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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Judy

In an unusual image, a cargo ship slips quietly by New Orleans on the Mississippi River, shrouded in fog.

Synonyms for UNUSUAL~off-beat, curious, funny, odd, uncustomary, unique, weird, rare

Cargo ship gliding by New Orleans, shrouded in fog.

Have a great weekend!

Judy

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35 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual”

jakesprinter on March 17, 2012 at 4:45 am said:

Unusual scene beautiful photo Judy 🙂

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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:28 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Jake!
  
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zelmare on March 17, 2012 at 7:11 am said:

How mysterious… Love it ! 🙂

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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:33 pm said:
  
  I never thought of mysterious. Good word! 😉 It is!!! Thanks, zelmare.
  
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diggingher on March 17, 2012 at 9:23 am said:

Nice snap.

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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:34 pm said:
  
  Thanks!
  
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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:56 pm said:
  
  diggingher….I’m sorry I haven’t gotten back to you. It’s been incredibly busy here, but I have not forgotten about posting for you. I will work on it within the next few days. Is that ok?
  
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khushjenny on March 17, 2012 at 9:36 am said:

beautiful capture… Judy… :-):-)

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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:34 pm said:
  
  Thanks, khushbu! Good to see you again, friend!
  
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Margie on March 17, 2012 at 10:04 am said:

Love this capture Judy! That little bit of orange red peeking out. We are VERY foggy here this morning. How about you?

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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:44 pm said:
  
  Hi Margie. We had tremendous fog yesterday, very thick and heavy…(Friday). Schools were delayed, I was out taking photos. 😉 Today we didn’t have any. That’s strange, isn’t it? Yesterday my daughter said Grand Haven was very foggy too, and they had school delays.
  Thanks for your comment!
  
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amira on March 17, 2012 at 1:11 pm said:

it looks like the ship is sitting on the clouds 🙂

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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:46 pm said:
  
  ooo cool thought! I like your idea….it does kind of look like it’s floating on clouds instead of water! Thanks Amira~
  
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Northern Narratives on March 17, 2012 at 3:16 pm said:

Great photo.

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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:46 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Judy!
  
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Bindu John on March 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm said:

Looks beautiful and ‘misterious’. Great shot, Judy!

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- Judy on March 17, 2012 at 9:47 pm said:
  
  love the word mysterious, Bindu! Thanks!
  
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JimR on March 18, 2012 at 8:36 am said:

Nice capture Judy. It has a “creepy” feel to it. Reminds me of a film called “the fog”which spooked me, or in Scottich vernacular “gied me the wullies”

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- Judy on March 18, 2012 at 3:41 pm said:
  
  I love that! Scary films always “gied me the wullies”!! It does look creepy! Others have said “mysterious” too. Thanks Jim!
  
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Elisa on March 18, 2012 at 6:50 pm said:

Ooooh, it looks like the ghost ship! Both eerie and beautiful!

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- Judy on March 18, 2012 at 10:09 pm said:
  
  It does look rather creepy, doesn’t it? 😉
  
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Jenna on March 19, 2012 at 5:38 pm said:

I agree that this looks eerie, but in a somehow peaceful way. I love this photo! Great capture, Judy!

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- Judy on March 19, 2012 at 11:56 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Jenna! Fog can be very interesting sometimes..
  
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David Williams on March 20, 2012 at 10:02 pm said:

How very cool, almost looked like it was stuck in ice!

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- Judy on March 21, 2012 at 12:25 am said:
  
  Thank you, David! I didn’t think about that, but you’re right, it does look that way! BTW…congrats on winning the January MCS! Your photo is awesome.
  
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suitablefish on March 21, 2012 at 10:57 pm said:

nice capture!

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- Judy on March 22, 2012 at 11:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you, suitablefish, I appreciate your comment!
  
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eof737 on April 1, 2012 at 1:06 pm said:

That is an awesome shot. 😉

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- Judy on April 1, 2012 at 3:50 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Eliz!
  
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Russel Ray Photos on April 1, 2012 at 11:45 pm said:

I have never been successful at taking fog pictures, at least none that I liked, until yesterday. That’s after 45 years of photography. I got yesterday’s picture after messing with the default Standard picture settings on my Canon 550D. I’m so much happier now. 🙂

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- Judy on April 2, 2012 at 1:03 am said:
  
  I’ll have to come see it. I’ve tried many times and it just doesn’t turn out. This time in New Orleans…it was super foggy and the boat was appearing and disappearing. It had nothing to do with skill! lol
  
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  - Russel Ray Photos on April 2, 2012 at 1:25 am said:
    
    I have lots of relatives in New Orleans, and since I used to live in College Station and Houston, I’ve been to New Orleans hundreds of times. I’ve experienced that Mississippi river fog.
  - Judy on April 2, 2012 at 1:53 am said:
    
    ok….it was new to me. We went two years in a row for church mission trips to help rebuild from Katrina. Those were my first times there. Great city…loved it.
  - Russel Ray Photos on April 2, 2012 at 2:01 am said:
    
    All of my family members there suffered in Katrina. My sister (Chalmette), niece (University of New Orleans), and nephew (Slidell) all had their homes totally destroyed. Another sister also in Slidell had four feet of water in her home; it’s the only home left standing in her subdivision. Mom evacuated to Utah to her oldest brother’s place and never went back.
  - Judy on April 2, 2012 at 5:07 pm said:
    
    Wow. That is amazing. I’m so sorry for your family members. I cannot even imagine how horrific it must have been. To see the destruction even after 5 and 6 years is just incredibly sad. I hope everyone has resettled now. So many people still need help, but the Congregational Church and other churches have run out of funding. The last time we were there (Jan. 2011) people told us the churches were the only ones still helping. So sad.