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DAY 20 - 30 Days of Tumblr
Apr. 20th, 2010 03:02 pmDAY 20 - A HOBBY OF MINE
Gaining the trust of wild animals.
DAY 09 - 30 Days of Tumblr
Apr. 9th, 2010 11:26 pmDAY 09 - A PICTURE I TOOK
The focus of this image is not completely acceptable, but this is one of my favourites I have taken thus far. For those who do not know, I have a group of pigeons that (I keep typing "who" because I honestly view animals as "people") visit every day and I feed them. I love pigeons. Such fascinating and intelligent creatures. You learn this quickly if you watch them for any amount of time. Luckily, these guys allow me to take photos and get pretty close up. Some of them even hand-feed, which is amazing for 'wild' pigeons that are not being hand-fed frequently in a park and around humans all the time. This one pictured above is Spike (because he looks like he has a mohawk, so cute). I had just started taking pictures with my new Canon, and I was so amazed at the detail the camera can pick up like those raindrops on Spike's breast. It was just beautiful. Spike looks so badass here, staring you down, and also all Exorcist-like with his head turned toward his back. I just love it. I cannot post this full-size photo because the file is enormous, sorry!
Animals at Work
Sep. 30th, 2006 04:24 pmOkay, so these are not my pictures. They were all taken by my father who, yes, actually does--sometimes--have a heart when it comes to animals. (Just not humans!) Weird, eh? They are so amazing that I wanted to share. They are from a series he has been keeping called "Animals at Work." Basically, he has hundreds of animals that come to his work every day, when he first gets there and on all of his breaks, because he feeds them. He buys giant bags of peanuts and such and keeps them in his car. There are pigeons, squirrels, other birds, and even stray cats. And behind his work there is a river with tons of geese and ducks too. These are just a selection from the hundreds he has taken.
