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15-JUN-2007

Oil Well Country
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DSC00854A_1.jpg

Sony DSC-F828
1/250s f/7.1 at 13.1mm iso64 hide exif
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Date/Time15-Jun-2007 11:41:33
MakeSony
ModelDSC-F828
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length13.1 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/7.1
ISO Equivalent64
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Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programshutter priority (4)
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inframan 17-Jun-2007 12:34
PS...google *drinking bird* & you'll find it. I was wrong about the mechanism that made him go up & down. When I lived in California we called the roadside oil wells *dinky-birds*.
inframan 17-Jun-2007 12:20
I may have spelled it wrong, Jeff. It was a popular novelty item for years - a long-necked geeky-looking bird, about 6 inches high) with a little hat as I recall, made out of some absorbent material, that perched on a thin horizontal rod. You put a glass of water in front of him & he would "drink" & as he drank (& absorbed water), he dunked slower (as I recall - someone may want to correct a faulty memory) until he stopped. Then, when enough water evaporated, he started again.
Rumor was that he was invented by the actor Eddie Albert (of Green Acres).
Jeffrey Lewis Knapp17-Jun-2007 03:10
inframan. I have never heard of a dinky bird. Google, nothing. Can you expand? By the way, Great shot Troy!
inframan 16-Jun-2007 12:14
I like the framing of the dinky-bird's silhouette.