Photo of the day (April 2008)

[paleck]

Haven't had anything to post here in a while....

I was in Long Beach for a funeral and visited the beach with my mom and sister.

Huntington Dog Beach, Huntington Beach, CA, USA

 

[Doylem]

Sheep with head at both ends... to confuse predators...

 

[paleck]

Sheep with head at both ends... to confuse predators...

Is it just me or does it look like someone was shooting paintballs at them?

 

[TimJim]

Model: Nikon D80
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/180
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO: 100

 

[SolracSelbor]

Sheep with head at both ends... to confuse predators...

Doylem, your hilarious! I think you should create a thread called "Doylem's Thoughts" and add captions like that to all your photos.

 

[Lightglance.com]

Love your last picture Carlos, the dust brings the last touch to it

Canon 1D MKIII w/24-70mm f/2.8L IS// Shutter: 1/8000 // Aperture: f/2.8 // Focal Length: 30mm // ISO 200
Please CC if you want to

 

[jeff127]

Times Square Taxi

I took this on a trip to NYC in February. Annoyingly uploading to Flickr seems to have really damaged the quality. Anyone got any tips on how to limit quality loss?



400D
24-105mm
ISO 800
f/4
1/30s


Jeff.

 

[Everythingisnt]

Is it just me or does it look like someone was shooting paintballs at them?

That's just the farmers mark... Like in this photo

 

[ipodtoucher]

That's just the farmers mark... Like in this photo

hahaha they should be fully pink, and then take a picture! that would be sweet

 

[Hello.there]

Donegal, Ireland.

 

[cutsman]

 

[Everythingisnt]

Donegal, Ireland.

Lovely photo!

Where was this taken (In Donnegal)?

 

[srf4real]

Currently on holiday in the highlands of Scotland.
Dornoch Beach

I love the OOF in the foreground, very colorful scene!

People often overlook the most difficult part of surfing... paddling out!

Cocoa Beach Pier, December 2007

 

[Mac Addict]

Early signs of spring

 

[weazle1098]

hahaha they should be fully pink, and then take a picture! that would be sweet

I did a version of Candide where the sheep were bright pink and sang, it was the funniest thing I've ever seen.

 

[pdxflint]

Baja sunrise

From Loretto, Baja California Sur, looking over the Sea of Cortez.

Model: Canon PowerShot A95
Exposure: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 23.4mm

 

[Atenhouse]

My bedroom window.

Nikon D40
1/320 sec
f/5.6
55mm

 

[paleck]

That's just the farmers mark... Like in this photo

Much appreciated, I now stand corrected!

 

[Doylem]

I like this shot. It seems to capture the colour and confusion of city life...

Thanks for the comments about my two-headed sheep. I will never be able to wander the Lakeland fells without thinking the sheep have been attacked by paintballers.

As a comedy writer I look for humorous photographs... but I don't find it easy. Some photographers have managed the trick. Elliott Erwitt springs to mind, and Martin Parr (though his people pix can seem a bit cruel)...

 

[oblomow]

That's just the farmers mark... Like in this photo

If farming practice in the UK is similar to the dutch practice, the farmer of this sheep is a pig. In the NL the sheep are marked during the mating process.
The male gets a marker tied to his chest so the farmer knows if he's doing his job properly.

 

[Doylem]

If farming practice in the UK is similar to the dutch practice, the farmer of this sheep is a pig.

 

[oblomow]

You mentioned it is a farmer's mark. So I had this image of a farmer
with a marker tied to his chest. But I guess the farmers in the UK use these marks to mark their sheep on the hills, to keep them apart from other people's sheep. In the NL the sheep are kept in a fenced pasture, so there's no need to mark your property.

 

[Steamie]

Fantastic shot, cutsman

The River.

Oblomow Thats an image I have now that I will always remember when I see sheep

xclaibre nice shot of Dornoch, it's lovely up there.

 

[merlynhome]

Rhos Point North Wales

 

[xcalibre]

xclaibre nice shot of Dornoch, it's lovely up there.

It is indeed, here's another of the sunset on the beach that night.

We went for a hill walk yesterday, so i'll post some of those pics over the next few days...