Photo Contest - You Animal (6/6-6/13)

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Discussion Overview

The thread revolves around a photo contest with the theme of animals, where participants are invited to submit their own photographs featuring animals as the main focus. The discussion includes rules for submission, types of acceptable photos, and humorous exchanges about the theme.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Participants discuss the rules of the contest, including photo size and editing restrictions.
  • Some participants question whether stuffed animals or representations of animals are acceptable entries.
  • Humorous exchanges occur regarding the interpretation of what constitutes an animal, including jokes about non-traditional subjects like insects and stuffed toys.
  • Several participants share their thoughts on which photos they are considering submitting, expressing preferences and concerns about photo quality.
  • There are playful debates about the appearance of submitted photos, with some participants making light-hearted comments about the animals depicted.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules, but there are multiple competing views regarding the inclusion of stuffed animals and the interpretation of what qualifies as an animal. The discussion remains unresolved on these points.

Contextual Notes

There are limitations regarding the clarity of definitions for acceptable entries, particularly concerning stuffed animals and the nature of the subjects depicted in the photos.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to photography enthusiasts, animal lovers, and members of the forum looking to participate in community contests.

  • #61
larkspur said:
Pretty cat! Is that an Abyssinian?
Yes, its our daughter cat. Her name is Kiwi. Extremely active when not napping.
 
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  • #62
Jeff Reid said:
That wasn't a submission, only the first picture. The rules stated only one submission per member. The second photo was just an example of green eyes. I'll resize it though.

OK, then since this has occurred for the 2nd time, I'll add to the rules that ONLY photo submission can be the ones displayed in this thread. It is a tedious process to collect all the links and get them in order for the votes. It doesn't help when there are photos being displayed that are not to be included in the contest.

So please restrict pictures being displayed in the contest threads as being the ones for the contest.

Zz.
 
  • #63
0TheSwerve0 said:
Do you live in Africa?!
:biggrin:

Nah - they were at an open sanctuary.

Like Jurassic Park for Monkeys and Apes :smile:
 
  • #64
ONLY photo submission can be the ones displayed in this thread
Did you want me to delete the picture from the website in order to break the links (result will be little red x's)?
 
  • #65
Two of my cats.

Mother and son:

http://200.49.210.251/chasco/Concurso.jpg
 
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  • #66
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3471/seal1qm.jpg

A seal(ion?) I saw at Half Moon Bay.
 
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  • #67
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9027/luna5qt.jpg

My bearded dragon Luna watching TV.
 
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  • #68
Burnsys said:
Two of my cats.

Mother and son:

http://200.49.210.251/chasco/Concurso.jpg
Ok,[/URL] this is going to be impossible to decide. That is SO CUTE! :!)
 
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  • #69
detta said:
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9027/luna5qt.jpg

My bearded dragon Luna watching TV.
:smile: Love it. :smile:
 
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  • #70
Evo said:
Ok, this is going to be impossible to decide. That is SO CUTE! :!)
My gorillas would eat them kittens for breakfast :devil:

(Kitten photos should've been banned from this competition. In fact, banned from the net in general :-p )
 
  • #71
J77 said:
My gorillas would eat them kittens for breakfast :devil:

(Kitten photos should've been banned from this competition. In fact, banned from the net in general :-p )

They have to catch them first! ok, maybe the little one.
 
  • #72
Small, cute and cuddly has been done pretty thoughly in this thread. So ...

RIP Keiko


http://home.comcast.net/~integral50/keiko.jpg
 
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  • #73
Integral said:
Small, cute and cuddly has been done pretty thoughly in this thread. So ...

RIP Keiko


http://home.comcast.net/~integral50/keiko.jpg
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:cry: :cry: :cry: Poor Keiko...
 
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  • #74
Everything I'm reading today is about animals dying. :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
  • #75
  • #76
0TheSwerve0 said:
Has the website with pics of baby animals been posted on this forum yet? http://www.babyanimalz.com/

OMG those are so cute!
 
  • #77
Danger said:
You never saw "Them"? And a tapeworm can easily exceed 6 feet when held vertically.

...and tapeworms are segmented worms, not insects.
 
  • #78
Moonbear said:
Is too! I think s/he lives under my deck (or I hope that's what I hear rustling around under there :rolleyes:). I'm still waiting for DocToxyn to come along and tell me what type of froggy it is. I think I posted the more washed out looking photo last time, because it was more of a close-up. This one came out more vivid (I took about 5 pictures of it, playing with different exposure settings and with/without flash, etc., before it got annoyed and hopped away).

Yes, it certainly is an animal and I think it's a green frog, Rana clamitans, but it's hard to tell from that angle. The only other species would be bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. You need to check for the presence or absence of dorso-lateral ridges (they run on the back from the eyes to the caudal area), the green frog will have them. The only other way is to get him to call for you (if its a male)...I'll leave it up to Moonbear how she wants to proceed with that...:biggrin:
 
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  • #79
scorpa said:
OMG those are so cute!
Ehhh... some not so much. What the hell are those things clinging to the guy's fingers about half-way down page 1? I've never seen primates that small. :confused:

DocToxyn said:
...and tapeworms are segmented worms, not insects.
'Insect', when applied to a person (or in this case a Yomamma), indicates a generic pest of non-specific taxonomic classification. :-p
 
  • #80
Integral said:
Small, cute and cuddly has been done pretty thoughly in this thread. So ...

RIP Keiko


http://home.comcast.net/~integral50/keiko.jpg
[/URL]


More meat for the inuits..
 
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  • #81
Danger said:
Ehhh... some not so much. What the hell are those things clinging to the guy's fingers about half-way down page 1? I've never seen primates that small. :confused:


Haha, well I meant most of them. There were some that just looked kind of creepy, but the vast majority of them were adorable.
 
  • #82
Agreed. That flying ninja kitten just blew me away.
 
  • #83
Danger said:
Ehhh... some not so much. What the hell are those things clinging to the guy's fingers about half-way down page 1? I've never seen primates that small. :confused:

I think that's a pygmy marmoset. Here's http://is3.okcupid.com/users/982/564/9835652531401444900/mt1142230343.jpg , it's the one clinging to blade of grass
 
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  • #84
Evo said:
Everything I'm reading today is about animals dying. :cry: :cry: :cry:
Today I violated every safety rule and instinctively braked hard to let a chipmunk across the road. There's one little guy that made it another day. I do this pretty routinely, because I ride a motorcycle on every good day and hitting even relatively small animals like porcupines and raccoons can mess up your day on a bike. :redface: Chipmunks are pretty tiny, but I have a soft spot for animals, and will do what I can for them if I'm not being tailgated by the vehicle behind me. I have stopped my bike and helped snapping turtles across the road - and they do NOT appreciate the help, although it might help another generation hatch and survive!

Edit: although I am a bit nervous about having gnawing animals living in my cellar, a mother squirrel that raids our bird-feeders has parked her babies in our cellar. They are really cute, but as soon as they are old enough to move on, I will secure the place with epoxy paste, etc, to keep them out. The little ones are really brave, having not yet learned to fear humans.
 
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  • #85
you can't take the sky from me
Until the sisterhood drags you kicking and screaming into "It's a Small World" and leaves you trapped there, no more sky, just thousands of wannbe Chucky dolls, and "It's a Small World" song playing over and over and over...
 
  • #86
DocToxyn said:
Yes, it certainly is an animal and I think it's a green frog, Rana clamitans, but it's hard to tell from that angle. The only other species would be bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. You need to check for the presence or absence of dorso-lateral ridges (they run on the back from the eyes to the caudal area), the green frog will have them. The only other way is to get him to call for you (if its a male)...I'll leave it up to Moonbear how she wants to proceed with that...:biggrin:
Definitely not a bullfrog. It wasn't "bumpy" enough for that. I'll look up some photos of Rana clamitans and see if it looks like the fellow that came to visit.

Edit: Yep, that's it! Thanks. Really cute little critter. I really liked the irridescent patch on its cheeks. Pretty.
 
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  • #88
Contest entry: Squirrelly the Squirrel, Third Cousin Once Removed of Bubble Pipe Squirrel*

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http://home.comcast.net/~cubz2008/squirreldav2008.jpg
 
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  • #89
0TheSwerve0 said:
I think that's a pygmy marmoset.
Thanks, Swerve. Jeez, we have marmosets here and the bloody things are the size of a beagle.

scorpa said:
http://www.babyanimalz.com/images/pic13648.jpg what the heck are those? those were one of the few things on that site that were definitely not cute.
I might not know a pygmy marmoset when I see it, but I'm pretty sure that these little buggers are hedgehogs.
 
  • #90
scorpa said:
http://www.babyanimalz.com/images/pic13648.jpg what the heck are those? those were one of the few things on that site that were definitely not cute.
Yes they are cute! Awwwwwwwwwww! They're baby hedgehogs. How adorable. :smile:
 

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