Comments on: A Flamingo Made of Flamingos!

By: Natalie w

Natalie w — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:15:00 +0000

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

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:13:07 +0000

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.

By: marcusbacus

marcusbacus — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:15:29 +0000

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

By: bekkie

bekkie — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:31:14 +0000

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

By: Minnesotastan

Minnesotastan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:37:30 +0000

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.”

By: anon

anon — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:18:31 +0000

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.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:36:30 +0000

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.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:35:57 +0000

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

By: Shapado

Shapado — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:33:18 +0000

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?

By: Dianne

Dianne — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:20:41 +0000

I LOVE THEM IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM!!

By: ted

ted — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:31:37 +0000

Should have a longer beak, eh?

By: Evil Pundit

Evil Pundit — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:27:00 +0000

Self-referential wildlife ftw!

By: just a guy

just a guy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:44:00 +0000

I was gonna call ‘duck’ too!

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

By: SD

SD — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:12:34 +0000

‘Shopped

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:53:30 +0000

Looks more like a bow-legged duck