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I Was ... Were You ?
© muggsy
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Uploaded: 09/03/08 1:31 PM GMT
I Was ... Were You ?
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Had an opportunity to attend the 2008 New York State Fair in Syracuse recently. Took this shot while doing so. It required little if any effort, even less expertise on my part to capture this "Bird". I post this to show how amazingly talented some artists/craftsmen can be. This is NOT a "Bird" ... It is NOT the work of a taxidermist. Those are NOT feathers ... This is a wood carving entered in the arts and crafts portion of the Fair. My jaw dropped when I first saw this in the display case ... and it fell off completely when I found out what I really was looking at. Were you fooled as I was ... by this masterful display of wood carving ? BTW ... I'm not sure ... but this was NOT awarded 1st prize as I recall. Unbelievable ... isn't it ?
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Amazing, John. I would have never believed that this is a carving. Look at that eye and those claws and feathers!
Unbelievable! A fine post - Thanks for sharing.
Unbelievable! A fine post - Thanks for sharing.
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If practice makes perfect and nobody is perfect, then why practice?
Holy moly! That's it, I'm trashing my model boat :( Excellent find my friend.
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There are 00000010 kinds of people in the world. Those who speak binary and those who don't. -mw
A wonderful piece of artwork and yes, I was quite fooled. Even the colors are so real. I think the glass eyes helped add to the live looking presence. Nice find and thanks for letting us see this too, John. It's good to see you as well. :)
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"Take it upon yourselves to be more forthright in your comments"*
*Les (&purmusic)
Sure had me fooled, great post John, nice to hear from you again.
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WOW,thought you were pulling our legs by saying it's not real.. it's an amazing piece of art.. and you've captured it perfectly.. well done
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Marietha
****Live every day as if it's your last... and take "pictures" of it ;) ****
John, I think this is amazing. Love the colors and detail and they sure do have talent as you do with the camera.
sandi♥
sandi♥
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life, and my love for music and photography.sandi♥
great seeing you again mugs. i was totally surprised when you said it wasn't real.
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This is an excellent carving....that person that did it is very talented. I thought it was stuffed at first.
Thanks for sharing, John.
Jimbob
Thanks for sharing, John.
Jimbob
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HEY
You could have fooled me. This looks so alive. Great capture, John. Welcome back. It has been too long.
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"The most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" -- Ronald Reagan
Can tell you for sure that you had me fooled... thought I was looking at a real bird (after reading your narrative I took another look at youor image and was still fooled)... this is some extrodinairy art work and you made an excellent image of it!
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When you're through with life and all hope is lost.
Hold out your hand 'cos friends will be friends - right till the end.
Hello John...how good it is to know you've been here and did a posting, and a very realistic one at that!! I looked at those "feet" and wow, I would have sworn it was a read bird!! Oh, to be able to carve wood like that, what a wonderful gift. I'm so very glad you took this photo, it's unique and very interesting to just sit and ponder on. "welcome back John"...verena
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He who would have nothing to do with
thorns must never
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All I can say is wow, I hope you got a pic of number 1. This is fabulous, nice to see you John.
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Why not go out on a limb, that is where the fruit is....
Frank Scully
Muggsy me darlin, your back....to stay I hope. How have you been? Are you well? What a fantastic capture. had you not told me, I would have thought the bird was real. had you not told me, I may have shot it and had it on my plate and wondered why it was so tough. Dang you...
Pat
Pat
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John...you don't know how good it is to see you back...hope your recovery has been good....nice post...woodcavers can do some amazing work...gerry
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"The more we come in contact with animals, and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their care for their young." - philosopher Immanuel Kant
wowy look who it is! :-) nice to see you!
and this is amazingly lifelike, what a great talent whoever made this has!
and this is amazingly lifelike, what a great talent whoever made this has!
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I really can't believe this is a carving! Wow.
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All of earth is crammed with heaven And every bush aflame with God But only those who see take off their shoes. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning<p>
mygallery
Well you had me tricked! Nice Captue and it is unbelivible that this did not get 1st.
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Isn't it funny how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creatures’?
Nice shot John.
Good composition.
A bit contrasty, however, a minor caveat at best.
Insofar as the artistry depicted? Wonderful woodwork and craftmanship displayed. And that ... is an understatement.
Nice to 'see' you again. I trust that my words here find you and yours doing well. :o)
Good composition.
A bit contrasty, however, a minor caveat at best.
Insofar as the artistry depicted? Wonderful woodwork and craftmanship displayed. And that ... is an understatement.
Nice to 'see' you again. I trust that my words here find you and yours doing well. :o)
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"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination." - Sam Levenson
I would have to see first place...but I think the person that carved this was robbed!! :) Steve
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Nice find and nice catch!