writercize: Caption This! - writercize #19 (A-Z Challenge 3)

4.04.2011

Caption This! - writercize #19 (A-Z Challenge 3)

A couple of weeks ago I posted a photo of a friend and myself hanging out with the Naked Cowboy in Times Square in NYC, with a request for a caption and this intro:

A picture may speak a thousand words, but the right caption complements a photo with considerably less verbiage.

Let's try another Caption This exercise.  

writing exercise:  Write a caption for the photo below.  (May be humorous or journalistic in approach.)

Photo back story: This photo was taken of a fellow traveler on a Green Tortoise camping trip through Costa Rica several years ago.  I no longer remember his name, but love the energy of the photo.

(Click "read more" for writercizer sample response.)

writercizer response:

Not even a rain cloud over his head can stop this jolly giant from smiling.

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BriannaApril 5, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Your caption is perfect!
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