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Challenge: Acronyms II (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX540 HS
Location: Carmine, Texas (USA)
Date: Jan 17, 2026
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/160
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2026

 This was a tricky challenge, and I'm really unsure whether I'm actually getting the theme right with this image or not. But this water spigot at our store has a slow-drip leak, and all the sparrows know it. It's so adorable the way they perch on top and bend over to drink from it. When I shot this, I had in mind "Bring your own beak" as a play on the acronym for "Bring your own beverage." "Bring your own bird" would work, too, I suppose.

At any rate, I love the silhouette on its own. :-)


*** After results ***

Great comments, everyone! This is the sort of moment that ALMOST makes me want to get into short-form video.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 20
Avg (all users): 6.7037
Avg (participants): 6.3077
Avg (non-participants): 7.0714
Views since voting: 157
Views during voting: 60
Votes: 27
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 01/31/2026 11:11:10 PM
Congratulations, This was a top pick for me. 10 A beautiful silhouette I love that the bird is upside down for a drink.
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 01/30/2026 07:34:03 PM
What a terrific capture! I would have given my beak to have been able to take it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/30/2026 04:14:43 PM
This is outstanding! Knew it would do well. Congrats!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/30/2026 08:49:00 AM
oh wow took me a minute to figure out what this was, and it was a great way to spend a minute.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/30/2026 03:20:51 AM
this is such a great photo! Love the processing with the vignette - gives a mysterious vibe.
The silhouette is really wonderful - I don't think I'd have had the idea to take a photo in that situation.
I didn't know the abbreviation BYOB (you know: language issues) but I was confident that it was fitting when voting

  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/30/2026 12:56:40 AM
Congrats! Great shot & thank you for looking out for the Sparrows.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/30/2026 12:35:50 AM
DFTSWI works.

(Drink From The Spigot While Inverted - pretty common expression, I would imagine. Nobody else would, but I would.)

Congrats!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/30/2026 12:23:15 AM
one super silhouette. I vote for Bring Your Own Bird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/29/2026 10:21:37 PM
Bring Your Own Bottle
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/29/2026 03:40:34 PM
This has me stumped. 1. It's a color photo but it's mostly black and white.
2. The bird is upside down. 3. BYOB is generally Bring Your Own followed by Bottle, Beer, Booze.. and there's none of that here. It's definitely not Bring you own Bird because that doesn't make sense.
SO........... Bring Your Own Beak? Hahahaha.
All good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2026 10:08:34 PM
10 - I do declare, THIS is a proper photograph
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/27/2026 03:47:56 PM
lol
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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