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TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited May 24, 2015 in Other Cool Shots
You wouldn't expect to see dolphins here:

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Someone sold these dolphins to a scrap yard.

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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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    kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited May 22, 2015
    No you wouldn't. That looks to be at least a $10K bronze statue. I'd love to have it.

    Nice catch!
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    TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2015
    kdog wrote: »
    No you wouldn't. That looks to be at least a $10K bronze statue. I'd love to have it.

    Nice catch!

    The scrapyard is in Longwood FL, and American Bronze is in Sanford FL. The two
    locations are maybe 10 miles apart. If you look at http://www.americanbronze.com/
    you'll see that they do this type of thing.

    I suspect that this was a reject from American Bronze as a flawed casting or
    something from a building that was sold to someone who wanted a different
    theme. It's been there for months, and is visible from a busy street, so it isn't
    a stolen and sold piece. If so, it would have been retrieved by now.

    I couldn't find anyone at the scrapyard to give me any information.
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    kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited May 22, 2015
    Darn, wish I was local. I'd show up with a fist full of cash and probably take it away.

    You can tell how much I like dolphins. lol3.gif
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    JCJC Registered Users Posts: 768 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2015
    It looks like it was a fountain.
    Yeah, if you recognize the avatar, new user name.
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2015
    I would try to clone the steel container out......to make it look like Dolphins are flying through clouds! Love that part!
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    CCoopCCoop Registered Users Posts: 511 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2015
    "Juxtaposition," that's what I say. Great composition with the truck, the pallets, and the soaring dolphins! Great fun! --Carter
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    TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    I would try to clone the steel container out......to make it look like Dolphins are flying through clouds! Love that part!

    Sure...not that difficult, but I did it with a Layer Mask after selecting
    some other sky and flipping it horizontally. Then added some column.

    Kinda spoils the idea of dolphins where they are not expected, though.

    The problem with showing off what I can do in Photoshop is that you
    might not believe an out-of-camera photo next time.


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    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2015
    Thanks Tony! It is everything I imagined and more! I knew with your skillz that would be nothing!
    For me this is the winner.....but I do know the theme was different.....but other shots make that point......this last one is for dreamers!
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