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Thank you to @jane-e for creating our last 'BB-8' SFTW challenge, and to all who took part in it.
A couple of weeks ago many folk descended on Loch Ness, in Scotland, to search for the famous monster, which is said to inhabit the loch. No-one found anything, but the legend continues. At 23 miles long and 755 feet deep there is plenty of water there, but over the years there have only been a few grainy and blurry photographs of something in the water.
The following week, I was standing on the shore of the loch on a very calm morning and got to thinking that 'team Photoshop' could help put this right. So this is where you come in.
Can you show us your explanation of what the 'monster' might be or might look like?
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Dave
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@davescm I never fail to be amazed at the spots you take your photographs from.
In this case coincidently where a rarely seen image was taken ~ 1890's
I can now relate the true story:
People always assume that the monster wasn't, isn't real due to the lack of sightings.
They also don't realise that Captain Nemo existed.
The Jules Verne novel managed to convince an unprepared world that he and the Nautilus was a fiction
and that it was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion. Not true.
Indeed the good Captain safely led the creature to a far off shore whose location is now lost to all.
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A brilliant story and explanation Euan! Thanks for getting us moving this week, you have set the tone nicely. 🙂
Dave
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Of course, it would just happen to be the same time as a planetary invasion.
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I knew I should have taken a tripod and not left it in the car!
Dave
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The last time Mars decided to invade Earth, they were defeated by the common cold. We have COVID now, and I doubt that the Martians have had any vaccine shots, so they'll be dead meat withing hours of landing. This is based on a true story, and I am old enough to remember. The only good thing about it was Justin Haywood's lovely singing, and there were a bunch of those big tripods to be had for mounting uber big camera lens combinations. A bloke in my camera club had two of them!
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Well, I hope some of you can guess the TV series 😉
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I was going to say Dr Who but he/she used a Police Box. Am I close?
Dave
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you got it.
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The Monster is Pollution, waste, plastics
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Sad but true. Fortunately Loch Ness looks much cleaner than some ocean beaches.
Dave
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We have to all put up at least one monster.
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Haha - they've turned it into a theme park Trevor !
Dave
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The answer to the location in my first post 😉
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They say the Loch Ness Monster is a plesiosaur. I say that's a croc.
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That is perfect Leslie. It brightens my day when you upload one of your creations. They are so much cleverer than the composites and Ai gen fill that the rest of us produce.
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Thanks, Trevor! This made my day.
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Yes , I also like to see your illustrations here Leslie.
Dave
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Hear, hear! I love your illustrations, too, Leslie. This little one is adorable.
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Your croc is adorable Leslie!
Jane
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A two headed monster - very appropriate homeboy4
Dave
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So is the little duck feeling sea sick Ged?