May 2011 Photo & Caption Comments Thread

[zooplan]

And why not?

These are two questions to me.
1. Because entries to the caption contest are only eligible, with photos from the photo contest.
2. Because I like the "basking patriot" more.

Isn´t it amazing how easy it is to choose different details, which are focusing different contents?
But I still like the entire picture most. ( hard to explain in English...)
The direction of the snake from left to right (like writing) is a symbol of movement, dynamism or departure.
The direction is also from shade to light.
The set up is open at the right side, so the snakes direction is also from closed (hidden) to open range, another symbol for departure, curiosity or daring.
And last but not least is the tail of the snake melding with the shade and colour of the flag, while her head is a well defined contrast in the brightness of sunlight.


Is this answering your question?

[RedSidedSPR]

I give up!

[ConcinusMan]

I think I get it now. The photo used for the caption was cropped from the original entry, therefore not exactly the same picture and so ineligible for the caption contest. Oh, and Udo, I'll have whatever your smoking.

[zooplan]

Oh, and Udo, I'll have whatever your smoking.

I had good teachers in fine arts
Interpretation could make a dirty bath tube become an expensive work of art.
Ever heard about the German artist Joseph Beuys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ?

I´m so benignant,
and so clumsy with English language

[ConcinusMan]

Wow, don't everybody jump in on this contest all at once now.

[RedSidedSPR]

It's hard!!

[Stefan-A]

Why do you find it hard?

[ConcinusMan]

I thought it was one of the easiest in a quite a while.

[RedSidedSPR]

Sigh. it is. I just don't have a flag at the moment

I made a really cool one just for the heck of it with photoshop, but i cant use it.

[ConcinusMan]

Sigh. it is. I just don't have a flag at the moment

You mean, even after Sept 11, 2001 you still don't have a flag? For shame.

Of course it helped that I worked for the U.S. Dept. of Veterans affairs that day/year. I have a POW flag, a WA State Flag, and of course, numerous U.S. flags of varying size. We put out around 375,000 of the little US flags on sticks every memorial day. One for each grave at the cemetery. Takes a large crew 3 weeks to do it, and about 4 weeks to collect them all up and put them away. I just used one of those little cheapy ones on a stick for the picture.