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AQ Calendar January Photo
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Jan 1, 2007 5:46am
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I've been pencilling in bookclub meeting, staff meeting, birthday party etc. for Jan. and am really struck by Deb Bee's photo. There must be a story behind it. I'd love to know how you got that shot. We
recently had seals on our local sandbar, but nothing as dramatic as January AQ.
Re: AQ Calendar January Photo
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Reply to: #60016 by simple pleasures
Jan 1, 2007 6:22am
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Quote and am really struck by Deb Bee's photo.


Aw, thanks. I was going to remind everyone to get out their AQ calendars today! (I'm so tickled that Ryan chose my photo for January!)

Anyway, it's not a terribly exciting story, though it was a VERY exciting vacation when I got that picture. We were on a cruise in Alaska. After the cruise, we took a glacier tour on a smaller boat, and on the way to the glacier, we passed these two harbor seals (the naturalist on the ship called them"Twinkies," because everything in the wild eats them) on a chunk of ice. They're very shy (I would be, too, if everything in my world wanted to eat me!) so I just started snapping away when we saw them, hoping they'd let us get close enough to get a decent shot. I'd have preferred it if they'd been facing the camera, but I couldn't exactly call out instructions to them!

DebBee
Re: AQ Calendar January Photo
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Reply to: #60018 by DebBee
Jan 1, 2007 12:54pm
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Quote I'd have preferred it if they'd been facing the camera, but I couldn't exactly call out instructions to them!


It is a very artistic photo, and I think that having them not facing the camera really makes this shot. It is very well done. Congrats.

Mystic Dreamer
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Reply to: #60054 by Mystic Dreamer
Jan 1, 2007 5:24pm
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Quote I think that having them not facing the camera really makes this shot.


Ah, well, in that case, I'll just say, "Thanks. That's just the effect I was going for!" <g>

DebBee
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Reply to: #60110 by DebBee
Jan 1, 2007 5:44pm
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it would be really cool if every month we could get the photographer to share with us the story behind the photo...

night writer
Re: AQ Calendar January Photo
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Reply to: #60122 by Romana
Jan 1, 2007 5:44pm
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Remind me on April Fools Day!