At one time in my life I listed “National Geographic Photographer” as my dream job. Travelling around the world while getting paid to take photos of interesting people, places and things just seemed like a good gig to me. Plus, the National Geo boys always got to use the best equipment. No cell phone cameras for these folks. (Click here for a good article on a National Geo photographer trying out a cell phone camera on one of his assignments.)
Every so often then I will check out the National Geo photo website just to see what they are featuring. The following image titled Flamingos Yucatan Peninsula caught my eye and my interest.
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| Photo by Robert B. Haas National Geographic |
My first thought was – wow, how’d they get that? After doing some internetting, I found this article discussing how Mr. Haas managed to capture the shot. Excerpt follows:
Another article I found on the photo however, was a little skeptical of just how “natural” it was:
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| https://www.towleroad.com/2010/11/photo-flamingos-shaped-like-a-flamingo/ |
Really doesn’t matter because it’s a great photo regardless.
Mandfred Mann had some big hit songs like Doo Wah Diddy, Blinded by The Light and The Mighty Quinn. However, for some crazy reason it is this melody from the following, lesser known song of theirs that often runs thru my mind. 