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I think this is a spiny footed lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) but I'm happy to be corrected ! He was in the Cabo de Gata national park in southern Spain.
One Foot Dragging - Band of Oz
Too many women and too many pinball machines
I play too many women and too many pinball machines
They take all your money
Don't you give you back a thing
Not a doggone thing
Too much whiskey and too many bottles of beer
I drink too much whiskey and too many bottles of beer
Well if one don't get me
I know the other will
Oh yes it will
One foot kicking and one foot dragging the ground
Come on and sing it with me one time
One foot kicking and one foot dragging the ground
Well you might get me up, ha, but I ain't comin' down
I may be wrong, but I think these are Pink-footed geese. Found in the Icelandic wilderness south of Gullfoss where MK and I were hiking.
Last month, I was able to photograph a European mantis (here a male, mantis religiosa) for the first time in the Eastern Eifel. The regional press recently reported on several occasions that they are now being found there.
The species is insect of the year 2017 in Germany.
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Letzten Monat konnte ich zum ersten Mal eine Europäische Gottesanbeterin (hier ein Männchen, mantis religiosa) in der Osteifel fotografieren. Die regionale Presse berichtete kürzlich mehrfach darüber, dass sie inzwischen dort vorkommen.
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My daughters foot in the sprinkler. I liked the idea and think it turned out cute.
Made Explorer on May 3, 2008 #303
Giving up on finding an unclaimed harem, bull elk soaks his tired dogs in a small stream at the base of Deer Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park. Hard work, that rut.
Welcome to the swamp. Bullfrogs and bugs seem to own this place. Fun fact is the foot bridge over the muddy parts are barely passable in spring and summer. Autumn climate somewhat dries the area. In winter its all frozen and we walk wherever we want.
A red-footed booby in juvenile plumage skirts the shoreline before heading out to sea. Known as ‘ā in Hawaii, boobies have excellent visual acuity, contrast enhanced by carotenoid pigments that assist seeing through the air/water interface, and are able to easily locate their prey of fish and squid under water. It has a stout, tapered, saw-toothed bill with internal nostrils that is well evolved for plunge diving into the ocean from heights of as high as 30 meters to catch a meal. Agile fliers, they are also able to catch flying fish gliding over the ocean surface.
A tiny little flower, about 8 mm across that could so easily be overlooked. The Holywood banks, Holywood County Down.
This is a photomanip based on a photo I took of an eye-catching small humourous bronzed statue at the entrance of the famous Chicago Navy Pier.
The statue -as it is prominently engraved at the base that I have cropped out for this artwork - is called "SHOE". I do not know the Sculptor nor was I even able to successfuly google this statue to find out more about it. But I think the symbolism of the message that the Artist was trying to convey appeared to me to be quite clear :).
I believe the artist was mocking Chicago politicians that have made some infamous silly statements or actions or decision. Why do I think its about politicians and of Chicago? The man is wearing a suit and tie (points more to a politician then a celeb. The tie is blowing back behind the man - makes me think "windy city".
What is so interesting about the statue is that Chicago placed it right in the middle of such a prominent entrance with extremely high traffic flow. Unlike most other statues, someone in Chicago wanted this statue to be noticed by all.
It caught my eye instantly and I had to take a photo of it during my sight-seeing of Chicago's Navy Pier. I knew I wanted to make an artistic manipulation that expanded on this artist's message to point out Foot-In-Mouth stupid statements at a global level.
The name of my artwork is called the "FOOT-MOUTH AWARD". I cut out all the background and replaced it with a couple layers of my cloud photos and my abstract crackled glass textures and played around with filters and blending to give teh background behind the subject a "bronzed enhancing" look.
Since the award is making making fun of infamous stupid / silly statements by famous people - in particular Politicians because of the Artist dressing the man in a suit and tie - the clouds helpt symbolize the darkness of the award. This is not an award any politician would care to win. :)
I played with the statue layer's composition to make it more dark and contrast. I also had to play with the lighting on the statue photo to remove the front flash evidence points as well as remove bright spots on the base of the statue where the sunlight would not have been hitting the statue based on the new slightly changed location of the sun from my background textures vs where the sun was in the photo. The human eye would have caught these small anomalies. I also had to spot DODGE the left eye as it was substantially darker than the rest of the statue.
So now I challenge all those observers of this artwork to post your own comments of some politicians and their infamous statements that would qualify them as candidates for this FOOT-MOUTH AWARD.
A couple politicians seem to be world famous front-runners in having many of their statement entered into winning this award that I wont even give you an example from them - its like shooting fish from a barrel. These would include: George W. Bush Jr. , Joe Biden , Donald Rumsfeld , Sarah Palin, etc.
But here are a couple to stimulate you all to come up with your own fond award nominating memories...
Representative Rep. Richard H. Baker, (in reference to hurricane Katrina) said: "We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did."
"I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman." Arnold Schwarzenegger
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." Dan Quayle
Lets hear yours...
Toysoldier Thor
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