She’s all, “…Love lift us up where we belong!
Where the eagles cry, on a mountain high…”
Photo by Caryn Walters, sent in by Marilyn T. Got squirrels or any other fabulous travel photo? Enter it now at the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest! Ends July 11. Also, don’t miss the original Banff Crasher Squirrel. Hee.
In another installment of the Cute Overload Distance Learning series, we take you now to a lecture at the Philosophy Department at New York University:
This… Is… Photobomb!
Now in this scene, Melissa, your husband has just gone off to fight in the war, and you’re left to run the family farm alone. So as you slowly survey the yard, I need to see that sense of anguished helplessness on your face. Right, good. But then, you see the butter churn, and all those memories start flooding back, and right there you resolve to — HEY, THIS IS A CLOSED SET! SOMEONE CALL SECURITY!
Unless your name happens to be Ansel Adams, the craft of landscape photography can be a joyless and frustrating one. If one wishes to merely document an environment, then any approach will do; but to truly capture the majestic soul of a mountain, or the serene beauty of a field of wheat, greater care is required in the selection of equipment, location, and most paramount, composition.
To illustrate, let us consider the landscape below. At first glance, it seems disjointed, overly busy — hardly a sweeping vista worthy of our lens. But by moving the camera to one side, and changing the angle, we discover Will you get the heck out of the way?! Trying to teach a class here! Jeez, some people!
[Who needs another BOOOORING photo of penguins? Look over here!]
Mika W. says Squirrel Bomb is sooo 2009.
Did they love her? Sure. But Sally’s inexplicable need to hog the camera in every picture made for some pretty monotonous photo albums.
Giving snake eyes a whole new meaning, Shelley T.
Tongues wagged this week as papparazzi spotted superstars Britney Ears and Hugh Jackrabbit at a romantic getaway in Tahiti, protected by their bodyguard Bruno.
Well, I never, Carly R.
You get a nice look, guy? You get a big ol’ eyeful? You trying to get her name? Well, her name is Mine, understand? Why don’t you just step off before I peck your face in, a’ight?
Penguins wearing wife beaters and black chains are always trouble, Sarah W.
Just look at him. The genial, glad-handing imbecile. At the bed with the paper every morning, by the door with the slippers every night. Even now, the little toady waits at his usual place, on top of the large “X” conveniently drawn on the sidewalk. Yessss, keep waiting… That’s a good boy…
From a collection of cute photobombs, since we’re on the subject (some NSFW)
Check out this squirrelio photobombing this nice couple’s vacation.
He’s all [waving his paw over vast lake] “Welcome to Banff, Bitches!”
Thanks to Sender Inner Tracy B. and Marilyn T. from National Geographic Intelligent Traveler who originally promoted this photo, and of course This is Photobomb, which is not necessarily safe for work. Photo by Melissa B. who was featured on National Geographic Daily Dozen for it! (Choose “August 1″ in drop-down to see the image and full story.)
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