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Challenge: The Three Amigos (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2011 challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Date: Sep 8, 2011
Date Uploaded: Sep 8, 2011
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[Sep. 15th, 2011 11:19:50 AM]
Ok... I really liked this shot. When I was out shooting for a different challenge, I saw these three sitting there. I feel in love with the one looking down.
Later, I realized that they were supposed to be doing something worthwhile. Personally, since I love seagulls, I thought that being photogenic was worthwhile. But I figured others would disagree.
The week went on, and I had absolutely no ideas and even less time. So I decided to be silly and shoehorn in the shot.
I came up with the idea of "making guano", hoping that I'd get some silly comments from people with my sub 5 score.
Definitely got comments, but not as many about the title as I would have thought, and what the heck is it doing above 6??? There's still 13 hours left, so there's time for it to drop...
For those of you who aren't familiar with guano...
To quote wikipedia:
"The word "guano" originates from the Quichua language of the Andes and means "the droppings of sea birds". Andean peoples collected guano from the coast of Peru for use as soil enricher. The rulers of the Inca Empire assigned great value to guano, restricting access to it and punishing any disturbance to the birds with death.[2]
Guano has been harvested over several centuries along the coast of Peru, where islands and rocky shores have been sheltered from humans and predators. The Guanay Cormorant has historically been the most important producer of guano; its guano is richer in nitrogen than guano from other seabirds. Other important guano producing species off the coast of Peru are the Peruvian Pelican and the Peruvian Booby."
To gross you out -- take a peek at this photo entitled "mining guano" --
It's a photo from the 1860s.
Here's another one entitled
The great heap -- 2,000,000 tons of guano, 1865 |
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09/16/2011 12:36:10 PM |
| I would never call tis a shoe horn, they are doing what seagulls do Best!!! Loved it Wendy gal!! |
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09/16/2011 10:02:43 AM |
| It's a beautiful shot... and yeah... mining for guano is kinda gross. :D |
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09/16/2011 09:19:46 AM |
| Beautiful shot with great detail. Love the comments, too. |
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09/16/2011 08:58:30 AM |
Re: Your assumption that because you shoehorned it in with a clever title, it would not do well. I will repeat what I have said before: A visually strong or pleasing image is more important to one's score than fitting everyone's definition of the challenge. People like your bird shots, even if some may have felt it was a marginal fit. My own entry, which without doubt meets the topic description, did not come in very far above this one.
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09/16/2011 08:55:46 AM |
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09/16/2011 06:17:39 AM |
Heh. Your overall average is nearly 6.1 now!
Nice image. |
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09/16/2011 01:11:54 AM |
Man, that's a guano load of, um, guano...
Not used to seeing you on any but the front page :-) |
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09/16/2011 12:09:58 AM |
| Not shabby for something you thought would do poorly. On the other hand, 6.10 IS doing poorly, for you! |
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09/15/2011 02:34:27 PM |
| LOL! Love the tones on this. |
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09/14/2011 10:15:38 PM |
| Very nice shot. Hate the title. |
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09/14/2011 12:01:08 PM |
I was going to comment "isn't Guano from bats" So I looked it up and I would have been the fool, since it is also from seabirds...
I like the DOF here.
Coming back later to vote. |
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09/13/2011 10:19:17 PM |
| Very nice shot and great depth of field. |
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09/12/2011 12:57:22 AM |
| I love the title, not to mention the pix is great... |
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09/10/2011 05:54:51 PM |
| Your title made me laugh out loud!!! Copy guy! Love the gentle tones and the posture of the third gull. |
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09/10/2011 05:14:13 PM |
| I hate birds. I love this. |
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09/09/2011 08:56:10 PM |
| Love the title! Worthwhile indeed :) |
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09/09/2011 09:02:03 AM |
| HA HA HA Your title. I like the almost monochromatic color scheme. |
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09/09/2011 08:52:10 AM |
| Title made me laugh! But isn't guano from bats?? Maybe I just associate that word with bats. Anyway... too funny. I can imagine these birds as Amigo's going around destroying statues and having a blast!! |
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09/09/2011 12:27:35 AM |
| LOL!! LOVE the title, and the shot! (and the beautiful background) (not voting) |
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