Texas Highway Fatality

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted October 21, 2009542 views10 comments

deceased armadillo

Carrie O'Brien-Sibley
cosdp@att.net

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10 comments

Comment posted by Drew Fulton on October 21, 2009 at 7:59 AM

Quite a common sight in TX unfortunately. An interesting image that I think might be able to be made stronger by taking a couple steps to the right and getting the yellow line as a stronger diagonal. Just an idea. It's a great "pose" though.

Drew

Registered on November 1, 2003, 43 Posts, 357 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 21, 2009 at 8:38 AM

Armadillos have an unfortunate habit of jumping straight up when startled. This does not work well with a car going 60+ mph!

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on October 21, 2009 at 11:13 PM

Definitely a morbid but telling image. I like Drew's idea of using the yellow line as a diagonal, or as a lateral line with the road receding into the distance (although the latter may not have been possible)

Registered on January 22, 2007, 212 Posts, 2737 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 25, 2009 at 1:38 AM

Sure different than our poor raccoons and squirrels here!
Nice detail in the critter.

sandy r

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Comment posted by Scott Day on October 27, 2009 at 5:37 PM

Possum on the half shell. Fire up the grill mama.

Registered on August 5, 2008, 25 Posts, 173 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM

The pose makes this a "grabber" of an image. Congrats on the pick.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on October 29, 2009 at 5:06 PM

You forgot to put the beer can between his front legs! Road kill...Texas style!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 30, 2009 at 10:47 PM

Congrats on the EP!
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 8, 2009 at 9:16 AM

Just one?? I think we counted about 3,000 dead armadillos last time we drove through TX. Roadkill is one of my biggest peeves---SLOW DOWN, people!

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Diana Thomas on March 16, 2010 at 2:33 PM

Good afternoon...too often people turn the steering wheel to cause these types of photos.

Dont' they know all things deserve to live?

this is my first time here and i love all the photos, just wish i could be as good.

thanks for letting me input a little something.

Registered on March 16, 2010, 0 Posts, 2 Comments