So you thought the big
Paris Luxembourg Gardens goldfish seagull
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Food Chain in the Luxembourg Gardens
So you thought the big
Paris Luxembourg Gardens goldfish seagull
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So you thought the big
Paris Luxembourg Gardens goldfish seagull
I don't know if that's a huge goldfish or a miniature seagull, but something's out of proportion for sure! How on earth did you get that bird to pose for you? I love the ripples in the water too, Eric.
ReplyDeleteWow, good catch! Poor fish.
ReplyDelete(Is the Nose still sitting at the fountain de Medicis, by the way, or is that gone? )
I just saw your link Eric. Pretty cool! Ooops, didn't mean to use that word again. Am trying to improve my vocabulary!
ReplyDeleteI presume, especially if this is an ornamental lake in the gardens, that this is actually a Koi Carp, rather than a goldfish - though they are related - which would account for the large size of the fish in relation to the bird.
ReplyDeleteIsn't real life just DRAMATIC!
ReplyDelete"Animal Planet channel in a park near you"
Great catch -- for you and for the gull! Quite a scary-looking bird, if you look closely!
ReplyDeleteit's amazing you captured the moment....did you wait around for a few hours with your hand on the button? hehe... i am the master of missed opportunities.
ReplyDeletethanks tomate farcie and michael for your responses to my comment yesterday!
Wow - talk about an action shot! Very nice (though, not so nice for the goldfish.)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Michael, I think everyone had had enough of mes nichons!
At least the flowers are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYes quite unexpected as you say, unexpected that you could photgraph such a thing... surely there was only a small window of opportunity! Well done.
ReplyDeleteOuch!
ReplyDeleteellie
One fish...two fish...GOLDFISH...DEAD fish...LOL! Ahhhhhhhh, the laws of nature...great capture Eric...love the ripples too! Would this be a fly-by-carp-eat-ing? ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow that is one big gold fish!! Poor one!
ReplyDeleteIf it ever managed to swallow the fish, the resulting weight gain has me imagining the seagull slowly plodding, web foot after web foot, toward the distant sea.
ReplyDeletePercy, great visual image !
ReplyDeleteBuzzgirl, I can't imagine anyone being tired of your nichons!
Wow, a known scavenger s preferring a fresh meal??!! Great capture (for you and it!) Eric. Kudos!
ReplyDelete-Kim
PS--does this give a whole new meaning to "carp(e) diem ? ;^)
wow, I can imagine you pulling out your camera fast to capture this...that was a beautiful gold fish, probably too big a meal for that gull...
ReplyDeleteAs for me, I witnessed a seagull kill and eat a pigeon last week. Quite impressive, even if I feel no sympathy for "flying rats" !
ReplyDelete> FritzMunchner : seagulls usually travel inland following rivers from the sea. They are not that rare in Paris.
> buzzgirl : Michael 's right, your "nichons" are… pretty cool ! (oops, oops, Michael !)
At this point in the comments, this isn't very original, but the ripples actually make the photo for me.
ReplyDeleteThis photo could have been taken anywhere in the world ! Please display shots where we can at least feel we are in Paris somehow !
ReplyDeleteWako - Sorry, but refrain from commenting if you are going to say anything that negative. Eric has been showing us unusual aspects of Paris for quite a while now, and that is the beauty of this site. Sometimes Eric's Paris meets our stereotypical image of what it is, and sometimes it does not.
ReplyDeleteEric - This photo is sensational. How in the world did you do it?
Buzzgirl - Michael beat me to it about your nichons.
Great eye for beauty. The photo is lovely. In my mind's eye I can see it as a painting. I am always enchanted when I am in Paris. Fabulous city!
ReplyDeleteI remembered the "stammerer" Michael Palin from the film "A fish called Wanda", when he was begging Kalvin Klein not to eat the fish!
ReplyDeleteGreat shot, Eric!
...and sorry for beating your national team in the Basket match today in Tokyo!
Well, sorry, I did not know it was not allowed to say something negative.
ReplyDeleteI like the picture, but it just could have been taken anywhere else, even where I live in Frisco actually. So I do not really undertand the purpose of the shot.
More cliches! More cliches! Oh, sorry, couldn't resist. Hey, critiques are ok with me, and I'm sure Eric's big enough to handle it. Welcome to the circus, Wako. C'mon, Elisabeth, cut some slack. We jumped on somebody about calling the site cliched for its photos of Paris icons, now we won't let anyone say they want to see specifically Parisian scenes? Jeez, Bush has changed us all! Maybe I'll just go look at pretty women in yesterday's photo...
ReplyDeleteLOL! It's actually an interesting discussion. I guess the funny part about this photo that yes, could have been taken anywhere, is that it was taken in the middle of Paris in the Luxembourg Gardens, I don't know how many kilometers away from the sea. Somehow the seagulls have found their way to culture in Paris and have survived the pigeons as well.
ReplyDeleteThat's ok Waco and Elisabeth, we all have our opinions and it's nice to see people wanting to defend Eric. It's still a "cool, cliché" world...regardless of dubya Jeff. :-)
Sorry, that should have been "wako" not "waco".....I don't want anybody accusing me of making an association with Waco, Texas. I might get attacked!
ReplyDeletecorrect me if i'm wrong...I think PDP is about Eric sharing his hobby, it is not a service.
ReplyDeleteWaco: I've been following this blog for quite a while, and most of the times, you'll see things that are very specifically Parisian, yet, not really touristic either. Go ahead and click on the archives and see for yourself.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to see more traditional photographs of Paris, then you're probably not on the right site. There are some, of course, but it's really not that kind of blog, in my opinion. Again, I insist this is just my opinion, but I think this blog is more a personal interpretation of Paris by a guy nice enough to keep up the effort every day and share with the rest of the world. Yet, if you pay attention, he'll show you all kinds of things you might not even notice when you are a tourist in Paris. Anyway, hope that helps.
Personally, I thought the 3 bird shots were incredible, but hey, what do I know, I only hang out here because it's fun.
Now I am jelous! I am the biologist, but I never in my life could even think about this kind of shot!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
Tomate, I think you said it perfectly. We see great shots here, many of which are perfectly Parisian. Other shots are interesting in and of themselves, and the Paris hue makes them better for me because I love the city so much. I think it's great to have the conversation. And, yes, Eric does a great job with this blog. I love it for many reasons, and that's only my opinion. Have fun, all, I'm off to a baseball game. (Not Parisian.)
ReplyDeleteWell I had no idea this photo could trigger such a controversy. I must confess that I hesitated before publishing it - precisely because I thought it was odd to show such a scene on a Paris blog.
ReplyDeleteAnd then I thought, well, it did happen in Paris so what the hell!?
Anyway. Just FYI, to capture this I used the continuous mode of my camera.
PS : Pam, thanks for the precision ; I did not know this was a Koi Carp!!
I start working again tomorrow, it's going to be hard...
I must confess that I hesitated before publishing it - precisely because I thought it was odd to show such a scene on a Paris blog.
ReplyDeleteWell, Eric, you shot it in Paris, so it belongs! :-D
This is, of course, just my opinion, but you know it seems to me that anybody producing a picture a day is entitled to doing his/her own thing now and then, don't you think? ;)
Clearly, people want to see explicit shots of Paris when they come to your blog, but that IS a shot of Paris, too.
Paris has a lot of "espaces verts" (parks) and if you walk through this parks, you will be pleasantly surprised to see how peaceful they can be, even though they are not very large (in comparison to Central Park, Golden Gate Park, or other US parks) and right in the middle of an incredibly busy city.
OK, I'll shut up now.
First day back at work? Aie.. take it easy!
oops. I meant "if you walk through these parks"
ReplyDeleteOK, I deeply apologize for having jumped at Waco's throat. Waco, I hope that you will forgive me (by the way, Tomate said exactly what I had meant to say in a much more diplomatic fashion.) Oh, Jeff, thanks for intervening on Waco's behalf but, please, do not even hint that Bush could have had some influence on me! :o)
ReplyDeleteI truly believe in everyone's freedom of speech, and that makes me even guiltier for having blasted someone I don't even know for saying what was on his/her mind. Eric's blog is the most civil of all blogs I know, and certainly do not want to be the one to tarnish its very friendly atmosphere.
So, Waco and anyone, please do say whatever is on your mind, and I promise never to interfere again.
Are you sure that's not marzipan!
ReplyDelete... So, Waco and anyone, please do say whatever is on your mind, and I promise never to interfere again.
ReplyDeleteHey, there, Elisabeth, take it easy! :-) Why shouldn't you say what's on your mind? That's what commenting is for! Relax! :-)
I like the bright gold color among all the grays...really stands out (and makes you go "whoa, is that really what I think it is?!).
ReplyDelete(Eric, did you mean "food chain", or am I just being too literal and not catching a pun on words with fast-food "chains"?
Very cool picture! I imagine you sitting there for hours to catch the shot... or is it just luck?
ReplyDeletecheers
I did make a mistake Petite Americaine! I meant food chain... ooops!
ReplyDeleteThat's ok eric...we non-native english speakers do our best.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember this photo, Eric - thanks for pointing it out today (8-20-09). It's GORGEOUS!!
ReplyDelete(What a controversy that ensued because of it!)
Yeah, I like it. The water looks shiny black, like polished stone.
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