Birds On A Wire

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my own way to be free
...Leonard Cohen

I took this photo while driving 45mph over a bridge and not looking at my subject, the birds sitting on a wire. I was watching the car in front of me. Whenever I drive over this bridge, I always see a bunch of birds on the wire over the river. I have wanted to photograph them for a long time but there is no place to park and it is hard to get to...so I did the next best crazy thing....drive by and hold up iphone (also illegal) and hope for the best, while not looking. As you can see, I did not have a telephoto lens either and the birds are very small. But, there were a lot of birds and I liked it anyway. I liked the clouds too.

Best on Black.

[Christopher Cox]

Wonder why they are all on the same wire?

[sally agnew]

An evocative image to match the lyrics :)

[Debbie]

love the pov

[Jennifer]

nice line up and shot

[Walks @ 7]

I like how they are all sitting on one wire/cable. I like your perspective.

[Sarah]

Well seen. Great shot

[Diana]

Fabulous shot.

[Suzanne]

Ha, I couldn't do better than that if I really really tried :)

[Pyrrhula]

Love the pic. Love the song. ( Fits me well) Fav.

[Carole Sandford]

Nice shot.

[Gayle]

Wow! Amazing shot considering you were driving and holding up your iPhone and not looking!! :-)

[Chris K]

stunning capture and without even looking too.

[Sandy Z W]

NICE. When I was driving to Louisville yesterday I saw one similar to this but I was on the highway so couldn't take the pic. All the birds were sitting on the highway signs. It was very cool.