Wildlife - a definition we can live with?

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01/18/2006 12:45:29 AM · #1

Not domesticated.
Not in a zoo....unless you consider that "living in a natural environment. "
I'm good....except it's about 32F out and the wildlife is, well, hiding.

Edit to add qualifier to zoo comment b/c the discussion in this thread

Message edited by author 2006-01-18 10:10:27.

zxaar

01/18/2006 12:46:44 AM · #2

if my wife wanted to participate ..she can always shoot me. I fit the bill perfectly.

Bear_Music

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01/18/2006 12:48:36 AM · #3

It DOES seem a little odd from a timing POV, at least for those of us in the Northern hemisphere above the tropical latitudes. And how the heck is this gonna be policed? No way it can be.... I see a lot of heated words passing back and forth on this one :-)

I think I'll stick to "tribute", unless I happen upon a lucky birdshot, which is the only wildlife I have access to here.

R.

01/18/2006 12:49:08 AM · #4

Originally posted by zxaar:

if my wife wanted to participate ..she can always shoot me. I fit the bill perfectly.

Is it hunting season in your part of the world?

zxaar

01/18/2006 12:49:33 AM · #5

i already have a tribute idea in my mind, hope i can shoot that. Today i will find out.

zxaar

01/18/2006 12:50:04 AM · #6

if i am alive, then its not.

Originally posted by KaDi:

Originally posted by zxaar:
if my wife wanted to participate ..she can always shoot me. I fit the bill perfectly.

Is it hunting season in your part of the world?

01/18/2006 12:51:32 AM · #7

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

I think I'll stick to "tribute", unless I happen upon a lucky birdshot, which is the only wildlife I have access to here.

FOWL! I cry, "fowl!"
(Dammit, you've got birds!)

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01/18/2006 01:02:49 AM · #8

Well I don't know where you are from, but most everything still eats during the winter. They are lots of times more visible during the winter because food is scarce and they have to spend more time out looking for it. Get some long-johns, good gloves and a heavy coat, find a nice tree and park yourself there awhile. I'm sure you'll see something.

ShutterPug

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01/18/2006 01:05:45 AM · #9

Moose and bears are hiding......deer have moved south of me.....only the chickadees, blue jays, and gray jays have been around lately. Oh - and the chipmunk up in my attic

01/18/2006 01:09:04 AM · #10

Originally posted by ShutterPug:

...Oh - and the chipmunk up in my attic

Sorry. Domesticated, that one is! ;-)

...and, to dsmeth, I have no problem putting on long johns and traipsing out to the local forest, but the only "wildlife" I'm likely to find are stubborn Canada Geese, flighty song birds that over winter and the occasional college student.
=p

01/18/2006 01:12:36 AM · #11

College students are wildlife!! No wait that the life style they live isn't it. Where do you live KaDi? There has to be something there.

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01/18/2006 01:14:54 AM · #12

Originally posted by dsmeth:

College students are wildlife!! No wait that the life style they live isn't it. Where do you live KaDi? There has to be something there.

We have suburban deer...sometimes. Squirrels, often, but not as cute as the black ones in Canada. Hmmm...do beavers come out in daylight in the winter? Nope. Mostly non-mammalian, non-reptilian, avian-type wildlife around here.....

MadMan2k

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01/18/2006 01:24:30 AM · #13

Maybe I can find a jackrabbit somewhere out here.. or if I'm really lucky, the one buffalo that wanders around here.

jbsmithana

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01/18/2006 01:40:09 AM · #14

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

.... I see a lot of heated words passing back and forth on this one :-)R.

Yup - just like last time, the zoo vs. natural environment arguement. With most zoos replicating natural environments now-a-days there will be shots that are impossible to tell. I'm lucky enough to have some wildlife around most of the year but the catch will be getting out, weather permitting.

Good luck all.

rachelellen

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01/18/2006 01:54:14 AM · #15

Bummer about the 'natural environment', because I'm going to the zoo on Tuesday. I think I'll do Tribute -- hanging around in the freezing air with kids, waiting for wildlife to traipse by, is not a great idea; we've got deer that are easy pickings, but I think probably 50% of the challenge will be deer. And another 30% will be birds.

Brent_Ward

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01/18/2006 02:45:28 AM · #16

Originally posted by rachelellen:

I don't see where it say it can't be a zoo. It just says it can't be domesticated animals. Now where does it say it has to be photographed in the wild. Natural environment means the back drop can't be your living room.

Message edited by author 2006-01-18 02:49:26.

01/18/2006 02:49:41 AM · #17

Right you are Brent. And zoo animals live in a replication of their natural environment. I'm thinking most animals at the zoo aren't considered domesticated just because they are held captive.

TooCool

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01/18/2006 02:56:20 AM · #18

I propose an end to this discussion and that the photographers get to use their discretion...

Message edited by author 2006-01-18 02:59:32.

Brent_Ward

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01/18/2006 02:56:59 AM · #19

Originally posted by dsmeth:

Right you are Brent. And zoo animals live in a replication of their natural environment. I'm thinking most animals at the zoo aren't considered domesticated just because they are held captive.

I'm not going to jump into the lion exhibit to test teh domestication theory out. I'll assume they aren't big house cats. ;o)