Bluebird...a rare color image

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[Marie Hass]

okay. I admit to be expecting something else...

All in all, a good image. I think I would have called it the Blue bird of happiness...

Marie

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Thanks Marie, mea culpa on the title, I meant to deceive.

[IzzieK]

Nice find, Jack...I like the fact that it is standing there outside in the cold while the other manikins were in where the warmth are...I haven't seen a blue penguin before so I guess it is OK to be outside as a lookout.

[JBW]

Like the title, love the penguin. What about cropping out the bench on the right side?

[NorthernFocus]

Awesome image. That's an extremely rare species. I'm glad you decided to display it in color lest someone try to challenge your ID of it. I think birders would call that a "lifer"

[Mike Buckley]

Is this part of a charity event in which many penguins are positioned throughout the city, each one painted differently by an artist, and each one bought so proceeds go to the charity?

[Shadowman]

Fitting capture for the title. Nicely seen and captured.

[John 2]

You'd be blue if you lived where Penguins live. Nicely captured - I like the colour contrast between the cool Penguin and the warmer colours inside the shop. Nicely titled.

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Thanks Iz. This penguin has been out front all winter. I took the shot and maybe a week later, Bluey was gone, there was a broken window so I'm concerned maybe somebody stole him. Haven't seen him out front since. Another senseless, driveby penguin abduction.

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Thanks Brian. I actually tried that crop, it only showed the storefront and there was no sense of place. By leaving that right side with the bench just seemed to work better.

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Thanks Dan, very rare indeed and it just had to be posted in color to be seen in its entire regality (is that a word? dunno but should be).

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Mike, so far as I know it's just something that one store has. If you look through the window you can see a couple other penguins.

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Thanks John.

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Thanks John(2). Yeah seeing that blue penguin outside kind of makes you feel the chill. What it really needed was a big scarf wrapped around its neck.

[bnnrcn]

You really had reason not to convert to BnW Jack Very nice image, I like the color contrast in the image.

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Thanks Binnur.