The Murder Scene by aikiuser

The Murder Scene

Many people seem to consider crows a nuisance or "trash" birds. To me, however, they are true treasures. In the winter, we have literally thousands of them flying overhead every evening just before sunset, stopping in our immediate neighborhood on the way to roosting near the beach nearby. They crowd the high wires and trees for blocks and their collective community calls are nearly deafening at times. Much like the train, which is quite loud and also something many folks can't stand, I actually love the sound and it's one of my favorite things of this time of year. This was snapped with my iPhone just after several hundred left the scene, few remaining to acknowledge the recent murder...

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so cool! a murder of crows :-)
February 12th, 2021  
Looks great in B&W, fantastic composition
February 12th, 2021  
Crows and corvids are among my favourite birds. A great shot of them.
February 12th, 2021  
Very nice photograph! And a good narrative.
We have our crows here as well. I was fortunate enough to witness some of their extraordinary behaviour, especially as parents. And I grew to enjoy and like them.
February 12th, 2021  
Great composition, although judging by the mix up of wires not a very safe place for these marvelous crows to gather.
February 12th, 2021  
I like all the lines
February 12th, 2021  
Love the intersecting lines.
February 12th, 2021  
I like that the pole is tilted, which gives the shot much more drama.
February 12th, 2021  
Very cool shot. Love your pov, and all the activity you captured.
February 12th, 2021  
Surely the murder was slightly out of frame to the right. Happy to see you’re not giving away the exact coordinates :)
February 12th, 2021  
Incredible pov
February 12th, 2021  
@spuddy Discretion is important in our...business
February 12th, 2021  
great minimalist shot
February 12th, 2021  
We have a little Alfred Hitchcock going on here. I like it!
February 12th, 2021  
Love your narrative, great shot too.
February 12th, 2021  
Fun narrative, I like to watch their behaviors, cute, no matter what color or name it has.
February 12th, 2021  
Great shot and title!
February 12th, 2021  
This crime scene must be immediately investigated by Sherlock Crowmes. He'll get to the bottom of this!
Love the POV. Nice, Jenn.
February 12th, 2021  
very nice and creative b&w shot
The story behind it and your interpretation as well are intersting,too
I don't think i would stand that many crows every day.It would definitely make me nervous,in a strange or bad way haha
February 12th, 2021  
Honestly, I’ve not so keen for these birds since I saw the Hitchcock movie, but I like your composition.
February 12th, 2021  
The crows are loud before the storm come. They are meteoropats.
February 12th, 2021  
Great capture
February 12th, 2021  
@borof AH did a great disservice to these highly intelligent birds!
February 12th, 2021  
Yep... saw some of these birds eating roadkill on my way home today.
February 12th, 2021  
Great pov
February 12th, 2021  
Love the way you composed this shot - super cool
February 12th, 2021  
Great lines and POV.
February 12th, 2021  
I like the POV. Crows always seem to perch on the highest place around. There are a few very tall pine trees across the road from my house. The crows love those trees and can be seen flying in and out all day long.
February 12th, 2021  
Great composition and processing.
February 12th, 2021  
Nice lines
February 12th, 2021  
Gorgeous.
February 12th, 2021  
Neat capture and pov!
February 12th, 2021  
Tom
Great pov and use of tilt
February 13th, 2021  
Reminds me of the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds, great is high key.
February 13th, 2021  
Nice capture.
February 13th, 2021  
I agree. I love corvids. They are so smart. I love how you got them on this crossed lines.
February 13th, 2021  
i don't know about crows or other flocks of birds, but any bird high above me is my enemy. especially that darn seagull. and the darn pigeons (rats with wings). and this photo, i wouldn't risk taking this. 🤣
February 13th, 2021  
Faving all over the place. Birds-on-a-wire multiplied in a most interesting way. I love this.
February 13th, 2021  
It is a terrific collective noun. I don't much like them - they are way too smart and behave too much like us! Nice shot though!
February 13th, 2021  
Nicely composed shot! Love your title (and yes I knew that a gang of crows were called murder!)
February 13th, 2021  
Interesting composition
February 14th, 2021  
This is something we all see from time to time. A very artistic way to photograph birds on a wire. Fave
February 14th, 2021  
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