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Cats Drinking Beer out of Straws: DQable if you use light beer
Cats Drinking Beer out of Straws: DQable if you use light beer
vawendy


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Challenge: Challenge Suggestions (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Date: Apr 10, 2016
Aperture: 20.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Apr 10, 2016

[Apr. 17th, 2016 01:16:14 PM]

Ok. I'm going to whine for awhile on this one, so stop reading if you detest whining.

From the beginning this seemed like a trick question: Have you stopped beating your wife?

Seriously -- a challenge suggestion? Fun idea. But "Amuse us. (and the more ridiculous, out there, kookoo... the better!)"? I just knew that that was doomed to fail. Getting ridiculous and kookoo wasn't going to be seen as a serious challenge suggestion. But wait a second, it didn't say a serious challenge suggestion.

So I went with the description and came up with the silliest thing I could think of.

So it was hard seeing people saying they were looking for viable challenge suggestions. It just makes one want to shout: "READ THE DESCRIPTION!!"

Now. That being said. There were some people that managed to get the kookoo, silly, and I could see it being a challenge. Selfies in Chrome and red nose day were brilliant, and managed to bring a believable challenge as well as silliness. I hope they do really well. And perhaps if I had simply titled this drinking buddies, it would have worked better. But I wanted the ridiculous.

Perhaps if it had been a good shot, that would have worked the best? :)

Perhaps if I stopped bitching and moaning I'd have shot something for contre jour?

Oh drat.

[Apr. 17th, 2016 09:56:37 PM]

Ah. I can't go back and edit out the whining until rollover. Sorry. Too sleepy. I just put it in to get it off my chest. So hopefully no one will read it before morning. :)

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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 04/30/2016 04:16:13 PM
" Selfies in Chrome and red nose day were brilliant..."

Yay! Thanks, Wendy! muuuuuuuwah!
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Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/18/2016 05:46:47 PM
I think it is hilarious!
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/18/2016 07:14:56 AM
Yep, I agree, there were some that were great shots but kookoo? Nope. This certainly met the challenge though, I can imagine the difficulty in getting cats to cooperate lol.

Message edited by author 2016-04-18 07:17:02.
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 04/18/2016 12:09:11 AM
Most people don't read the challenge description, look at a few in the TT. Thought this would beat mine for sure, good set up.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 04/18/2016 12:08:45 AM
excellent, kookoo, certainly fitting.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 04/17/2016 11:18:15 PM
Since we were told the more kookoo the better, this is hard to beat.
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Canon
 04/17/2016 05:01:16 PM
...omg...the tongue...perfection!
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM
 04/16/2016 08:53:07 PM
As far as I know, cats won't drink light beer.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000
Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/16/2016 07:04:48 PM
Image..(1-6): 5
Idea...(0-4): 1 ...Funny but unrealistic IMHO.
.......Total: 6
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/12/2016 06:06:47 PM
Too funny. I gotta know what you put on the straws to make them lick them :)

I wish both cats were either full body or cropped out. Someone one of each looks a bit odd to me. But I've worked with cats, so you take what you can get :)
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