Can you find the moon and the hawk in this photograph? / myLot

Walnut Creek, California

March 17, 2016 12:14pm CST

Some "artistic ideas" work better in the mind than in real life. My kid client and I watched as a red tailed hawk settled in on a tower to scan for tasty bunnies. Then we noticed the waxing moon just to the right. I started blabbing about how many contrasts there were in this scene: the natural v. the man-made, the old v. the new, the living v. the non-living, etc. Even as I snapped the photo, I knew that it would work better in our minds' eyes than in reality. But here it is. Have you ever had "artistic ideas" that you couldn't quite get to work in reality?

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

17 Mar 16

I cannot see a hawk, but there are two moons. One is shown in the upper right of the photograph while the other is too low to see and is the man tying his shoelaces.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238388)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Mar 16

I feel bad for some body types when they bend over.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (56443)

• Canada

17 Mar 16

It wasn't too hard to find the moon, but the hawk isn't as easy, I didn't find it.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238388)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Mar 16

It's kind of nestled in on top of the tower that's to the lower left.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153529)

• India

18 Mar 16

Let me ask the same question as others here. 'Where is the hawk' (lol) And as for my artistic ideas not working how I wished all what I planted in the garden yielded results (lol)

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153529)

• India

18 Mar 16

@TheHorse You are right. Anything could be called 'gardens';

The Horse

@TheHorse (238388)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Mar 16

Gardens are kind of metaphors too. I wish more of my literal gardens bore fruit. And I wish more of my seeds of ideas bore fruit!

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94909)

• United States

18 Mar 16

I see the moon ~ not quite the hawk! Can you add a comment and circle the hawk for us hehe.

I stared long and hard too, hehe.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

18 Mar 16

moon sure, hawk no. But often yes, I can see art in my head and it looks dumb when I try to recreate it

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

18 Mar 16

@TheHorse or in any medium sometimes

The Horse

@TheHorse (238388)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Mar 16

I was actually composing this post in my head as I spoke with my kid client about how sometimes It's hard to capture your "brilliant" idea in a photograph.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382664)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Mar 16

I can see the moon and I thought I could see two hawks but they're specks on my screen. :) That was before I read the rest of the post. Is it sitting in the pylon to the left?

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238388)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Mar 16

It is. It just looks like a little dust bunny, but it was there, watching.

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Sky

@skysnap (20152)

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17 Mar 16

I see the moon but I don't see the hawk though. I am not sure where he is right now lol. any chance he is on electric wires?

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Marlina

@marlina (154103)

• Canada

17 Mar 16

I only see the moon.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238388)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Mar 16

The hawk appears tiny. He's atop the tower to the lower left.

Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

17 Mar 16

I can only see the moon - it looks great against the blue sky.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238388)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Mar 16

Yes, the sun was pretty far to the West, and this view was to the East, so I knew the sky would look pretty. But the hawk was just too far away for me to do him justice. He's atop the lower left tower.

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