Not only did Bill inadvertently make the sound of a bush cricket when crossing his legs, he then made the mistake of emitting the noted long and loud mating call of the [giant] Young Horned Katydid... Large On Black ...the subsequent mating session wasn't subtle and Bill's terrified screams could be heard equally long and loud...
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This was taken at Bristol Zoo. I'd gone to take pictures of the animals, and came back with, almost exclusively, pictures of people. So much for 'Watching the Animals', eh? : )
This was a deceptively busy walkway, but I managed to grab a couple of shots while sitting on the opposite bench.
Update:
At The Zoo : Watching The Animals is the image which, in significant part, provided the catalyst for the renewed enthusiasm in my photography.
Last year it made the finalists [and was featured in] The Independent Photography Competition. Then, this summer [2008], after being nudged by a good friend, I entered two images [among 1000s] into the Tate’s Street Or Studio competition, and it won through again. So, for a few weeks in the summer, you could see this image on show in Tate Modern! And, if that wasn’t surreal enough, in November it was projected to a size of about 15feet by 12feet for the official Street or Studio : A Photobook launch in Tate Britain… with the Turner Prize candidates through one adjacent archway, and a Francis Bacon retrospective the other… just bizarre! : )
Here's a link to the Tate's photobook: www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/387768
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Allow your mouth to hang open in awe Large On Black
Patience is a street photography virtue... I waited and waited until... well, dusk virtually fell! : )
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And if this one doesn't get at least 3 Favourites and 2 Comments [excluding me! ;-)] I'm throwing my camera out the first floor window in this home-made slingshot.
{Places camera anxiously into slingshot and opens window}
Tags: I saw him walk out of the phone shop opposite... ...like so many of us, had this habit of vaguely opening his mouth while in deep concentration... For much of the time his head hung down, but then something distracted him for a fleeting moment... ...one shot! : ) Bath They were eating fish... He was eating flies... I think... : ) Wild Planet
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Incontrovertible proof that some sharks close their eyes when they move in for the kill Large On Black
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Apparently. Although I'd like to see them try and charge her Large On Black!
Or maybe she could've been cheeky and asked for an alternative circumstantial deal, say, 33% off a main meal? : )
PS: After taking Tumblr for a short test drive, I've now set up permanent blogging home here:
nigeollis.wordpress.com/
I've even bought it lavender scented drawer liners for my socks and pants.
Tags: Split second timing... ...thought I'd missed it... ...then was worried she might think my enthusiasm was some form of perversion! : )
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