Judy's Photoblog
If looks could kill...
Posted by Judy (Brooksville, Florida, United States) on 12 July 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Oooooooooooo, I'm not sure...
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Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
The eyes have unusual intelligence. Interesting!
12 Jul 2008 5:54am
@Michael Skorulski: Oh boy, I'm feeling worse by the minute ... about cooking him! ;p
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
I love lobsters, I really do and the day I learned it was thrown alive in boiling water, I stopped eating it...it's easier eating something until you see it alive, or worse enduring the pain of captivity until they're slaughtered.....Sorry, that's a bit harsh...and no judgment intended. A photo that makes you pause and think, is a photo worth a million :)
12 Jul 2008 10:10am
@Lorraine: I learned that sad fact when I was yet a very young girl. The time it bothered me most was when my father cooked a 22-pounder! That fellow went into a BIG tub and he didn't like it one bit. My father assured me it was the fastest way and if he didn't good this "big boy" some restaurant would. That "big boy" was delicious as each one I've eaten since has been. I couldn't behead a chicken or slaughter a cow, though!
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Those eyes do make you pause and think... very interesting.
12 Jul 2008 11:41am
@Betty: I know .......... !
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
I couldn't cook one, I am such a softie. I would cry I think, but on the other hand I can go into a restuarant where someone else has prepared one or a chicken or a cow as you pointed out and enjoy. Interesting us humans!! He does look intelligent though and I wonder how we humans decide if it hurts or not??? All that aside, good picture Judy.
12 Jul 2008 2:01pm
@Marion: I hear you and if I hadn't seen it done so often as a young girl (when they were plentiful and inexpensive), I might feel very differently now. You would laugh if you saw the shot I took of Mike putting it into the water. I jumped and the camera missed the pot altogether! Or rather, it was ME that missed it! LOL
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
...i'll be dead by now!
but then again,it looked as if he was trying to say sth..there is something very human is his eyes..!
12 Jul 2008 4:31pm
@tyan: I'm not so sure he 'looked human' in his eyes, but you do feel that they're pleading...
Gee, I'd better stop talking about it. I have lobster salad to make! *smile*
Barbara from Florida, United States
Oh what a look in those eyes! If he sat on my counter looking at me like that he would have a name and litter box by now.
I couldn't do it.
When I am in a restaurant and see those creatures in the tank I want to summon the manager and ask when have they been fed.
I still don't know. Do they feed them or just put them in the tank until someone says "I'll take that one" ?
Like Lorraine said it is a photo that makes you pause and think.
On that note I will have my veggie salad today.
Still it is a well framed shot.
12 Jul 2008 5:58pm
@Barbara: Thanks, Barb ... I hope you read my reply to Marion ... when things are ingrained in childhood, they seem to stick.
As a little girl I must have decided that If my Daddy could do it, so could I. <grin>
Time now to put together my lobster salad from the tail meat from both lobsters! *smile*
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
I think the eyes look very sad even disappointed at what his fate will be. Interesting factual image.
12 Jul 2008 8:07pm
@Observing: I is interesting how we humans put our feelings onto other creatures.
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Looks yummy!! He is definitely giving you the evil eye - good thing his claws are taped shut!! Betty's comment cracked me up - she sounds like my wife!!
12 Jul 2008 11:21pm
@Chris: Does Jacquelynn not like lobster? <grin>
It was absolutely delicious and we held off on the lobster salad until tomorrow - with baited breath!
@Double KK Photography: Thanks!
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
Gee... somehow reminds me of my uncle Frank... --- Just kidding! Great photo.
13 Jul 2008 3:39am
@Earnest: Poor Uncle Frank .......... kidding back - thanks!
@Ina: Thanks, Ina.
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
I don't know if this one hated you or not....or just the whole world! I know I wouldn't have had the nerves to cook it! I never ever did, actually, as I am not fond of lobsters. BUT....the shot is very well taken!!!!
13 Jul 2008 12:02pm
@Japanalia: Thank you, Gabriela ... coming from New England, lobster is a very special treat for each of us. It's quite expensive now, but when you cook them at home the price is FAR less than eating them in a restaurant.
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
This is one amazing portrait! And it's a lobster! Well this poor guy at least got to be famous on Am3. I never looked a lobster in the eye before, but must agree that there is something intelligent in those eyes that surprises me. In my old age, and after seeing The Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo, and similar movies, I am much less inclined to want to go fishing than I was at a younger age. My dad, bless his departed soul, would laugh me out of the family if he knew I'm getting "soft" about things like this in my old age. I no longer like to think about any kind of animal-based food, what it must go through, or how it gets to be in my plate anymore. But I'm not prepared to go vegetarian; I like meat too much for that. So I do agree: lobster tastes great, especially if you don't have to look at them looking at you before you start cooking.
14 Jul 2008 1:02am
@Viewfinder: I love your philosophical approach, Glenn! I can tell you that I looked through the viewfinder to take the photo, but I truthfully didn't LOOK into their eyes until I saw the photos.
We're as soft as they come normally; you should have seen Mike trying to put a featherless baby bird back into the birdhouse with an iced tea spoon, only to watch it get pushed out again by its mother ... awwwww ;(
BUT, when it comes to lobster (and Mike gave up fishing years ago as well), the pull to eat a delicious meal and not want to pay exorbitant restaurant prices ... the softness was put on the back burner for fifteen minutes.
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
I've only ever tried to cook lobster once in my life (happy to say, that someone else had done the dispatching, before I got it) it was on Christmas eve a few years back. My sons girlfriend and I looked at it on the plate, whilst the others tucked in, we looked at each other and we just knew that, we couldn't eat it. So I'm still waiting for my first taste of Lobster lol.
A great portrait shot though Judy :)
14 Jul 2008 5:15pm
@MaryB: Thanks, Mary ... and that's a funny story, but you missed out. If you enjoy seafood, you would probably love the taste of lobster too. I've heard that if we saw the butchering tactics of the meats we eat, we wouldn't eat any of it.
This way we KNEW the lobster was cooked properly ... and then we dug in! <grin>
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
:) I wish I could have eaten it Judy, as I do love seafood and fish, not sure what was going on that night lol, (we're having baked salmon with tomato and chorizo butter, Cornish new potatoes and salad tonight, yummy ) I'm hoping to enjoy at least one Lobster dish, whilst were away on our holiday's in August :)
14 Jul 2008 6:30pm
@MaryB: *Smile* ... your dinner tonight is something I would also love! We eat salmon as often as we can.
Here's hoping you get to enjoy a lobster dish next month! ;D
Doug from Long Beach, United States
Well, for all we know, that could be how lobsters smile.
I'm just sayin.
16 Jul 2008 6:42am
@Doug: Good thought, Doug ... smiling, just waiting to be cooked! ;D
