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Reflection in Vice President Dick Cheney’s sunglasses
Steve Mitchell, Photographer
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Patrick Fallon, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 8:12 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> Are you inferring he is thus not a vampire? Haha |
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James Madelin, Photographer
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AKL | Auckland | New Zealand | Posted: 8:20 PM on 04.08.08 |
->> i don't get it. was he fishing with an inflatable sex doll ? that's certainly what it looks like to several people i've just called to look over my shoulder.
someone else pointed out that the dark reflection in his glasses seems totally at odds with the bright background.
very very good spot mitchell ! |
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Kolman Rosenberg, Photographer
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Mentor | OH | USA | Posted: 8:21 PM on 04.08.08 |
->> I'm trying to make out what the reflection is?
Steve, are you able to make it out? |
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Alex Menendez, Photographer
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Orlando | FL | USA | Posted: 8:23 PM on 04.08.08 |
->> Very fishy indeed....
sorry |
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Steve Mitchell, Photographer
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West Palm Beach | FL | United States | Posted: 8:27 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> Well it looks like a naked woman to me. |
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Mark Peters, Photographer
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Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 8:28 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> Looks to be someone in tan waders, white tshirt standing in th e bow of the boat? |
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Kolman Rosenberg, Photographer
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Mentor | OH | USA | Posted: 8:28 PM on 04.08.08 |
->> OK, I guess he's holding a fish at arms length?
It is a cool shot although I've seen many like it and have taken a few myself with coaches talking to or yelling at their teams, with the individual/team reflected in their sunglasses.
Now what would really be neat would be a reflection of the lawyer he shot, reflected in his sunglasses as he pulled the trigger! |
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Jon Blacker, Photographer
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Toronto | ON | Canada | Posted: 8:29 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> LOOK at it. It's Cheney's arm and his hand holding a fly rod. |
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Kolman Rosenberg, Photographer
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Mentor | OH | USA | Posted: 8:30 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> At first I saw a naked woman too! |
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Steve Mitchell, Photographer
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West Palm Beach | FL | United States | Posted: 8:34 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> Who's daughter is that??? |
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Mark Smith, Photographer
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Elk City | OK | USA | Posted: 9:27 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> For all of you who saw a naked woman at first glance...shame on you..(and, on me too.) |
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Patrick Smith, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Towson | MD | USA | Posted: 9:38 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> First he accidentally shoots a man. Now he is fishing with an inflatable sex doll. This man really needs to see an optometrist. Ha. |
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William Maner, Photographer
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Biloxi | MS | USA | Posted: 9:55 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> I noticed all the responses so far have been from the guys.. I wonder what our female peers see in that reflection? We need the female point of view to balance things out... |
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Walter Calahan, Photographer
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Westminster | MD | USA | Posted: 10:01 PM on 04.08.08 |
->> The women see an inflatable male sex doll, batteries not included. Grin.
Well whatever is reflecting, it makes him smile which isn't something I see him do much. |
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Michael McNamara, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 10:13 PM on 04.08.08 |
->> Let me take this opportunity to plug David Bohrer's (the Vice President's photographer) book America's Special Forces. The access he had while working on the project was unprecedented.
David is a great shooter, but more importantly, a super cool guy.
http://tinyurl.com/3h5b2q |
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Paul Morse, Photographer
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Washington | DC | United States | Posted: 10:33 PM on 04.08.08 |
| ->> I agree with Michael!!!!!! It's good to see so many people looking really close at Dave's photos. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 1:21 AM on 04.09.08 |
| ->> crap...I saw someone being waterboarded...........and he's laughing |
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Jody Gomez, Photographer
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Murrieta | CA | USA | Posted: 1:39 AM on 04.09.08 |
->> At first glance, I thought it was a naked woman as well. However after close study and a second opinion, I have to agree with Jon Blacker - I believe it's his arm.
I also tried to how he could have his arm reflected in his left eye glass and a profile of a guy smoking a cigar in his right eye glass, when I realized that what I thought was the profile of a guy smoking a cigar is really the outline of his cheek in combination with his arm. (Okay I'm tired).
...and James, the dark reflection in Cheney's glasses is the lake.
Cheers!
Jody |
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Primoz Jeroncic, Photographer
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Kranj | SI | Slovenia | Posted: 7:16 AM on 04.09.08 |
->> Here's a bit bigger version of this photo.
http://tinyurl.com/5h2voh
It really does look like naked body on small version, but with bigger one, I guess there's no doubt... Even if someone might like to see him driving around naked girls on fishing boat :), he is unfortunately just holding his hand so, that reflection gives wrong impression :) |
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Aaron Rhoads, Photographer
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McComb | MS | USA | Posted: 9:29 AM on 04.09.08 |
| ->> I thought it look like satan. |
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Walter Calahan, Photographer
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Westminster | MD | USA | Posted: 10:13 AM on 04.09.08 |
->> So it simply Dick holding his rod.
I'm deflated.
HA! |
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Steve Mitchell, Photographer
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West Palm Beach | FL | United States | Posted: 10:22 AM on 04.09.08 |
->> Ha, Ha, that's funny. Thanks for the bigger version.
sm |
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Aaron Rhoads, Photographer
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McComb | MS | USA | Posted: 1:18 PM on 04.09.08 |
->> Walter,
Is it, Dick holding his rod?
Or is Rod holding..... |
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Jason Frizzelle, Photographer
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Greenville | NC | USA | Posted: 2:00 PM on 04.09.08 |
->> Naked woman???????
That explains his heart problems!!!! |
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Doug Holleman, Photographer
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Temple | TX | USA | Posted: 10:21 PM on 04.09.08 |
| ->> So...a lot of SportsShooters think Cheney's arm looks like a naked woman. And all this time I thought I was the one with the most nonexistent social life. |
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James Nix, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 9:52 PM on 04.10.08 |
->> A McClatchy Newspapers wire story seems to have pulled from this tread for a story I just saw at ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/news/stories/2008/04/10/CHENEY.html?cxntli...
"It wasn't just the blogosphere. On a Web site called sportsshooter.com, dedicated to sports photography, professionals also did a double take and debated the shot on their message board.
"Naked woman??????? That explains his heart problems!!!" noted photographer Jason Frizzelle of Greenville, N.C.
"Holy crap! Is that what I think it is?" wrote one reader of the blog "A Welsh View."
"At first glance, I thought it was a naked woman as well," wrote Jody Gomez, a photographer from Murrietta, Calif. "However after close study and a second opinion ... I believe it's his arm." Others, including some White House staffers, saw the profile of a man's face and a cigar." |
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Jason Palmer, Photographer
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Wichita Falls | TX | USA | Posted: 9:30 AM on 04.11.08 |
->> James, I found that too.
Also, the story you linked is posted on Drudgereport.com ... and I probably don't have to tell anybody how many hundreds of thousands of hits THAT website gets daily.
That is a lot of potential exposure for a forum with what some folks would consider.... questionable comments. |
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Colin Lenton, Photographer, Assistant
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Philadelphia | PA | United States | Posted: 9:47 AM on 04.11.08 |
->> Just heard about this thread on CNN this morning... figured it was a must read.
Hahah... it was. Thanks for the laugh guys. |
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Michael Muszynski, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Jerome Davis, Photographer
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Jason Frizzelle, Photographer
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Greenville | NC | USA | Posted: 10:49 AM on 04.11.08 |
| ->> When I posted all I wanted was a funny........didnt expect to be quoted on CNN. |
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Kevin Johnston, Photographer
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Oden | MI | USA | Posted: 11:01 AM on 04.11.08 |
->> Ok, theres your funny...
Kevin |
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Wesley R. Bush, Photographer
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Nashville | TN | U.S. | Posted: 11:20 AM on 04.11.08 |
| ->> Jason: Kind of reminds me of something we used to do at the paper I worked on in college to remind us how any quote can be taken out of context. Whenever we would hear a coworker say something colorful, we would print the quote out and hang it on the quote wall. Hilarity ensued. You'd be surprised at the things you say. |
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Tom Braid, Photo Editor
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Edmonton | AB | Canada | Posted: 11:25 AM on 04.11.08 |
->> Couple of weeks ago Jim McNay said in a very good column, "Bottom line: If you know it or not, you're being watched." He was talking to students and new photojournalists about how editors, instructors along with others in the industry that might have work and or opportunities to offer and how they are always watching. Good read; http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/1944
Easy to update that very good column with the fact that everything everyone post on this site (and other sites/Blogs) can in fact be seen and or easily found in a Google/Yahoo etc, etc search by anyone in the world that has Internet access. Quoting Jim McNay, "Bottom line: If you know it or not, you're being watched."
Now for another thought, Fun Pix are now searchable. Now that fact is scary! |
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Jason Frizzelle, Photographer
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Greenville | NC | USA | Posted: 12:30 PM on 04.11.08 |
->> Thanks Kevin!!
Wesley, I do the same thing except in bars......when people sober boy are they surprised at what they say. |
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Patrick Smith, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Towson | MD | USA | Posted: 12:41 PM on 04.11.08 |
| ->> Wesley, we still do that. And we archive them. Ha. |
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Jody Gomez, Photographer
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Murrieta | CA | USA | Posted: 2:45 PM on 04.11.08 |
->> Okay all - this is silly - MSNBC just called me (apparently they read SportsShooter also) and Alex Witt will be interviewing me live today at 1:52-ish pacific time about this silly photo. Why me? I have no idea, but they said they'd plug my website.
So, if you get a chance, listen to the broadcast and hear me make a total fool out of myself live.
Giggle
Jody |
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Andrew Carpenean, Photographer
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Laramie | WY | USA | Posted: 3:10 PM on 04.11.08 |
->> Jody,
You're reaching celebrity status! Personally I would rather catch you on the news than Paris Hilton. Raise some eyebrows and tell MSNBC the reflection is actually you. Can I have your autograph?
I don't recall the VP smiling much until seeing this photo. At least not a toothy grin. |
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lori shepler, Photographer
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los angeles | ca | | Posted: 4:03 PM on 04.11.08 |
| ->> Bert and Brad..this is all the publicity you will ever need!!!! :) |
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Allan Campbell, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 4:14 PM on 04.11.08 |
| ->> The Whitehouse does not have anything better to comment on than a vacation photo of the VP.... and the media has nothing better to report on.... What a business we are in. |
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Jason Frizzelle, Photographer
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Greenville | NC | USA | Posted: 4:49 PM on 04.11.08 |
| ->> Awesome Jody. I got the call and answered too late. But i'm enjoying my 15 mins regardless. |
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Jody Gomez, Photographer
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Murrieta | CA | USA | Posted: 5:00 PM on 04.11.08 |
->> OMG - the plug was so much better than I thought it would be. Not only did they show my website twice, but they also posted the site address.
For those of you who watched, did I sound like an idiot? Ha Ha
Jody |
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Walter Calahan, Photographer
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Westminster | MD | USA | Posted: 7:16 PM on 04.11.08 |
->> Gee, I got 24 funnies so far, and no one, NO ONE, has called me, quoted me, or audited my income tax return yet.
Still deflated. |
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Patrick Fallon, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 7:29 PM on 04.11.08 |
->> Walter,
Just don't go hunting quail! |
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Ryan Gebely, Student/Intern, Photographer
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California | PA | USA | Posted: 8:48 PM on 04.11.08 |
| ->> Sportsshooter.com makes CNN news due to Dick Cheney's sunglasses....if you watch the clip about it on cnn.com they quote a post by Jason Frizzelle....and mention sportsshooter.com....yay us... |
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Garrett Hubbard, Photographer
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Washington | D.C. | USA | Posted: 9:54 PM on 04.11.08 |
->> Jason, Jody. nice work! lol. I'm here almost every day and it was quite a surprise to hear about ss.com on CNN.com. lol.
Walter. I have a good friend at the IRS here in D.C. I might be able to pull a few strings help you out on that audit... Grin. |
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