# Oddly timed photos?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052>\
**Category:** Nature Talk\
**Tags:** photography\
**Created:** [January 26, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052 "2026-01-26T00:10:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![nikthecowboy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nikthecowboy/32/67579_2.png) [@nikthecowboy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nikthecowboy)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/1 "2026-01-26T00:10:46Z")

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As someone who takes a lot of photos, sometimes I get some odd-looking faces/poses as a result of taking bursts/holding down the shudder button, I think they’re fun to look at! Please share yours!

Here are some of mine:

 ![87FB34B2-13D1-4562-AD99-7835B0F24BD5_1_102_o](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/3/334045416d3f65586fcdd907b7474b20d50bb75d.jpeg)

 ![DSC_1533](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/1/e/1ee0fffb4047ee3b76bf5c3c6c1e2e0e265f123a.jpeg)

 ![F3544932-6681-4AB1-91F2-56A358A5F307_1_102_o](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/b/5/b54692494acf9ee34337e6ce6344002d4917cb31.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![reclassifier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/reclassifier/32/50196_2.png) [@reclassifier](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/reclassifier)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/2 "2026-01-26T12:50:46Z")

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331843490](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331843490)

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330882513](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330882513)

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325067364](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325067364)

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298685062](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298685062)

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290162809](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290162809)

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284645486](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284645486)

This is just recent ones…

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**Author:** ![eutrochium](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/eutrochium/32/68507_2.png) [@eutrochium](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/eutrochium)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/3 "2026-01-26T13:51:55Z")

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![P1250987](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/7/97459cf8a24abbe84b31a3e61f949c3aee6cbea5.jpeg)

From yesterday 🙂 Unfortunately not as sharp as your photos!

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**Author:** ![chipperatl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/chipperatl/32/27720_2.png) [@chipperatl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/chipperatl)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/4 "2026-01-26T21:00:28Z")

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Have yet to figure out what was happening here.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/0/f/0f6a6b3f91b7dc8b8a3c931b4d71df0b51883473.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![asteroidowl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/asteroidowl/32/66656_2.png) [@asteroidowl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/asteroidowl)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/5 "2026-01-26T22:50:37Z")

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“Where are your pants at?”  
“I’m a bird, I don’t have pants.”

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**Author:** ![donna165](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/donna165/32/65361_2.png) [@donna165](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/donna165)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/6 "2026-01-26T23:44:23Z")

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[https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/336064818](https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/336064818)

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**Author:** ![nikthecowboy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nikthecowboy/32/67579_2.png) [@nikthecowboy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nikthecowboy)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/7 "2026-01-27T00:00:46Z")

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Crazy hairdo (feather-do?) I love it

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**Author:** ![Clip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/clip/32/55785_2.png) [@Clip](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Clip)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/8 "2026-01-27T12:02:50Z")

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This old photo (2013 in Cherry Creek SP) I always thought was kind of fun having caught the American White Pelican in a Karate Kid Pose with Mr. Miyagi (the Ring-billed Gull) looking on.

 ![018](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/b/2/b268c6732f5b3c5aa6ee38de355f6108553f45d7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![tallastro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tallastro/32/1145_2.png) [@tallastro](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tallastro)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/9 "2026-01-27T18:15:08Z")

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He was holding still except for the 1/80th of a second that I needed him to hold still.

[https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/58785862/original.jpeg](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/58785862/original.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/oddly-timed-photos/75052/10 "2026-03-28T18:15:24Z")

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