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Subject: [Leica] Portraits are for the birds...
From: David at incendiaryimage.com (David Degner)
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:50:48 +0200
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Hey Hugh,

Pigeon wars are what they are called over here.  I shot a little bit
on them also: 
http://www.incendiaryimage.com/sketchbook/pigeon-fanciers-of-cairo/

Yeah, that walk of shame over to your neighbor's house is supposed to
be pretty bad.  I love how the same thing is done across this wide
region.  Have you watched any of the flying groups that have
"tumblers" where the pigeons will fall out of the air or do crazy
stalls and dives? All because of some genetic defect that is bread
into them.

How many pigeon lofts do you see around?  How prevalent is the sport
there.  Can you take a few pictures of the birds, I'd like to see what
they look like.

Cheers,
David Degner

Cairo, Egypt
EG: +2-01-6760-0049
US: +1-646-450-4334
http://www.IncendiaryImage.com




On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com> 
wrote:
> David - very interesting, I wonder if some of those specimens would be able
> to fly.
>
> Here in Afghanistan, I have heard and seen flocks of "fighter" pigeons. 
> ?The
> way I understand it, your flock finds a pigeon from another flock and 
> forces
> it to come to the roost. ?It is then considered captured. ?I suppose there
> is some sort of penalty for getting your pigeon back, or, as someone said
> with a chuckle .... the bird gets eaten.
>
> Hugh
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> On 14-Dec-10, at 2:15 PM, David Degner wrote:
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>> and birds are for portraits:
>> http://www.incendiaryimage.com/projects/portraits-of-egypts-fancy-pigeons/
>
> "Keep cheerful and smile, sometimes it is all you have"
>
> hewthompson at mac.com
> Kabul, Afghanistan
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