It's not on fire, it's not bleeding, it's not dead...what's going on? I was on a break this morning between meetings and had spent some time watching the seagulls trying to cope with storm tossed seas and 90km winds. They seemed to be having great difficulty finding somewhere to land and as great as the temptation was to knock them out of the sky with rocks for the perfect photo, there were just too many other people about so I had to settle for this. I quite liked the shape of his/her wings in this shot...which is a good thing because after 125 shots this is the only halfway presentable one.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
@shannejw Thanks very much - I don't often photograph birds...yu may have noticed @annied Thanks very much kind lady. @vignouse Another cracking word. I'm liking this more and more. And thank you very much
Does that bird really have black wings?!! Because I really, really like them, but at our shores the birds have white wings (maybe they are bleached like the rest of the Californians)......they look razor sharp, and like they could cut straight into the surrf...
@brigette Thanks very much @golftragic Thanks very much - it was just too cold though @panthora Thanks, and yes, it really has black wings :) @sassyinma Thank you very much @bigugly Thanks - I was thinking of that and we were forced to read it at school when I was taking these @cailts Thanks very much @creativefool Thanks very much, pleased you like it @tabarlett Thank you very much @taffy Thanks very much :) @aecasey Thanks very much @gigiflower Neither do I, but it was all I had available ;)
@motherjane Thanks very much :) @ceilidh Thanks awfully, appreciated. @trinda Thank you very much :) @dibzgreasley Thanks - I'll pass that on to Mother Nature ;) @chippy1402 Thank you very much. I am an unusual ratio, so it was no biggy :)) @newbank Thanks - I thought he was going to several times, but pulled up at the last minute. Chicken. @andrewkru Thanks very much indeed.
OK.....I am trying not to roll over laughing because I CAN picture you throwing rocks (or maybe knives????) at this poor bird for the perfect photo!! I can relate to the 125 shots. So many times I do that and the ones I think are going to be the best are horrible and am surprised by what turns out to be the one I like. Love this shot! The wingspan and waves are great!!
@dide Thanks very much - the remainder were only good for deletion! @kt8ird Wow. Flattered.com and thank you very much @mzzhope Thanks very much - I would liked to get him head on but it was a bit wet on the other side... @harbie Trouble is, I wouldn't put it past me either! And thank you as always :) @roseolivia Thanks very much @wearing0 Thanks, much appreciated @pittcj17 Thanks very much, the photo ain't bad either :))
I love this crop. @gigiflower How do you know you don't like them? Have you ever tasted one? As @harbie mentioned, I'd like to see a knife or two in this.
@bill_fe Thanks very much. I'm more than happy to fry up oneor two of these for @gigiflower, or even throw a few on the BBQ. As for the knifes, next time I'm out watching seagulls I'll make sure I manage to impale at least one of them!
@annied Thanks very much kind lady.
@vignouse Another cracking word. I'm liking this more and more. And thank you very much
sussurating such an alliterative word and also onomatopoeic - brilliant!
@golftragic Thanks very much - it was just too cold though
@panthora Thanks, and yes, it really has black wings :)
@sassyinma Thank you very much
@bigugly Thanks - I was thinking of that and we were forced to read it at school when I was taking these
@cailts Thanks very much
@creativefool Thanks very much, pleased you like it
@tabarlett Thank you very much
@taffy Thanks very much :)
@aecasey Thanks very much
@gigiflower Neither do I, but it was all I had available ;)
@ceilidh Thanks awfully, appreciated.
@trinda Thank you very much :)
@dibzgreasley Thanks - I'll pass that on to Mother Nature ;)
@chippy1402 Thank you very much. I am an unusual ratio, so it was no biggy :))
@newbank Thanks - I thought he was going to several times, but pulled up at the last minute. Chicken.
@andrewkru Thanks very much indeed.
@tracelee Thanks very much :)
@kt8ird Wow. Flattered.com and thank you very much
@mzzhope Thanks very much - I would liked to get him head on but it was a bit wet on the other side...
@harbie Trouble is, I wouldn't put it past me either! And thank you as always :)
@roseolivia Thanks very much
@wearing0 Thanks, much appreciated
@pittcj17 Thanks very much, the photo ain't bad either :))
@gigiflower How do you know you don't like them? Have you ever tasted one? As @harbie mentioned, I'd like to see a knife or two in this.