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Uploaded: 02/18/12 8:25 PM GMT
Icing on the Play
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This would be one of those things you see and decide you maybe should take a photo of before it warms up. Though why exactly you're roaming around in the middle of a freezing cold night with a camera when you could be warm and toasty inside is another story altogether. Maybe you locked yourself out because "Snowball", "Mittens", "Mr. Tiddles", or whatever the darn cat is answering to this particular hour absolutely, positively has to go outside even though there are 17 perfectly good litter boxes littering the house. Then you realize you don't even own a cat. That still doesn't explain the camera or how you're going to get back into the house. But at least you have a photo as testimony to your insanity.

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::trixxie17
02/18/12 10:29 PM GMT
That is one very cool shot, no pun intended(ok maybe a little pun intended). I love the wonderful hummingbird shape on what I assume is a plant hanger and as to why you were outside, I do have a cat so I understand.
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::casechaser
02/18/12 11:08 PM GMT
I thought the picture was quite interesting and then I read the narrative and found it even more compelling, Wendell. The backlight makes the photo as the back story makes the over-all composition. Both very well done.
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::0930_23
02/19/12 12:29 AM GMT
What a guy won't use to mix into his nightcap Wendell.
Insomnia is the enemy of sleep.
Good shot and narrative.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.Starglow
02/19/12 1:33 AM GMT
Very interesting, great composition. Can't say enough about it. Just like it a lot.
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.mesmerized
02/19/12 3:20 AM GMT
Well thank goodness for that darn cat then as you've brought us a unique, striking, and interesting capture...great shot.
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::Starry173
02/19/12 4:14 AM GMT
Enjoyed the picture and the story.
Tom
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.palral
02/19/12 6:03 AM GMT
"But at least you have a photo as testimony to your insanity."

I'm not sure how to break the news, Wendell, but I think we're all pretty clear on the state of your sanity without or without this posting. Love the narrative as always, but I'm not exactly sure what I'm seeing here. Are the light areas the result of a flash or backlighting? Looks more like backlighting. Very imaginative work. Probably was the hypothermia setting in which can cause delusional behavior. The black and white was an interesting choice. I'm afraid you don't have much chance of winning the window contest with this posting, but I liked it anyway.
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::rvdb
02/19/12 8:32 AM GMT
Read your narrative am kinda wodering about the 17 litter boxes huuuummmm.... wel nice caupture anyway.

Rob
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.Fifthbeatle
02/19/12 4:51 PM GMT
Very unusual shot, great idea, good lighting. Striking image.
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.gizmo1
02/19/12 7:16 PM GMT
What a interesting looking photo it is almo0st like a painting.Great looking silhouette with spot on focus and detail.Thank for braving the cold night to get this shot to share with us.
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::luckyshot
02/20/12 2:11 PM GMT
Wendell - Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat [cold], nor gloom of night will keep the hummingbird from its appointed rounds - especially knowing that a loon will be waiting with a camera! Very effective b/w and backlighting. Thad
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine The Earth without art is just 'eh'.
.icedancer
02/20/12 7:07 PM GMT
Oh wow, Wendell, I love this...it's really so Cool
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