१२ फेब्रुवारी, २०२०

“When you think of wildlife photography, do you see mice brawling on a dirty London Underground platform?”

An unusual choice for the win, on view at NPR.

४२ टिप्पण्या:

mccullough म्हणाले...

Next years winner will be photos of the buffet line at The Golden Corral

Iman म्हणाले...

Those are rats, not mice.

Lucid-Ideas म्हणाले...

This is the excuse Althouse was looking for to start drawing rodents again.

Maillard Reactionary म्हणाले...

Well of course, it's a good photograph as such. There's a dedicated, if perhaps misdirected, lad.

I'm not sure subway mice are exactly "wildlife", though. They're more of a domesticated species, or symbiont of ours, I think.

I can recall seeing them sometimes on the platforms of Philly stations, or even in sidewalk planters, while stuck in traffic. For some reason, the sight always made me feel a bit sad, not because I thought the mice were leading a terrible life, but perhaps because they were a metaphor for how thin the veneer of civilization is.

Maillard Reactionary म्हणाले...

Lucid-Ideas-- If I hear she's lying flat on the subway platform to sketch them, I'll be right behind to photograph her doing it.

अनामित म्हणाले...

I love that photo.

Iman - How can you identify the squabblers as rats? What are the distinguishing mouse vs. rat features? I think I can easily tell the difference up closer, but not at that distance.

Bill Peschel म्हणाले...

Is this a Brexit reference. (Kidding, I think)

Wince म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Ken B म्हणाले...

Meh. It'll be stale by the next election.

DrSquid म्हणाले...

Doesn't look all that dirty to me, I've seen worse.

Iman म्हणाले...

You can tell by their size and if you look closely, Samurai Buzzard, you’ll note that the rat with the upper paw has his left paw throttling his opponent and - though barely discernible - a rust straight razor in his other paw.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Bill P: Is this a Brexit reference. (Kidding, I think)

Brexiteer on the right, Remainer on the left.

Wince म्हणाले...

That's awesome!

It looks like one rodent has grabbed the other by the lapels and is shaking him down.

"You dirty Rat!"

अनामित म्हणाले...

Iman: You can tell by their size and if you look closely, Samurai Buzzard, you’ll note that the rat with the upper paw has his left paw throttling his opponent and - though barely discernible - a rust straight razor in his other paw.

The razor, of course! I'd forgotten that classic taxonomic identifier.

robother म्हणाले...

The first rule of the Mice Club....

h म्हणाले...

I love the photo, I think it is worthy of winning a prize in the "wildlife" category; they look like mice to me; I'm not so sure that they are fighting.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

Did they show the other 47,999 entries on NPR?

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

If you enter a contest, make sure you submit something different from all other entries.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Sanders and Buttuvwxyz?

Iman म्हणाले...

Only rats and CornPop fight dirty with rusty razors!

Iman म्हणाले...

“I'm not so sure that they are fighting.”

What... do you think one is straightening the other’s necktie ?

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...

"martial rats"

Danno म्हणाले...

I'm not sure subway mice are exactly "wildlife"

Just as much as a picture of some jihadi slashing or stabbing some hapless UK tourist.

readering म्हणाले...

Must have been a heck of a morsel of stewed vegetable.

Danno म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Lloyd W. Robertson म्हणाले...

Iman: I've been told rats don't live in subway tunnels. They apparently can't stand the vibration.

whitney म्हणाले...

I was all prepared to talk about how NPR is mired in the gutter and hates Beauty but I looked at the photograph and I really like it. So there you have it

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Wrestling Rats.

Susan म्हणाले...

Anyone who has ever had their lunch money stolen recognizes this scenario.

rehajm म्हणाले...

It’s a great shot. Well deserved. If I ever get back to Africa I’m going all macro. Dung beetles, caterpillars, kill shots with those little lizards on the screen doors nabbing the giant termites.

FullMoon म्हणाले...

It's staged, saw those trained rodents on Britain's got talent last year., eliminated before finals by the acrobatic cats.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Feed at the trough a bit longer. They'll be defended and your responsibility next year.

Breezy म्हणाले...

They seem to be so human... amazing shot!

Ralph L म्हणाले...

I'm watching candid wild deer video on The Pet Collective, so this goes both ways.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Begs for captions.

"Listen you little bitch, next time I get the ladies purse with the cheese. me."

robother म्हणाले...

M I C...you later you little punk!

K E Y Why? because all your cheese are belong to me!

M O U S A!

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

Amazing what you can do with Photoshop these days

Anon म्हणाले...

I love it. I live in an inner suburb and we have foxes, deer, possums, raccoons, and squirrels, plus birds and, I'm sure, rats and mice. They are wildlife.

lgv म्हणाले...

As an amateur wildlife photographer, it is unusual, but still easily within the category of wildlife. I have a photo of a cougar on our wooden fence inside the city limits of Dallas. Wildlife can be found in urban settings.

"Amazing what you can do with Photoshop these days"

Contest winning photos are scrutinized. Typically you have to show the RAW image as captured in camera. Wildlife photographers cheat by setting up the shot artificially, not via Photoshop. Cheaters using photoshop get caught, but it doesn't stop thousands of faked photoshopped entries. I know judges who tell stories of all the stupid entries. Blatant cheating is the cultural norm in some former Soviet countries.

stlcdr म्हणाले...

How does someone decide to spend hours in the subway trying to get photos of ‘wildlife”? It is a good picture, though. It’s not as if there’s a ‘thing’ going on, and you’d like to get a good picture of it, and end up taking ten thousand pictures to get it.

wildswan म्हणाले...

great idea, great preparation, great shot.

wildswan म्हणाले...

You never said we change back at midnight.