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22-02-2009, 08:50 PM
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| | | You have one shot, what would you take!?
Hi all
Just a bit of fun and one to get the grey matter going a bit. Imagine the scenario, you have the opportunity to go on two trips somewhere on this planet and take photos of one plant or animal. Its your target for each trip, yeah you may see others, but you have to come back with a shot of your target.
What would yours be?
Could be a plant, animal, anything in the natural world! Only rules are:
1. One target from each trip
2. One UK trip, one trip anywhere in the world
Let the imaginations flow!
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22-02-2009, 09:00 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
UK: The Wildcat, without a doubt.
Rest of the World: The Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine. Some people claim it could still be living - I would love to capture the shot that proved this to be so.
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22-02-2009, 09:02 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
Note the way I didn't say what mine would be, wanted to steal some good ideas and may steal both of yours dutchess!! But that would make me 2nd with the Thylacine so thats no good. Maybe a remote population of Dodo somewhere? |
22-02-2009, 09:07 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
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Originally Posted by wellies101  Note the way I didn't say what mine would be, wanted to steal some good ideas and may steal both of yours dutchess!! But that would make me 2nd with the Thylacine so thats no good. Maybe a remote population of Dodo somewhere? | haha i do like the dodos 
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22-02-2009, 09:13 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
Easy
Uk - WildCat as there are no wolves!
World - Mountain Gorilla before there are none.
Roy
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22-02-2009, 09:38 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
UK - Red Kite (seeing as I've got the hang of them now!). They're undoubtedly my favourite british bird.
Rest of the World - Snow leopard. I'd get to see some awesome mountain scenery as well as photographing these gorgeous big cats. |
22-02-2009, 10:16 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
Uk - Bearded Tit posing on a reed
World - Black Mamba or Death Adder poised for the strike. |
22-02-2009, 09:09 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
World: Snow Leopard - not least because if I couldn't come back until I had a picture of one, it would give me a good few years off work!
UK: I'm tempted to say Scottish Wildcat, for similar reasons, but I'll go for golden eagle - I'd love to get a photo of a wild one (assuming I haven't already got one from when I was sitting in wait for the snow leopard) |
23-02-2009, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by wellies101 Note the way I didn't say what mine would be, wanted to steal some good ideas and may steal both of yours dutchess!! But that would make me 2nd with the Thylacine so thats no good. Maybe a remote population of Dodo somewhere? | That's ok Wellies, we could go together 
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23-02-2009, 05:19 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
UK - Osprey in flight
World - Mountain Gorilla |
23-02-2009, 05:32 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
[b]You have one shot, what would you take!?[/i]
My toes.
Then I'd be able to touch 'em, which I aint been able to do fer years.  |
23-02-2009, 05:43 PM
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Posts: 1,454
| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
The abominable snowman in the Himalayan mountains .
UK The Golden Eagle in flight. |
23-02-2009, 05:45 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Letchworth Garden City
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
UK - a really good shot of an otter on Mull. Maybe this summer? 
Rest of world - polar bear because I think they are magnificent creatures, they may be on the way out and I'd love to visit the Artic Circle |
23-02-2009, 07:39 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
UK:
Photographing Orcas off the coast of Scotland.
Rest of World:
Manta Rays, probably in the Maldives. I only have one pic I managed to take a few years ago with a point and shoot camera in an underwater case, I'd really like the time to get some good shots with a dslr.
My second choice would be to photograph Frog fish in the Philippines, they are odd looking creatures and come in a range of colours. I've seen them whilst diving but wasn't into photography at that time.
Dave |
23-02-2009, 08:26 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
Well I have two UK ones and I can't choose between them. I'd have to decide at last minute before I went. Either a Puffin or an underwater shot of a Basking Shark. My world one would have to be a chaeetah in mid stride. |
23-02-2009, 08:36 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mid Glamorgan South Wales
Posts: 2,635
| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
uk one wld have to be a red squirrel
other wld have to be a duck-billed platypus
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23-02-2009, 10:43 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
A Great Auk .............
A male Capercaillie .............
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09-03-2009, 11:49 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
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Originally Posted by Tormentil [b]You have one shot, what would you take!?[/i]
My toes.
Then I'd be able to touch 'em, which I aint been able to do fer years. | Lol Hope they haven't gone too wild over the years 
Uk- Mole popping it's head up out of it's hole
Other- Sea Dragon |
10-03-2009, 09:57 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: East Kent
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
Jez, you beat me to it with the sea dragon in the kelp forests, so I'll have to say sea horse, my close second, for my world one.
For UK, so many I haven't seen....I think golden eagles in Scotland.
When are we going?
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22-02-2009, 09:06 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
Uk - beast of bodmin
World- kiwi bird
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24-02-2009, 09:16 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
UK --- Golden oriole, or an osprey catching a fish
rest of world --- Phillipine Eagle, catching a monkey or something, you gotta love em.
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24-02-2009, 10:27 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
UK, Dolomedes sp. (it's not difficult to see and photograph, If I went for plantarius I could visit Wicken Fen, fimbriatus I could stay fairly close).
World, I would like to see a Sao Tome Caecilian, it would give me a good speech workout and I do find them quite fascinating.
Just to make the Osprey wisher sick, my daughter did some time as a volunteer at Leighton Moss, she was not bird wise at the time, got up first morning early and went into the big panoramic hide and an Osprey flew across the front, took a fish mid view and off it went. Lucky doesn't touch it.
Also, 2 years ago Christine was going down to catch an early bus to York, 2 otters having a play fight in the river. |
12-03-2009, 11:42 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
U.K. - white tailed sea eagle
World - jaguar in Costa Rica |
26-02-2009, 09:26 PM
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Posts: 104
| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
UK- For me it has to be a reed-warbler on a reed, with a gentle breeze, with lovely golden sunrise light, with plenty of space around the bird..
World - Shark, leaping into the air when catching a seal... funnily enough it is in this months BBC Wildlife mag, according to the recent podcast they have released
Disclaimer: I do not suggest the aforementioned publication is superior to any other periodical or journal... Phew should keep the rule makers happy!!
Will
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26-02-2009, 10:24 PM
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| | | Re: You have one shot, what would you take!?
When you sit down to think about the UK shot (right, I did give it more thought than the World one), A huge range of choice goes through your mind. Even common things can be so inspirational, and who goes from Bacteria to Mammals (please no corrections pointing out that it should be blue green algae to something else). I wasn't that struck by the subject of this thread till I started to work at what I really wanted to see. It is a hard choice.
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