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Pics: Ice Sculptures at the zoo
Last weekend and this weekend, an international competition in ice sculpting
was held at the Helsinki Zoo. I went to see some of it. Last week's sculptures were exhibited, and this week's competitors were working on their scupltures in front of the audience. I took my camera, of course, and here are some of the pics. In addition to some ice sculptures and the artists, I managed to snap some pics of animals, mainly big cats. Both lions and tigers seemed to enjoy the snow. There is also a sequence of the lynx trying to eat a bit of meat that I think was partly frozen, judging from the faces the poor lynx made while gnawing on it. The animals all have access to warm comfy houses all the time, so they were out in the snow by choice. http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/...bum?.dir=/c13c -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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Marina wrote:
Last weekend and this weekend, an international competition in ice sculpting was held at the Helsinki Zoo. I went to see some of it. Last week's sculptures were exhibited, and this week's competitors were working on their scupltures in front of the audience. I took my camera, of course, and here are some of the pics. (snip) Fantastic pics Marina - thanks for sharing them! I particularly loved the Mammoth mother and baby sculpture. Kind of a homage to the Ice Age, I felt. Also amused to see the very apt name of one competitor, 'Kimmo Frosti' - well, it's apt in English, anyway ;-) Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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"Debbie Wilson" wrote Fantastic pics Marina - thanks for sharing them! I particularly loved the Mammoth mother and baby sculpture. Kind of a homage to the Ice Age, I felt. Oh, yes, that wasn't in the competition, that was made by all the competitors together. I liked it a lot (it reminded me of the portrait of my Dad that hangs in the Science faculty of the university - the artist, Hubert Pepper, painted a train of mammoths in the background. My Dad was a palaeontologist). I only wish there had been some sunshine, because that would have shown up the sculptures better. I took 65 pics and only posted 22, so a lot did not come out good enough. I'd also have liked to see the mammoths in the dark, because they were lit up from behind with blue lanterns. They probably look quite eery and alive in the dark. Also amused to see the very apt name of one competitor, 'Kimmo Frosti' - well, it's apt in English, anyway ;-) LOL! In Swedish too, but not in Finnish. It's probably a loan from Swedish. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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Fine pictures, Auntie Marina. The cats are wonderful, but not as wonderful as
Frank, of course. Purrs, Waffles --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ |
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"Karen Chuplis" wrote It's a good thing you gave directions on the snowy owls!! I wouldn't have seen them otherwise. Well, we had a hard time spotting them ourselves. ;o) We stood looking at the one on the ground for ages, then suddenly something moved above it, and we realised what had looked like a clump of snow was another owl! -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" Fine pictures, Auntie Marina. The cats are wonderful, but not as wonderful as Frank, of course. Purrs, Waffles Of course, Waffles, but you should have heard that lady lion roar! Very impressive! -- Auntie Marina |
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Of course, Waffles, but you should have heard that lady lion roar! Very
impressive! I can imagine, but not as impurresive as the way Frank can make me roar ;-) Purrs, Waffles --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ |
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"Marina" wrote in message ... Last weekend and this weekend, an international competition in ice sculpting was held at the Helsinki Zoo. I went to see some of it. Last week's sculptures were exhibited, and this week's competitors were working on their scupltures in front of the audience. I took my camera, of course, and here are some of the pics. In addition to some ice sculptures and the artists, I managed to snap some pics of animals, mainly big cats. Both lions and tigers seemed to enjoy the snow. There is also a sequence of the lynx trying to eat a bit of meat that I think was partly frozen, judging from the faces the poor lynx made while gnawing on it. The animals all have access to warm comfy houses all the time, so they were out in the snow by choice. http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/...bum?.dir=/c13c -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki very cool! Brenda |
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