Andy Rodker

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Posted: 09 Jul 2018


Taken: 03 Mar 2012

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Rock window. ahead is the vultures' favourite white (guano stained) rock, with one vulture sitting unawares!

Rock window. ahead is the vultures' favourite white (guano stained) rock, with one vulture sitting  unawares!
In order to get shots of vultures, I need to crawl through this rock window as quietly as possible, creep ever so slowly up the rocks to the right and get to a position slightly above them, all the while staying as much as possible in the shade and it only works anyway if the wind is in your face, for obvious reasons!

I posted this version of the shot by mistake. I have the unedited version, an unfinished and poorly edited version (this) and the one I intended to post. I decided to keep it as I didn't want to delete the fist few comments and the difference is in fact quite small!

'Sight and Sound' entry refers to my replies to Jean's and Larry's comments below where I found myself repeating the line 'hopes in vain' regarding the vulture watching me, hoping I might fall off! That thought led to my recalling (in a roundabout kind of way, without much logic, but using random association as we all do) the The Rolling Stones' 'Love in Vain.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETfPHaBbwY

xacobeo4, Roger Bennion, micritter, and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo


13 comments - The latest ones
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, Erhard!
6 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Good sneaky photo, Andy, and I forgot about this good oldie from the Stones.

Thanks for adding to "Sight and Sound."
6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Philippe,
Ulrich,
Thank you both!
6 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
Remarkable shot of the grasses with the light through them, and the vulture is a great addition to the photo.
6 years ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
With or without the vulture, this is an interesting shot!
6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Karen,
cammino,
Rosa,
Fred,
Ron,
Eunice,
Very many thanks!
6 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
ik dacht al,,,om te schuilen
6 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Fred Fouarge club
Not so, Fred!
6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, Bea!
6 years ago.
 micritter
micritter
Wonderful shot.
By the way, you can exchange an image with another one without deleting comments, etc. Click on "Replace" (next to last item under the ACTIONS menu),
6 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to micritter
That is useful to know! Many thanks, Rashid!

I Tried it but no success. The problem is that the photo I want to upload (the better version of this) is visible to me in a file but when I come to upload it it or replace the old one, on;y the old one appears. I've had this before where I have more than one version in different locations (cloud, external hard drive as well as my laptop) and only one version predominates when I want to post one version somewhere else and it seems to be luck if it is the one that I actually want. So this version is the dominant one and the other 2 are hidden by it.
I don't begin to understand what I have done wrong but Picasa has a mind of its own sometimes!
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
A great viewpoint and beautiful colours. A well chosen and logical musical link :-)

Thank you, Andy, for posting to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music
6 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Roger Bennion club
Thanks Roger, but if there is any logic here, it passed me by!
6 years ago.

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