Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A bird (with only one usable wing) in a cage at Crystal Ocean Wildlife Shelter, Dromana, Mornington Peninsula
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PhotoHunt #208 ~ Vertical
Camera Critters #105
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So strange
Peripheral vision means an awareness of
All that is here and there
A horizontal skill
A journey from A to B
(Usually a horizontal)
May be a mapped formula
From here to there
A vertical usually means
Some structure
(Natural or unnatural)
Connected with earth
(Actually or relatively)
Rising in perpendicular symmetry
Yet a horizon
(A virtual horizontal)
Is associated with
Leaving here for
Where?
Almost a virtual vertical
Rising hope
Rising dreams
A Clayton's vertical
Lifting from
Here to
Up there
And the real anomaly
The parallel verticals of a bird cage
To a bird
Mean a semi-useful horizontal ladder
To a human
The verticals are a convenient containment
And the spaces are little more than
A scratch point
(Or a complementary
Nipping point)
Strange
So very strange
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AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Vertical Anomalies
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23 comments:
It looks the bird is lonely because of the cage heheeh. Nice shot...happy hunting.
Mine is here
Poor thing! But he still looks pretty chipper!
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poor bird, a high 5 to those caring for her.
What a cute bird. Sorry to learn thta it's only got one wing... :S
superb commentary! powerful!
Pretty one. It is always rather sad to see them behind vertical bars...
Happy weekend!
vertical
Oh to be out in the open. Nice take on the theme. Enjoy your weekend.
I can hear him all these thousands of miles away !!
I'll give the key to open the cage, he'll be free and fly together with my bird entry...
Great shot, love the yellow crown. It's beautiful.
Poor little sweet bird....
Your poetry today is excellent -wonderful insight.
Mine’s here: Carletta’s Captures.
So nice that he is being taken care of. I like your “angle” on the vertical theme.
Nice take on this weeks theme. Thanks for stopping by. Happy weekend.
The photo is great and I'm glad that someone is taking care of the bird :)
Beautiful bird but needs to get out that cage!
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Too bad the bird has a damaged wing. I'm sure it will live longer in a cage than out.
I enjoyed your words about vertical and horizontal. There's a lot to think about there!
Hope the wing gets better soon!
Aww it is still a beautiful bird! Nice take on the theme
Beautiful bird. Good that it is getting help. Unusual take on the vertical-theme.
I'm very late with my post.
Take a look if you get the time.
Purrs,
Sara Cat
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very pretty bird.. nice take on the theme =)
here's mine..
aww, sweet cockateil, my cockateil here has a broken wing too. He was an avery bird before we homed him. We believe he has always had this bad wing. :(
Sorry to hear about the broken wing, but I am happy to see it has a good home. Cute photo!
Such a beautiful bird! I hope its wing mends soon.
Poor bird. I hope she will heal in no time :)
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