? Looks like it has feathers and little hairs growing on it.. whatever it is, it's colorful!
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06/25/2007 07:50:59 PM
anemone?
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06/25/2007 12:55:10 AM
Turkey? Not the most pleasant thought but still an 8.
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06/24/2007 11:39:03 PM
A bird? Great composition, focus and choice of subject! Nice colors!
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06/24/2007 06:23:52 PM
Looks like a bad disease - but I guess is that it's a turkey...
Nice colors :)
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06/23/2007 08:49:26 PM
Turkey crown or neck?
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06/23/2007 01:29:35 PM
A turkey?
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06/23/2007 12:51:06 PM
Turkey neck or head. I know it is from a turkey. Boy they are even uglier close up! Nice work! Good luck.
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06/23/2007 11:37:06 AM
Head of a turkey, with it's eye closed
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06/23/2007 08:51:35 AM
Duck head.
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06/23/2007 08:22:08 AM
rooster/guinea fowl head
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06/23/2007 12:45:37 AM
Why are Turkeys so gross, up close? I hope this is a turkey
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06/23/2007 12:38:15 AM
is this the side of a chicken's head? gross.
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06/22/2007 04:43:29 PM
turkeys head!
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06/22/2007 01:33:51 PM
Is it a turkey?
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06/22/2007 12:47:34 PM
Vulture head
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06/22/2007 12:37:05 PM
turkey?
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06/22/2007 11:54:37 AM
A turkey
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06/22/2007 10:09:57 AM
I really like the colors in this. have no idea what it is though
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06/22/2007 07:25:26 AM
i don't know but it's gross. great shot though. nicely done meeting challenge in all ways.
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06/21/2007 10:31:08 PM
An odd sea creature generally found at an Aquarium?
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06/21/2007 08:17:30 PM
Kind of looks like chicken skin but I'm not sure with the hair on it. Very colorful.
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06/21/2007 07:53:31 PM
Turkey :)
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06/21/2007 05:26:22 PM
BIRD
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06/21/2007 03:38:00 PM
Baby Love Bird????? I see tiny, little feathers growing. Is it a chicken? Some type of baby bird would be my guess!! I'm going with Chicken.

Cool image!
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06/21/2007 03:16:09 PM
Oh gosh this is creepy! LOL That looks like hair and skin and feathers.....is this a turkey, duck (more specifically a Muscovy Duck) or goose? Definitely a good photo for this challenge. Colours are good.
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06/21/2007 01:48:38 PM
multi-colored cactus
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06/21/2007 01:46:51 PM
Turkey? or something else ugly. Interesting photo though.
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06/21/2007 11:04:08 AM
looks like the skin of a bird... ear of a turkey?
hmmm...
but realy nice pic
10.
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06/21/2007 08:48:01 AM
This is not a 'Turkey' of a shot!
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06/21/2007 07:11:45 AM
whatever it is its nasty
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06/21/2007 06:18:01 AM
Some part of a bird?:)
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06/21/2007 06:12:21 AM
turkey?
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06/21/2007 05:54:37 AM
Those yucky looking folds of skin on a duck's head? Whatever it is it looks gross!
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06/21/2007 05:14:27 AM
Looks like a close up of a turkey or some other type of bird. Looks really gross (in a good way). Good colours and interesting textures.
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06/21/2007 04:47:58 AM
the inside of your nose when you stick the lens in one nostril and a neon light stick in the other.??
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06/21/2007 02:34:09 AM
Turkey head?
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06/21/2007 02:29:37 AM
A turkey
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06/21/2007 02:14:14 AM
Beautiful coloring. It looks like something you'd see on a coral reef, but I doubt it.
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06/21/2007 12:41:56 AM
let me guess, turkey
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06/20/2007 11:39:36 PM
The brains of a dead flamingo? Cool colours! ~8
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06/20/2007 11:27:33 PM
I do believe it is alive! It is cool and creepy at the same time. Oh, maybe it is chicken or duck skin. I can't wait to read more about this one! I keep looking and thinking...what the heck IS this? Cool shot.
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06/20/2007 10:38:25 PM
Cool Turkey LOL. The coloring is indeed intriguing.
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06/20/2007 10:36:13 PM
bird skin? a turkey vulture?
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06/20/2007 10:14:00 PM
turkey?
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06/20/2007 08:28:14 PM
a turkey?
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06/20/2007 06:52:42 PM
looks like a rug of some sort!
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06/20/2007 05:33:05 PM
a turkey?
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06/20/2007 05:32:17 PM
Turkey's neck or @rs3
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06/20/2007 04:33:39 PM
turkey
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06/20/2007 01:09:04 PM
turkey head :)i think...
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06/20/2007 01:02:19 PM
my first thought, it looks like a brain...hehee. great colors and lighting, almost creepy capture.
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06/20/2007 12:18:05 PM
The orange fluff looks like feathers, but those black hairs are confusing. Part of a bird? Pretty colors!
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06/20/2007 01:32:44 AM
I'm guessing a turkey's red thing or maybe a defeathered chicken.
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06/20/2007 01:22:46 AM
turkey
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06/20/2007 12:07:44 AM
Turkey? Nicely done, great colors!
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