They Came From The Sky
Uploaded: October 10, 2006
I told a group of about fifty angry Seagulls that I have no desire for Seagull egg omelette.They doubted my word,and tried to drive me away from a piece of bushland on the river.(no doubt there are spring fertile eggs in their nests).They were happy when I was just a dot on the horizon,and of course,we are all still friends.Swan River,Western Australia. 9Oct,2006. 10.23AM.
Marijana Fajgl October 10, 2006
Joe, this is a wonderful capture! He really does look very angry! #537321Rahmadiyanto Ngardjo October 10, 2006
Great freezing capture Joe.. #3430829Kate Jackson October 12, 2006
Looks like he is a bi-plane apart from the tell tale feet hanging down. Great shot Joe! #3439032Joe Terni October 14, 2006
Thanks Marijana,Rahmadiyanto,and Kate for your nice comments.Just today I decided to walk the same stretch and I saw a couple of young bub Gull`s right behind the rock and bush they were protecting in this pic.It was real good to see. #3447619John Connolly October 21, 2006
A superb action capture, Joe! Your lighting, colour and detail are superb. #3482116Joe Terni October 25, 2006
Thanks John,I much appreciate your nice comments. #3496808Barbara Waldoch December 30, 2006
Beautiful shot, Joe! Thank you for the congratulations. Happy New Year! #3758522Vladan D. Djordjevic January 12, 2007
Beautiful photo! Lovely birds! Love the composition, lighting and color! #3814025Joe Terni January 15, 2007
Thanks Barbara and Vladan for your nice comments,they are most appreciated.All the best as well to you both for the new year.Plenty of good photographic opportunities I hope in 2007. #3824022Hurk (Steve) Hurkett March 15, 2007
Pretty neat capture, Joe ... looks like a double winged gull, there ... nice capture, Joe ... steve #4056432Joe Terni April 14, 2007
Sorry Steve,I missed your comment here,and just saw it today.Thanks for your comments Steve. #4164790Martie Last July 06, 2007
Very funny! I have a friend who is terrified of birds. I think I'll show this to her. Alfred Hitchcock would be proud. #4480162Joe Terni July 08, 2007
Martie these gulls were very serious,in fact I have never seen them like that before.Yes I think of Hitchcock`s movie as well,when I am occasionally swooped by flocks of birds.Since this pic I was similarly swooped by a flock of about 100 Fairy Terns,they are smaller than these gulls,but I did put a cap on and my sunnies,as they were swooping just so close to my face and head.But they never touched.They are only like this when they are nesting of course. #4483996Toni Riggs September 17, 2007
Great clarity, lighting, and color! #4803226Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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