The dignity is all in the eyes. That half-closed look says ‘I’m comfortable being who I am.’ Or perhaps, ‘your complaints about my fashion choice are putting me to sleep.’
cicely, Destroyer of Mintsays
Now there is a ‘pod who is clearly saying, “I do not follow fashion; I lead it.”
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Yet at the risk of being hollowed out, carved, and having a candle placed in it.
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Glen Davidson
I don’t recommend it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_wrestling
The dignity is all in the eyes. That half-closed look says ‘I’m comfortable being who I am.’ Or perhaps, ‘your complaints about my fashion choice are putting me to sleep.’
Now there is a ‘pod who is clearly saying, “I do not follow fashion; I lead it.”
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Hm, wrestling with calamari as a possible result, chigau. Seems less pointless than the usual kind…
Glen Davidson
Wearing bright orange with superciliousness, I would have said.
Orange, with knobs on! And probably knobs turned up to 11 …
Nice lighting and a dab hand with the filters. The rest of the photographer’s gallery is well worth checking out.
Hmm. You know, I think I might go for the vivid copper eye makeup today. Thank you, Octopus, for being a fashion inspiration!
Too right, anuran – don’t miss the rest of the site, it’s…well, amazing, actually.
The photo reminds me of the line from the poem about Albert Ramsbottom and the lion:
He lay in a somnolent posture
Do octopuses purr?
http://allpoetry.com/poem/8503267-The_Lion_and_Albert-by-Marriott_Edgar
There are some truly fabulous photos on that site!
Nice. That is some excellent photography.
I actually wear those shades of orange myself with no loss of dignity, but they are not for every human, that’s for sure.
Now there’s a look that just screams “notice me!”
Found off Guantanamo Bay?