Comments on: Haunting coyote roadkill silhouette http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 06:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998148 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998148 It looks like an air brush was used. Salt wouldn't have formed a perfect little "halo" around the body, it would've covered the pavement more evenly. Even if it is fake it is a sad but lovely photo. I always say a little prayer when I see an animal that has been killed on the road. It looks like an air brush was used. Salt wouldn’t have formed a perfect little “halo” around the body, it would’ve covered the pavement more evenly.

Even if it is fake it is a sad but lovely photo. I always say a little prayer when I see an animal that has been killed on the road.

]]> By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998150 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998150 This sucks! :( It probably was the salt-truck that killed the coyote. Fucking assholes! This sucks! :(

It probably was the salt-truck that killed the coyote. Fucking assholes!

]]> By: millrick http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998151 millrick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998151 "...there is such a thing as poetic, ecstatic truth. It is mysterious and elusive, and can be reached only through fabrication and imagination and stylization" Werner Herzog, The Minnesota Declaration “…there is such a thing as poetic, ecstatic truth. It is mysterious and elusive, and can be reached only through fabrication and imagination and stylization”

Werner Herzog,
The Minnesota Declaration

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998152 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998152 Sad, depressing but interesting photo. In happier canine news Philly helps save pup found in garbage. See http://savesailor.chipin.com/sailors-surgery and http://www.philebrity.com/2011/01/14/help-save-sailors-leg-poor-pup-found-in-garbage-by-the-side-of-the-street-in-south-philly-with-three-broken-limbs/ Sad, depressing but interesting photo.

In happier canine news
Philly helps save pup found in garbage. See http://savesailor.chipin.com/sailors-surgery and
http://www.philebrity.com/2011/01/14/help-save-sailors-leg-poor-pup-found-in-garbage-by-the-side-of-the-street-in-south-philly-with-three-broken-limbs/

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998413 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998413 I propose the coyote be named Banksy. I propose the coyote be named Banksy.

]]> By: Quothz http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998441 Quothz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998441 Just want to say that "haunting" is absolutely the right word for this photo. Just want to say that “haunting” is absolutely the right word for this photo.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998699 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998699 well done sir, 2 stars for you! well done sir, 2 stars for you!

]]> By: civvie http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998451 civvie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998451 Yes that makes sense. If it's legs face the road then you would expect it to look this way. What an incredible image. @Stefan: This coyote IS Banksy. (..well, was) Yes that makes sense. If it’s legs face the road then you would expect it to look this way.
What an incredible image.

@Stefan: This coyote IS Banksy. (..well, was)

]]> By: Bender http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998229 Bender Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998229 The salt was already there. The warmth of the body made the salt no longer white for a while. The salt looks more concentrated around the coyote because of the camera flash being centered in that area. That is all. The salt was already there.

The warmth of the body made the salt no longer white for a while.

The salt looks more concentrated around the coyote because of the camera flash being centered in that area.

That is all.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998753 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998753 om mani padme hum, dear coyote. You are my totem. Urban Coyote om mani padme hum, dear coyote. You are my totem.

Urban Coyote

]]> By: murray http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998501 murray Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998501 Wow. This photo should be entered into the Oskar Barnack Award contest. http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-preis.de/#/en/home (Just need 11 more...) Wow. This photo should be entered into the Oskar Barnack Award contest.

http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-preis.de/#/en/home

(Just need 11 more…)

]]> By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998246 flosofl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998246 And to add to that, moving cars kick up a LOT of salt that's already on the road. I have a black sports car (never, never again. In fact I'm thinking of painting it Mustang Silver), and I'll get it washed on clear, dry winter day. Just the drive home from the detailers (5 miles) and I have a fine layer of salt dust on it already. So a carcass being covered in salt kicked up from passing cars is not as unbelievable to me. And to add to that, moving cars kick up a LOT of salt that’s already on the road. I have a black sports car (never, never again. In fact I’m thinking of painting it Mustang Silver), and I’ll get it washed on clear, dry winter day. Just the drive home from the detailers (5 miles) and I have a fine layer of salt dust on it already. So a carcass being covered in salt kicked up from passing cars is not as unbelievable to me.

]]> By: dani-stormborn http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-999047 dani-stormborn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999047 This is eerily beautiful, as stated in other comments. It also makes me want to read a million stories from Native American mythologies. I can easily picture it as book cover art (for the right book, of course). This is eerily beautiful, as stated in other comments. It also makes me want to read a million stories from Native American mythologies. I can easily picture it as book cover art (for the right book, of course).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998026 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998026 haunting. And fun to play with in paint.net. haunting. And fun to play with in paint.net.

]]> By: km http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998027 km Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998027 No footprints? I call fake. No footprints? I call fake.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998284 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998284 Now there's an album cover. My heart goes out to both the coyote and all you Boingers who have to deal with road salt every winter. Would it be rude to point out that it's sunny, clear, and 80 degrees F out here in Pasadena, CA? We do January right. Now there’s an album cover.

My heart goes out to both the coyote and all you Boingers who have to deal with road salt every winter. Would it be rude to point out that it’s sunny, clear, and 80 degrees F out here in Pasadena, CA?

We do January right.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998030 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998030 The perfect edges are more of a problem for me. The body would have to have been lifted straight up from several spots at once, otherwise some part of the body would have dragged - the feet, tail and head, at least, would all have to be lifted at once. Mind you, for all I know, that's exactly what happened. The perfect edges are more of a problem for me. The body would have to have been lifted straight up from several spots at once, otherwise some part of the body would have dragged – the feet, tail and head, at least, would all have to be lifted at once.

Mind you, for all I know, that’s exactly what happened.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998031 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998031 Oh, I should add that it's an excellent picture regardless of it's providence. Oh, I should add that it’s an excellent picture regardless of it’s providence.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998033 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998033 It's crusted road salt, not snow. More detail at TFA. It’s crusted road salt, not snow. More detail at TFA.

]]> By: ariel http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998039 ariel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998039 It must have actually been driven over by a salt truck to get that much contrast... It must have actually been driven over by a salt truck to get that much contrast…

]]> By: nemofazer http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998041 nemofazer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998041 What a miserable way to start the day. Also for the coyote. What a miserable way to start the day.

Also for the coyote.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998042 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998042 As pointed out, it's road salt, not snow. Dylan is the real deal. Great guy & a great shot. As pointed out, it’s road salt, not snow.
Dylan is the real deal.
Great guy & a great shot.

]]> By: gregnnn http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998043 gregnnn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998043 Road salt looks white when it's cold and dry, but not when it's warm and damp. So, I can see how the warm body would create an image on a cold, dry road. Great shot, BTW. Road salt looks white when it’s cold and dry, but not when it’s warm and damp. So, I can see how the warm body would create an image on a cold, dry road. Great shot, BTW.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998045 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998045 Poor baby! :( Poor baby! :(

]]> By: _Username http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998047 _Username Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998047 RIP, Wile E. Coyote. Your never give up attitude will be missed. Also I feel the Road Runner is somehow evolved ... this looks like his handiwork were there any huge anvils close by ? RIP, Wile E. Coyote.
Your never give up attitude will be missed. Also I feel the Road Runner is somehow evolved … this looks like his handiwork were there any huge anvils close by ?

]]> By: Zac http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998053 Zac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998053 The Road Runner was probably driving the salt truck . . . But seriously, I doubt it is fake. The physics of it all are totally legit (you wouldn't leave footprints or trails on salted asphalt), but the moist warm body would cut out a silhouette on an already caked road. On the other hand, the composition is really good. Maybe too good? The fact that the coyote fell in such a perfect silhouette position, and bled in such a perfect, yet fairly restrained way . . . I don't know, I think it is probably real, but it is certainly a very lucky find (photographically speaking, my condolences go out the they coyotes friends and family). The Road Runner was probably driving the salt truck . . .

But seriously, I doubt it is fake. The physics of it all are totally legit (you wouldn’t leave footprints or trails on salted asphalt), but the moist warm body would cut out a silhouette on an already caked road.

On the other hand, the composition is really good. Maybe too good? The fact that the coyote fell in such a perfect silhouette position, and bled in such a perfect, yet fairly restrained way . . .

I don’t know, I think it is probably real, but it is certainly a very lucky find (photographically speaking, my condolences go out the they coyotes friends and family).

]]> By: Dirt http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-1000869 Dirt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000869 Yeah, and legs on roadkill always point towards the road. LOL!! And how many road kills have you examined so that you could declare that the trace amounts of salt would accumulate directly around an object? BTW, "salt" isn't used anymore. A de-icing solution is now the norm. This is such an obvious fake. The stenciling is so blatant. But the real give away is found when you enlarge the pic and examine how the "blood" in the stenciled head area is clearly spray painted on the asphalt. look at how the paint is faded back from the jaw area. Yeah, and legs on roadkill always point towards the road. LOL!! And how many road kills have you examined so that you could declare that the trace amounts of salt would accumulate directly around an object? BTW, “salt” isn’t used anymore. A de-icing solution is now the norm.

This is such an obvious fake. The stenciling is so blatant. But the real give away is found when you enlarge the pic and examine how the “blood” in the stenciled head area is clearly spray painted on the asphalt. look at how the paint is faded back from the jaw area.

]]> By: scooterscooter http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998581 scooterscooter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998581 Looks eerily like a cave painting. Looks eerily like a cave painting.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998071 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998071 As morbid as this is, it did result in a very stylish shot. As morbid as this is, it did result in a very stylish shot.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/haunting-coyote-road.html#comment-998077 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998077 Its a really good composition. Soem other things that arouse my suspicion is why there is such a concentration of salt immediately around the body, but it tapes off towards the edges of the photo. Its a really good composition. Soem other things that arouse my suspicion is why there is such a concentration of salt immediately around the body, but it tapes off towards the edges of the photo.

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