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WC #348 - Evil Eye
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WC #348 - Evil Eye

by Jim DeWitt

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted September 8, 2008503 views9 comments
Olympus E-500, 300mm, handheld
f6.3, 1/1000, ISO400

Captive Andean Condor at the Boise Zoo, Boise, ID. This is my first post to a Weekly Challenge. I'm not sure if it fits the theme exactly, but it's the closest I can offer...

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 8, 2008 at 11:58 PM
Hey, Jim, The Weekly Challenge is a great place to hang out. Good photographers, great images, a touch of kibitzing, and best of all, a different challenge--every week! so welcome aboard.

I think your image fits Lia's suggested theme very well. We're obviously using the broadest sense of the word, "funny." Funny, odd, different, strange, weird but of most importance, a subject that looks as if s/he has a specific expression. And your Condor is certainly cocking an evil eye at me. I can feel it. :toast:

At first glance, the bird almost looks as though it has a cigar hanging from it's beak. Just a shadow but I had to look twice.

A good posting for this week's theme.

I'm wondering about a crop at the top but hard to tell ????

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 9, 2008 at 12:13 AM
He looks like he's wearing fur (hopefully faux :smile: ) I think this is a great contribution to the theme!
I agree with Carol, close to square crop would be best IMO.
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Linnet Long on September 9, 2008 at 1:52 AM
I like the "fur" collar, too. Hope he's not looking at me with an appetite :smile:
Registered on August 9, 2008, 14 Posts, 26 Comments
Comment posted by David Sparks on September 9, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Evil looking beak too. Nice exposure and great detail of the face that goes with the Evil Eye. :toast:
Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 9, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Great expression on that Condor, it looks like he is mad they substituted ground beef for his filet mignon!

Thanks for playing with this theme!
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by Nathan Buck on September 9, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Jim: A face only a mother could love! :smile: Very nice shot.

Nathan
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments
Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 9, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Now that's a face! :eek:
Terrific picture, Jim.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments
Comment posted by William Brozy on September 9, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Those are really intense eyes! Nice capture Jim!
Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 10, 2008 at 5:28 PM
That truly is a funny face Jim - with the bare skin and nostrils and ears so exposed.
Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments