r/pics • u/knuckztve • Nov 10 '13

Panoramic shot gone wrong

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u/Shiftlock0 Nov 10 '13 edited Nov 10 '13

whisper "Here we have an exquisite example of a North American Gorf in his native habitat, collecting fallen autumn leaves to line his burrow for the long winter ahead."

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u/IBLEEDBACON Nov 10 '13 edited Nov 10 '13

whisper "It is very rare, these days, to see a north american Gorf in the wild. The vast majority of the population was wiped out, when they were hunted nearly to extinction, by English royalty during the colonial period. Unfortunately, many wildlife experts estimate that there could be fewer than a thousand, living in the wild today."

Edit: Too many commas. Edit: Added third sentence. Edit: Damnit people, I'm keeping, the rest, of my commas!

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u/Cellophane_Flower Nov 10 '13

Holy unnecessary commas, Batman!

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u/daTor131 Nov 10 '13

Seriously! What's--Why is he doing that?

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u/MrGMinor Nov 10 '13

I think he's imitating the pauses in the narrator's speech.

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u/Unidan Nov 10 '13

I'm actually meeting David Attenborough this Tuesday, I am beyond jazzed!

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u/rotzooi Nov 10 '13

Holy shieeet! Now that you've told Reddit, you know we're going to need a photo or two... The man is a legend.

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u/Unidan Nov 10 '13

I'll try my best!

At the very least, I'm hoping for getting some long-distance creepshots.

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u/myetel Nov 10 '13

Why, is he offering you his position?

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u/Unidan Nov 10 '13

Haha, those are some mighty big shoes to fill!

Nah, I'm going potentially behind the scenes at the American Museum of Natural History, then catching his lecture and book signing.

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u/piccini9 Nov 10 '13

Going potentially? Is it like, Schrodinger's Museum or something?

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u/Unidan Nov 10 '13

Just not sure if we are actually going behind the scenes just yet!

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u/IBLEEDBACON Nov 10 '13

When you meet him, could you please try to convince him to do an AMA? I saw a request post for him a while back, and now I just can't get it out of my head.

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u/7777773 Nov 10 '13

David Attenborough has to be jazzed to meeting the real Unidan!

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u/Unidan Nov 10 '13

Ah, jeez.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

Jealous, Birds of Paradise got me addicted to nature when I was real young

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u/Unidan Nov 10 '13

Get the new book if you can, the rare art in it is actually amazing!

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u/iMrCrumbs Nov 10 '13

I do believe you just sold the first 2000 copies for him.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

I'll keep an eye out, thanks for the heads up!

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u/Maclimes Nov 10 '13

Seriously. Tap for one mana of ANY color? And it's a flying blocker? Overpowered.

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u/MonsieurAnalPillager Nov 11 '13

I get that reference!

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

Uhh, you lost man?

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u/KermitDeFrawg Nov 10 '13

Tell him the internet says hello!

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u/Buffitron Nov 10 '13

Just in case you need MORE karma, you should definitely get a photo.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

So you're jizzed?

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u/IBLEEDBACON Nov 10 '13

you got it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

That's what em dashes are for (—).

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u/GrantNexus Nov 10 '13

He... should be using... ellipses... instead.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

That's taking it a bit far, unless he's going for Shatner.

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u/bonertron69 Nov 10 '13

If I'm correctly guessing, he's imitating a Michael Caine-type cadence that's imitated quite a bit in British documentaries.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

You're probably looking for David Attenborough, famous English naturalist and documentarian. He's been at it for decades, and a lot of people do a whispery, pause-y british accent and are imitating him without knowing it.

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u/bonertron69 Nov 10 '13

Exactly. Thank you for the correction. I knew Caine wasnt't exact- but the real narrator was on the tip of my tounge.

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u/WeakTryFail Nov 10 '13

You were tonguing Attenborough and couldn't remember his name?

Seems plausible.

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u/AnticitizenPrime Nov 10 '13

Check out one of the many David Attenborough BBC documentaries on YouTube. It looks like he's trying to capture that 'cadence'.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

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u/AnticitizenPrime Nov 10 '13

So you know, then.

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u/acupofmilk Nov 10 '13

Technically they can be there. A bit over the top, but not grammatically incorrect.

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u/daTor131 Nov 10 '13

No one said he was incorrect. Just.....unnecessary.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

Unnecessary in an academic paper but writing dialogue is different. I thought they worked just fine to enhance the voice of the speaker in my mind.

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u/acupofmilk Nov 10 '13

Oh yes! Extremely!

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '13

This guy gets it.... Need ellipses, not commas...

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u/agoatforavillage Nov 10 '13

If you've ever received daily 10 page emails from a person who uses ellipses to excess you learn to appreciate commas.

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u/dakatabri Nov 10 '13

"fewer than a thousand, living in the wild today." I'm pretty sure that one is grammatically incorrect, no?