Re: PHOTO COMPETITION TIME! (My Second Entry)

[kratzenbourgII]

Keep off the grass!

[PantyMython]

haha. You are a great Grassiest! I like playing the grass too!! :)

[FGAlxPx]

You're such a great musician! :)

[Blinkazoid]

In addition to playing a blade of grass I can also play my armpits:) I figured the blade of grass was probably more photogenic, LOL.

[katylied66]

I'm diggin' your musical instrument!

And that Imperial banana was tops!

Dianne

[Blinkazoid]

The Imperial banana was imperious as well. And delicious.... Well, it would have been delicious were it not made of plastic, LOL.

[devotions4U]

Uncle Blinky ;o) U win 5 stars from me ***** and the grass thingy helps prove my theory of U being full of hot air and the flower no matter its name is beautiful... I think I might enter this here contest!

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Jerry! Yep, no shortage of hot air here, LOL. I'll keep an eye out for your entry!

[johnlebl]

nice work. So whatcha using for a still camera? Jason sure is great for letting us use his music like that, and he has a great variety to choose from too.

[Blinkazoid]

These photos are over a several year period of time so I've used 3 different cameras with them. Olypmus C-700, Kodak V570, and a Sanyo Xacti Which I can't remember the model designation right now.

[johnlebl]

I use an Xacti HD1000 for videos, and I was able to get some stills at a concert that I couldn't have ever dreamed of with my SLR and its f4 70-200mm lens.

[dl737]

That flower sure looked excited about something - lol. Well done as before. I'm second guessing whether to enter with such creative entries so far.

[Blinkazoid]

Hehehe:) Yep the flower was indeed just asking for a bee to come by and have it's way with it, LOL. I'm sure KurtGnu would love to have any entry anyone can muster!

[Blizzeekitty]

I LOVE taking 30 students out in a field and trying to teach them to make noise with a piece of grass. It's the best time ever!

Awesome Inch worm pic!!!!

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Jennifer! That sounds like it would make for a pretty funny video. Although I imagine parents of kids wouldn't be too thrilled with having them unwittingly being put on YouTube, LOL. Still the audio itself would be uhmmm, interesting if everyone blew at the same time, hehehe.

[Blizzeekitty]

LOL, I have done things like that in the past. Great idea.

[KurtGnu]

The flower looks like a Hibiscus.. :) Thanks for your second entry.. As per ususal I will come back and comment proer later.. :)

[KurtGnu]

comment PROPER later.. :)

[Blinkazoid]

Yeah, Ecliptic up above said it was a Hibiscus. I didn't have a clue. Wow, you've got a LOT of entries on your contest Rob!

[KurtGnu]

More than I ever expected, Blink! I'm glad I decided to have it judged by an independent panel of judges, as there's no way I could have taken it upon myself to decide a winner this time.. :)

[Ecliptic555]

I forgot to say that they are "a cousin" to okra.

[Ecliptic555]

Blinky, the flower is a hibiscus. We saw a lot of in Hawaii, but I think they need agricultural zone 9 and above on the mainland US. I have also grown them indoors in our zone 8. There are several colors and some have double blooms. In warmer climates they are constantly blooming--one of my favorite plants.

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks for the info Ecliptic!!! I was a little surprised when you said it was a hibiscus because I myself grow okra and it's always said that okra is a cousin to the hibiscus, and okra blooms don't have the long stamen. But I Imgag Googled it and of course you are right:) It's a very photogenic plant. I'm in zone 7. I'll have to see how these plants do this winter. They are under an outside roof which is about 20 feet tall, so they're protected from the frost, if not the cold weather.

[1DRock37167]

Interesting, I hope you win!

D

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Daryl!!!

[debbiez112]

Great Job Blink I think you were very creative on this one. I love the banana pic....lol

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Debbie!!! I'd love to have some good banana pudding right now, LOL.

[audionautix]

very entertaining as always.

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Jason!!! And as always thanks for the great tune. I thought it went especially well with this video!

[Amiduffer]

Good luck, these were pretty good.

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Drew!!!

[Perroquet51]

Now, THOSE were truly wonderful photos! Lord! I haven't thought about the blade of grass instrument since I was a kid. Great video, Blinky.

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Marc! I used to do the grass thing a couple of times every summer. I must not have done it the last few summers though because I couldn't remember if bigger or smaller blades were thee best. This one here seemed pretty good. I first tried a really wide blade and didn't get much sound out of it.

[Moonchimes]

What a terrific entry. Good luck, Blinky! Hugs,~Moonchime

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Marilyn!!! That reminds me I'm WAY behind. I need to pop over to Twish's channel and see if any of your entries won her hat contest thing!

[OhCurt]

The insect shot was wild, and LMAO @ the final shot!

Hey, I think the blade of grass sprang a leak.

[Blinkazoid]

I thought the inchworm shot was so unusual I probably took about 15 photos of it the day I ran across it. I think the grass was fine. It was probably just a piece of lung or something, LOL.

[scottytoohottie123]

another great entry,i liked the insect photo the best,love and respect scotty and libby:0)

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Scotty and Libby!!! I feel totally fortunate to have stumbled across those inchworms that day!

[askmisscris]

Great shots, and love the banana picture *laughing* classy!

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Cris!!! Now I'm hungry for some banana pudding, LOL.

[SplitPZ]

LMAO...The ironic thing about your banana photo is that you probably ate it later...ahahahahha....

Loved all your photos...good luck!

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks SplitPZ!!! Well I'm SURE I would have eaten it by now except this particular banana was the plastic banana prize given to my by Pippilly when I was a co-winner of her banana eating contest. KurtGnu was the other co-winner.

[BaronKrolok]

Liked the little worms! The banana ought to be funny, but as a German I didn't get it, but the expression on your face blowing the grass was funny!!^^

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Baron!!! The box of Jello Pudding was in jail for it's part in facilitating the slaughter of countless bananas to be ultimately consumed in "Banana Pudding".

[BaronKrolok]

I see... we have nothing like "Jello Banana Pudding"... but the british are famous for their..ähmm..unusual way of cooking..

[moomay11649]

You can blow the reed really good. You should win just for that for the talent.

Love the banana pudding in jail.

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks moomay! I probably should have done a little more variety on blowing the blade of grass but I was trying to blow out "Shave And A Haircut, Two Bits" :)

[Pookieftw]

ROFL! Wow, you really stepped things up. I loved all the photos and thought that was a great idea for an instrument! I remember whistling with a blade of grass as a kid (that was a few years ago, wink).

[Blinkazoid]

Well after seeing your video I knew my previous video just wasn't going to cut the mustard!!! I'm still not entirely satisfied with the wall pic. Had I known about this contest a couple of months ago I would have made it a point to take a photo of the very first section of wall they erected on that building I showed. It would have been much more artsy just showing a monolithic slab with nothing else around it.

[Pookieftw]

I liked that it wasn't completed. I could take hours at a construction site photographing all the unique sites.

[OHTXAZ]

Oh Man; I Had Forgotten About The Melodious(sp?) Sounds Of A Blade Of Grass. Love The Banana, And Those Wormie Things Were Just Fantastic. Were Those In Your Very Own Garden? ;0)

Roberta

[Blinkazoid]

I took the inchworm photo several years ago. When my cats were younger and afraid to venture out much on their own I used to take them on a perimeter tour of the yard every evening. I found the branch/leaf with the inchworms in a far corner of the yard quite a ways from the garden.

[petuniabelle650]

LOL@ "Banana-ty!"  Very nice, Blink. The picture of you was really good.

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks PB!!! It's hard not to look good when you have a blade of grass hanging out of both sides of your mouth:)

[edenbainbridge]

great entry!

xoexo

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks eden!!!

[GramsandPapi]

Love this Blink!! Thanks, GandP

[Blinkazoid]

Thank *you two/too* for watching GandP:)))

[thizizliz]

For a hilarious guy, you take some pretty great photos! :) Good luck in the competition and thanks for the laugh this morning.

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Liz!!! The cometition is pretty stiff and still heating up. We'll see:)))

[Maiyanna]

LOL the poor jello, that evil banana! I think that will be a winner. :)

[Blinkazoid]

Ahhh, but the banana was just dispensing some frontier justice. It was seeking retribution for all of it's bretheran who have been mercilessly sliced up to go into banana puddings! The Jello pudding is definately an accomplice to the massacre:)

[Illuminatta]

OMG! I used to do that with a blade of grass, too!

[Blinkazoid]

I pretty much have to do that once or twice a year, LOL. I actually was trying to blow a simple little tune on the part I kept repeating. I doubt anyone could ever guess it though since I really couldn't change the pitch.

[FroGhandi]

you have the best garden on YouTube Blinky :)

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Rory! Well I do manage to do a pretty good job of growing blades of grass, LOL.

[debstef]

Ha. Hungry little inchworms!

[Blinkazoid]

Oddly enough I almost never see inchworms around here. This was from several years ago when I was just walking around the yard. I'd never seen a similiar type of photo op before or since.

[Jinxie228]

heheheh awesome!!!!

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Jinxie!!!

[AnneMarie96]

Excellent

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks AnneMarie!!!

[LeSaMilano]

I swear that grass sounded a little like a soprano sax.

I think there is a petition for a Cruelty to Bananas Act circulating.

[Blinkazoid]

I should have been a little more ambitious and tryed to play some "Classical Grass":)

Wow, I hadn't heard that about the Banana petition thing. It'll be a black day for bananas everywhere if that Act doesn't get passed:)

[cooksterz]

Man that Banana photo hard to beat! Wowo just saw Kurts contest and happy to try to get some of things on his list.. being a sucker for Photogs and all! Bugs... did i see those before.. cool hang tens on those guys! LOL

[Blinkazoid]

Thanks Cookie!!! I look forward to seeing what you come up with!!! I think I did put that pic of the inchworms in one of my vids before. I really can't remember which one that might be though.

[randomwritings]

yep you have a future as a Chinese Grass-brower!

[Blinkazoid]

Well there ain't no future in the past. Broken glass and all that jazz:)

[cazzmaxreturns]

mmmmm grass..

[Blinkazoid]

As you gaze out upon a large field of grass. Just imagine the sound it would make if every single blade were living up to it's full musical potential, LOL.