mini challenge #183 CRITTERS WITH A LITTLE ATTITUDE

jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,005 Major grins
edited March 14, 2014 in The Dgrin Challenges
My theme for this Mini is critters with a little attitude

I am sorry for the wait ,I wanted a new theme but asking and looking = I have to vote and pick a winner . If I every win again it will be the theme but I will fine tune it a bit . I have to go with something I have shots of and feel good about. I will have shots next time if there is a next time ?

Not just birds or pets but anything animal will work . After the last couple of minis I think and hope this keeps the flow going and will go well.



This Mini will run from this minute through March 13 2014 @ 9:00PM PTZ. The 14th is my BDAY so I will vote as a gift to me :D So please dgrin send me a few GOODIES :wink

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A photo TO FOLLOW
Jeff W

“PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”

http://jwear.smugmug.com/

Comments

  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,005 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2014
    #1
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    #2

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    #3

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    as always I will break the rules and place 4 how can I not put up an osprey ???

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    Jeff W

    “PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”

    http://jwear.smugmug.com/
  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2014
    Turtle Grin
    1. "Turtle Grin" Not a happy camper.

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    2. "I was here first" (Pileated woodpeckers - considered to be the largest woodpecker in the USA)

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    http://www.PhilsImaging.com
    "You don't take a photograph, you make it." ~Ansel Adams
    Phil
  • ShootingStarShootingStar Registered Users Posts: 145 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2014
    Hi
    I always love some fun animals shots. Looking forward to seeing the entries.
    I am leaving tomorrow for a 2 week camping tour of NZ so I am entering now as I do not know how much WiFi access I will get. (BTW, I will try posting some pictures along the way on the facebook page of my travel blog so if any of you is interested, you can follow it: https://www.facebook.com/zigzagonearth iloveyou.gif)


    Those are my entries. Quality is not so good but my goal is to make you smile. So I hope it will!

    1. What??? Do I make you grind your teeth?
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    2. Guys! Let's stop and smile for the pretty lady!
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    3. Radar shot!
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    Cheers

    Claire
    Nature can be so different around the world but it is always amazing!

    Travel Blog English: http://www.zigzagonearth.com
    Travel Blog French: http://zigzagvoyages.fr
    Infoproduct Creation Blog : https://structurinfo.com
  • kentwallerkentwaller Registered Users Posts: 158 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2014
    1. Anyone for a little mouse roulette?
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    2. Yeeehaaaw!
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    3. Would someone please just get this thing off me?
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  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,030 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2014
    Stand-off at Cedar Point Ranch
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    whaddya say to a dragonfly?
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    The sleeping prince
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  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 1,942 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2014
    #1 Resting on my Laurels

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    #2 If I bark loud enough maybe I will get fed

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    #3 Did someone say FOOD? (hurry)

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    “"..an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." G.K. Chesterton”
  • shawncshawnc Registered Users Posts: 674 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2014
    Another fun Challenge! Thanx Jeff

    "'Got My Eye on Ya"
    <TABLE id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1477 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=4 border=0> <TBODY id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1476> <TR id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1501> <TD id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1500 class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-value sm-emphasized">Canon EOS 30D</TD></TR> <TR id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1499> <TD class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-label">ISO</TD> <TD id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1498 class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-value sm-emphasized">320</TD></TR> <TR id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1497> <TD class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-label">Focal Length</TD> <TD id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1496 class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-value sm-emphasized">170mm (272mm in 35mm)</TD></TR> <TR id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1495> <TD class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-label">Aperture</TD> <TD id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1494 class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-value sm-emphasized">f/5.6</TD></TR> <TR id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1493> <TD class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-label">Exposure Time</TD> <TD id=yui_3_8_0_1_1393539489355_1492 class="sm-text-mini sm-imageinfo-value sm-emphasized">0.0006s (1/1600)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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    "I dare you"
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    "What are you Thtaring at"
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    Comment and Critique welcome
  • shawncshawnc Registered Users Posts: 674 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2014
    I will sneak another in for fun only
    relief on the fly
    "I Poo Poo on your picture"

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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2014
    ....but my goal is to make you smile. So I hope it will!

    1. What??? Do I make you grind your teeth?
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    Cheers
    Claire

    Love it Claire! rolleyes1.gif That "face" is a hoot!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2014
    Good one Jeff!
    Lots of fun to be had with these entries, I'm sure!


    No way... you move... I was here first!!
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    Yo... Yo... Wassup?
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    Avast me buckos... Cap'n Pi-Rat is on deck!
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    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,005 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2014
    Well Claire looks like u saw the nose sharkeek7.gif -good one Phil [lifeinfocus] :D Eric what's rolleyes1.gif and lots of lazy pets I wish I could sleep that well
    Thank folks I was a bit worried about the new theme did not want to slow the interest in the mini ,I feel better now ,good shots thumb.gif Phil that peli is a good one a few years ago in wildlife Harry and us did a poop page and a butt shot theme deal.gif it was funny but a bit def·e·cat·ing mwink.gif
    Jeff W

    “PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”

    http://jwear.smugmug.com/
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2014
    The Smiling Moose.

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    Pushing Match.

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    Out here in the fields.

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    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • Alans GrinAlans Grin Registered Users Posts: 346 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2014
    1) Its mine now!

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    2) What you lookin at?

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    3) Eat more Chicken!

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    Good luck everyone,
    Alan.
  • superduckzsuperduckz Registered Users Posts: 377 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2014
    Bewilderment:
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    Curiosity:
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    Guilt:
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    Accidents and Inspiration
    One of these days I'll have to figure out what my "style" is..
  • kridpicskridpics Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited February 28, 2014
    I am sorry about your camera...
  • Alans GrinAlans Grin Registered Users Posts: 346 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2014
    kridpics wrote: »
    I am sorry about your camera...

    He he ... fortunately it was not my camera but a guy in one of the other safari vehicles dropped it over the side. He had no other camera or binoculars and glumly watched his camera being eaten for half an hour - the lion loved it! I should have offered him a copy of this shot for insurance reasons as it probably not a common claim !

    Alan.
  • FiddlestixFiddlestix Registered Users Posts: 145 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2014
    It was a wild night but the morning after may be hard to explain!

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    Images from SE Asia - some like it HOT
    http://fiddlefoto.smugmug.com

    Cheers!
    Stix
  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2014
    Different agendas.

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    pp
  • 1magineer1magineer Registered Users Posts: 95 Big grins
    edited March 1, 2014
    #1 Comfortably Numb

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    #2 Duhhhhhhhh...

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    #3 Patience is a virtue...

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    –Mark

    "Conventional thinking is the ruin of our souls..." ~Rumi
    _____________________________________________
    My SmugMug Galleries
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2014
    1magineer wrote: »
    #1 Comfortably Numb

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    Awesome! iloveyou.gifclap.giflust
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • SudsterSudster Registered Users Posts: 7 Big grins
    edited March 3, 2014
    Floridahhh
    And your point is?

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    Pour moi?

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    Everybody knows that..

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  • 1magineer1magineer Registered Users Posts: 95 Big grins
    edited March 5, 2014
    Earache wrote: »
    Awesome! iloveyou.gifclap.giflust

    Thank you, Eric!
    –Mark

    "Conventional thinking is the ruin of our souls..." ~Rumi
    _____________________________________________
    My SmugMug Galleries
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2014
    #1 Stink Eye

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    #2 Scratch Off

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    #3 Are you for real?

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    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2014
    Who, me?
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    Is this cute enough?
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    That looks delicious!
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    Don
    Don Ricklin - Gear: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, was Pentax K7
    'I was older then, I'm younger than that now' ....
    My Blog | Q+ | Moderator, Lightroom Forums | My Amateur Smugmug Stuff | My Blurb book Rust and Whimsy. More Rust , FaceBook
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  • publicenergypublicenergy Registered Users Posts: 5 Big grins
    edited March 12, 2014
    Nice camera you got there, shame if it, you know, caught fire...
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    Nikon D50 with a Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye

    Frightened of missing something...
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    Nikon D50 with 18-55mm kit lens

    Raspberry blower...
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    Nikon D50 with a Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye
  • marionetmarionet Registered Users Posts: 382 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2014
    My cat Stars "catching" a snowball.

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    Sassing mom (or dad?)

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    Stars hamming it up, being fierce.

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  • 1magineer1magineer Registered Users Posts: 95 Big grins
    edited March 13, 2014
    Earache wrote: »
    Love it Claire! rolleyes1.gif That "face" is a hoot!
    Hi

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    Not sure that everyone knows that with this creature, from the bottom, you actually are only seeing the "nostrils" and mouth. The eyes are on top of the animal. nod.gif
    –Mark

    "Conventional thinking is the ruin of our souls..." ~Rumi
    _____________________________________________
    My SmugMug Galleries
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2014
    1magineer wrote: »
    Not sure that everyone knows that with this creature, from the bottom, you actually are only seeing the "nostrils" and mouth. The eyes are on top of the animal. nod.gif

    What??... a creature?? ..... you mean that's not the New Model Chainsaw from Stihl??? rolleyes1.gif


    BTW... Really fun images submitted by all you Dgrinners!!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,005 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2014
    well it is time to close and now I will speak with my attorney ,I may have a case for elder abuse ? I have to pick one ne_nau.gif
    Jeff W

    “PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”

    http://jwear.smugmug.com/
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