Cobra's 2021 52 Creative Calamities Week 52 showcase, done and out.

[Cobra]

Catch up time week 31 Hands

 

[Cobra]

Week 32 Fur

 

[Cobra]

Week 33 Clean
(bath time)

 

[Cobra]

Week 34 Glass
shot through glass ( does that make it a shot glass? )

 

[Cobra]

Week 35 Snappers Choice

97-98-99- here I come ready or not

 

[Cobra]

Week 36. unnatural
I know they are a conservation zoo, but I'm not sure
this is something you would naturally find in a zoo park

 

[LC2]

Hey Chris,
Bit of a catch up there !

Hands - Fun shot (Assuming it's a long lens - I wouldn't want to be close).
Fur - A bit of aa shame he's not looking at you, but bang on theme.
Clean - Another one I'd not want to be too close to, though this bear does appear to be enjoying laying around in the water.
Glass - Works for me. Horned shoes FTW
Snappers - I love that, it does work well as a hide and seek shot. Nicely focused on the subject too, which can be an issue.
Unnatural - Such a shame that Dinos are not found in zoos. I like the way you've framed the head against teh sky, rather than losing it in the trees.

 

[Cobra]

Hey Chris,
Bit of a catch up there !

Cheers Tim
And thanks for the comments
BTW the sloth bear was at 400mm and the other side of a large fence

 

[HelenC]

Some great catch up images there. I particularly love your snappers choice.. such a cute capture!

 

[Cobra]

Some great catch up images there. I particularly love your snappers choice.. such a cute capture!

Thanks Helen

 

[ShinySideUp]

Everyone loves a Red Panda.

 

[Nostromo]

Glass
I suppose it counts. It's a nice portrait.

Snappers choice
It works well with the title. It's good that the eyes aren't hidden by the bamboo.

Unnatural
I think it's best they only have dinosaur sculptures, we've all seen Jurassic park

 

[Cobra]

Glass
I suppose it counts.

Shoe horn

I think it's best they only have dinosaur sculptures,

But these move
Thanks Dom

 

[Bebop]

Glass - I couldn't have guessed, but I suppose it fits.

Amazing how you have managed to fit almost every theme into the zoo. Was the dinosaur there too?

The bear's fingernails could do with a trim..

 

[Cobra]

Glass - I couldn't have guessed, but I suppose it fits.

Well I certainly wasn't that close to a "wild" lion

Amazing how you have managed to fit almost every theme into the zoo.

Shoe horns for the win

Was the dinosaur there too?

Well of course ZSL prides itself on being a conservation zoo

its an animatronics display of about 15 dinosaurs, there till the end of Oct.

The bear's fingernails could do with a trim..

Its a sloth bear, ( aka dancing bear) allegedly the bear that Disney based Baloo on.
And it needs those claws to pick a Paw Paw,

Thanks for dropping by Bee

 

[Cobra]

Week 37 Natural
Doing what come natural for the good of the colony.

 

[Cobra]

Week 38 Autumn
Ripening / ripened fruit always make me think of Autumn
Chinese Cherry apple fruit approx 10 mm in size



Full tree, approx 20 ins ( around 50 cm) tall.

 

[LC2]

Natural - Hmmmmmm....
Autumn - Blimey, I thought they were full sized apples. That's a decent close-up/macro(?) of your bonsai.

 

[Cobra]

Natural - Hmmmmmm....

Autumn - Blimey, I thought they were full sized apples. That's a decent close-up/macro(?) of your bonsai.

Macro ( 100mm ) on the apples, 15-45 & M50 (kit lens)

 

[Bebop]

Wow those are tiny apples. Can you actually eat them? I have a banana plant that produces bananas each year and they are tiny. They didn't taste good!

Lovely sharp shot of a bee doing what comes naturally.

 

[Cobra]

Wow those are tiny apples. Can you actually eat them?

TBH I've never tried, I assume they are the equivalent of our crap apples, the blossom is nice though

Lovely sharp shot of a bee doing what comes naturally.

Thanks Bee

 

[Cobra]

Week 39 Door
I'm stuck for a shoe horn this week so its
just a Hobbit (?) Door



Or perhaps something a tad more elaborate?

 

[SimonH]

I like the Hobbit door.....

 

[Cobra]

I like the Hobbit door.....

Cheers Simon

 

[seaodyssey]

A hobbits door, but not like in the films. Nice details in the stonework.

Pete

 

[Cobra]

A hobbits door, but not like in the films. Nice details in the stonework.

Pete

Its their beach hut

Cheers Pete.

 

[-Oy-]

Nice Hobbit door there

 

[Cobra]

Nice Hobbit door there

Cheers Dave

 

[Kell]

Hobbit Door for me.

 

[Cobra]

Hobbit Door for me.

Cheers Kell

 

[Cobra]

Week 40 Architecture
There's nothing interesting around here,
so I went for a re-edit, on the city of Arts and sciences Valencia. ( night shoot)



And one from this morning, ala nature while the dew was still on it ..

 

[-Oy-]

Two nice shots - No2 is a nice take on the theme

 

[Cobra]

Two nice shots - No2 is a nice take on the theme

Cheers Dave

 

[Bebop]

Yep two good shots for the theme. The building reminds me of a crash helmet with a visor.

 

[SimonH]

Nice shots. Not sure if the building reminds me of Daft Punk or Hermes (the winged messenger, not the parcel delivery company )

 

[Cobra]

Yep two good shots for the theme. The building reminds me of a crash helmet with a visor.

Thanks Bee,

and at the helmet

Nice shots. Not sure if the building reminds me of Daft Punk or Hermes (the winged messenger, not the parcel delivery company )

Thanks Simon
Yes I see what you mean about Hermes, I always imaged it was an old left turn signal

 

[Allan.H]

I do like the web shot webs are fantastic bits of architecture

 

[Cobra]

I do like the web shot webs are fantastic bits of architecture

Cheers Allan

 

[LC2]

Door - no door mouse in the zoo? An old castle perhaps... Which one?
I do like things like that, they are photogenic.

Architecture -

There's nothing interesting around here,

I disagree, you have canals.
I do like the Valencia re-edit. It is an excellent clean shot and I like the range of tones.

 

[Cobra]

Door - no door mouse in the zoo?

Sadly no

An old castle perhaps... Which one?

Its just a small door to a tunnel in the rocks, in a parc somewhere in Spain, I forget where TBH.

I disagree, you have canals.

And rivers and lakes, only good for fishing

I do like the Valencia re-edit. It is an excellent clean shot and I like the range of tones.

Cheers Tim