A Flamingo Made of Flamingos!

1. Brad
   September 24th, 2008 at 11:53 pm

   Looks more like a bow-legged duck

2. SD
   September 25th, 2008 at 1:12 am

   'Shopped

3. just a guy
   September 25th, 2008 at 1:44 am

   I was gonna call 'duck' too!

   also, rotate the pic before publishing it, you crazy 'national geographic' magazine, you!

4. Evil Pundit
   September 25th, 2008 at 2:27 am

   Self-referential wildlife ftw!

5. ted
   September 25th, 2008 at 5:31 am

   Should have a longer beak, eh?

6. Dianne
   September 25th, 2008 at 6:20 am

   I LOVE THEM IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM!!

7. Shapado
   September 25th, 2008 at 6:33 am

   Am I also supposed to believe that this is a rare breed of flamingo that has never had any contact with the outside world and lives like cavepeoples?

8. Craig
   September 25th, 2008 at 8:35 am

   Wow, that seems at first to scream "Photoshop!", but I think it might actually be real.

9. Kathleen
   September 25th, 2008 at 9:36 am

   That's pretty awesome. I've never seen a flamingo in its natural habitat, only in zoos, so just the volume of them is pretty neat to see.

10. anon
    September 25th, 2008 at 11:18 am

    I don't think it's shopped, but I do think there is a kind of bias in perception. It doesn't look like a flamingo, it looks like a duck or goose.

    Take a look at the 'beak' instead of being long and curved down, this one is short and curved up.

    Also the body shape is squat and round with the 'legs' oriented toward the rear of the body.

11. Minnesotastan
    September 25th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    Another way it could be 'shopped would be to selectively dredge/fill the lakebed to create depths appropriate to the shape you want them to form. Call it "geoshopping."

12. bekkie
    September 25th, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    If it was on anything but national geographic I'd say it was photoshopped.. but I'll go with luck and multiple shots...

13. marcusbacus
    September 26th, 2008 at 12:15 am

    Luck... to have Photoshop available. It's not their first shopped image (there is one about pyramids that is known for a while).

14. Ali S.
    September 26th, 2008 at 1:13 am

    If in truth it is shopped then shame on NG for that. They have always touted to have the best ethical ideals for photography in that nothing should be retouched. But if this is a real honest "hand on heart" picture than that's pretty neat.

15. Natalie w
    July 21st, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    if it was photoshopped,it would probably look more like a flamingo. but as it is, its really cool!

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