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Published: 2006-06-24 01:06:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 165; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 11
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Description A closer look at Grasshopper The Terrible.
This is a satelite photo taken from the space station.
I, with my damaged camera and missing beard, enlarged the photo to examine the enemy within his fortress.
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Comments: 22

BridesNightie [2006-08-15 23:48:27 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful flower but that grasshoppers going to be in my dreams tonight for sure! You've named him well it seems.

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markopolio In reply to BridesNightie [2006-08-16 00:30:36 +0000 UTC]

Ha ha ha! I see you liked him well enough to add him to your favorites! Your compliment is graciously accepted!

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BridesNightie In reply to markopolio [2006-08-16 01:48:03 +0000 UTC]

He wouldn't look out of place in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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markopolio In reply to BridesNightie [2006-08-16 02:29:53 +0000 UTC]

I came up with, what I thought was an imaginitive description of how he jumped as I was taking the picture, and landed in my beard. The beast attacked... etc.

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Zethara [2006-06-26 11:07:55 +0000 UTC]

Good close up... I would have liked to see the grasshopper contrast more with the flower, but it's a great shot...You're lucky he didn't give you a black eye.

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markopolio In reply to Zethara [2006-06-26 20:35:22 +0000 UTC]

That was the surprise! I thought I was taking a flower shot! Helllooo!!! What's this!?!

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Zethara In reply to markopolio [2006-06-26 21:01:47 +0000 UTC]

Ohhhhhhhh... lol

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jom [2006-06-24 06:46:33 +0000 UTC]

Dear sir. that really is very beautiful. The detail is at a very fulfilling level, with such a clear shot of texture composition. It, as so many other things of yours, is soothing. Your stuff is beginning to develope a "feel"

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markopolio In reply to jom [2006-06-24 09:45:46 +0000 UTC]

Do you think so? I'd rather have a feel than a style.

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jom In reply to markopolio [2006-06-24 15:30:22 +0000 UTC]

A feeling is something much more grand than a style, unless you can mix the two.EH!

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markopolio In reply to jom [2006-06-24 17:22:48 +0000 UTC]

I remember telling people I wanted to work on a Norman Rockwell feel with my photomanipulations. That didn't exactly pan out. I just can't bring myself to include only photos. A photo is a moment in time. That IS an achievement. However, I have about a 1% "great" photo rate.

I can't seem to constrain myself with one medium. If a picture needs a graphic to make a statement, it's getting a graphic! Likewise, if a painting needs a photo.

It's still me trying to express myself.

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CrazyDreamer1 [2006-06-24 02:25:15 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful photo! So glad you made it out alive! lol

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markopolio In reply to CrazyDreamer1 [2006-06-24 02:59:10 +0000 UTC]

Just by the hair on my chin. OMG! It's gone! He was too well defended. I had to retreat to study the surveilance photos.

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CrazyDreamer1 In reply to markopolio [2006-06-24 03:16:46 +0000 UTC]

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Mawree [2006-06-24 01:07:00 +0000 UTC]

hahah cute.

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markopolio In reply to Mawree [2006-06-24 01:08:44 +0000 UTC]

I barely escaped with my life!

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Mawree In reply to markopolio [2006-06-24 01:11:10 +0000 UTC]

I'm so sorry, at least you lived to tell the tale.

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markopolio In reply to Mawree [2006-06-24 01:21:09 +0000 UTC]

Well, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Secret - I shaved, the grasshopper didn't really cost me my beard, but I am missing it now. And my camera lens cover wouldn't open properly even before. Shhh

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Mawree In reply to markopolio [2006-06-24 01:25:07 +0000 UTC]

a beard is like an extra appendage i understand your distress, not that i've ever had a beard mind you. my camera's just plain broken so you're miles ahead of me in the photography division.

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markopolio In reply to Mawree [2006-06-24 01:59:08 +0000 UTC]

I'm so cold. Now I know what a shaved poodle feels like. I miss it. The air feels funny smashing into my chin.
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Mawree In reply to markopolio [2006-06-24 02:03:16 +0000 UTC]

poodles are shaved so that they can swim and hunt and such. i say, you strap bits of cloth on your face until you start to feel comfortable again in proper society, since wearing bits of cloth is frowned upon in proper society. you'll get through it, i'm rooting for you.

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markopolio In reply to Mawree [2006-06-24 02:19:54 +0000 UTC]

I shaved so that people would quit saying my front yard needed mowing.

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