Scavenger Contest

This will be my entry to the scavenger hunt once it’s complete…

I thought I’d try to get as many original pictures as possible for this contest. I roped Kids-thekid into it too. I made up a Blogshares sign to try to get into the shots to prove their originality. All these pictures were taken on a Nokia 7500 camera phone(except the logged in to BS one – for obvious reasons) Clicking a picture should take you to the full sized image…

Headings in RED are ones I was unable to get myself (so far)

1. A man in a kilt either outdoors or at a workplace.

2. A plane in the process of landing.
This was horrible. We live about 3 minutes from Aberdeen Airport, which incidentally is the busiest heliport in the world. This didn’t make it easy to get the picture though.

Attempt 1

Attempt 2

Those do have a plane landing in them!! We went round the other side of the airport and stopped under the approach. Kidthekid-1 lay across the dash holding the sign to get us this shot…

3. SubWolf surrounded by women.

Thanks to MMelville for the idea on this one. I thought this was gonna be a total bitch to get but instead one of the easiest shots yet…

Can’t see it?

Thanks for a great idea MM!!

4. Dave’s mom in combat boots.
Another tough one!

5. Two people knitting towards each other on the same project.

6. Ducks in a waterscape scene. (bonus for most ducks).
There’s a pond quite near our house with ducks on it so Kidthekid-4 and I set out, bread in hand, to do this one on our own. This was a mistake. Firstly it’s a logistic disaster. I need to take the pic while she holds the sign and at the same time not drown in the pond! Another body would have been good but we went ahead anyhow. The sun wasn’t sitting right for a good shot, coupled with the death of child possibility so I thought I’d take a pre-risk test shot…

I was surprised that turned out OK so thought right, time for the kid. This actually created a problem in that when she saw the ducks that was it, Dad was ignored! I spent literally seconds trying to get her to turn round and smile, holding the sign but it wasn’t to be, you can still see it’s the same sign though…

I suppose I should mention that I counted 18 ducks on the pond, not sure how many I got in the shot though. I don’t suppose it’ll matter as someone’s bound to find a pic with thousands of the wee buggers.

7. Someone surrounded by coffee cups.

This was bound to be easy. Coffee cups have their own shelf in one of our kitchen units so step in Kidthekid-4 again. This was actually the first shot I took for the comp…

8. A pink elephant.

Because of the previous palava with the elephant being yellow this was left longer than I’d hoped. However, a brilliant member of my fanclub soon mentioned she had a serviette with pink elephants on it and stuck it on her flickr page…

No No No, said I. That’s no good, it requires “Blogsharification” (you can use that word if you like). Happily my mates are as mad as I am and the end result is, I’m sure you’ll agree, fantastic!

9. A woman holding a Newcastle (it’s a brand of beer).


10. Larger than life animal sculpture (extra points for ridiculous size / subject).
This is made of coat hangers…

11. Someone asleep at their terminal.

12. An ass with a hat on it.

13. A hot air balloon in flight.

14. A cell phone logged into B$.

Easy thought I. Not so! This was a hellish picture to take. Firstly I had to use my digital camera. Secondly it was a close up. Thirdly the phone kept going to black as I was about to take it. Still after some perseverance I got the shot, note it’s actually “logged in” and not just on the site…

15. A wild animal (cannot be at a conventional zoo).

I remembered that our landlords, the Rowett Institute, keep a bunch of strange animals on their land as part of their work. So I took the Kidthekid-3 down and got a couple of him with the Llamas. Ok they aren’t in the wild, but they are still wild animals!

Bonus: A flag of your favourite country.