playing swap words today - airplane for artificial.
sat by the water's edge yesterday after work. not too cold but the wind was a bitch. seagulls seemed to know when someone's toting a camera as they seemed to land in front of you, do a 180 turn and cock their heads this and that way. took pictures but they're still ugly birds.
took photos of planes as they prepared to land on the island airport. upon downloading, i was surprised by this one, an 'air canada express' plane about to land and there's a bird flying in front of it. hard to see the bird, but that's enough to land this shot as post of the day. thank heavens for swap words!
Nice swap! I sure do hope that bird was not actually in front of the plane. 1. He'd never out-fly it, and 2. if the plane hits the bird, it could cause some serious damage to the plane and even make it crash! But it sure makes for a great shot.
@roth - haha! probably in the hope there'd be scraps of food to be had! thank you, sue.
@olivetreeann - i think that the bird is actually farther to the left of the plane and not really in any way near it, i think it just looks like it's in front. but you're right, it would not be good if it hits the plane. but the gulls are pretty swift, unlike the canada geese that was the cause of one crash in the hudson some years back. thank you, ann.
@steeler - thank you, howard. no, the weather was actually quite nice, with a bit of cloud accumulation to the east. i think i over-processed the pic, that's what.
@karenann - thank you, karenann. no, the bird i think was way in the background. have not heard any stories about birds getting hurt around there. a lot of people and environmental groups are against that island airport so there's a lot of them watching the goings-on.
Holy moly! I saw that bird before I even read this and I am on my tablet too! What also got my attention is the processing. It is marvelous and brought out the contrast between the sky and clouds. Fav for me! Cool capture!
@olivetreeann - i think that the bird is actually farther to the left of the plane and not really in any way near it, i think it just looks like it's in front. but you're right, it would not be good if it hits the plane. but the gulls are pretty swift, unlike the canada geese that was the cause of one crash in the hudson some years back. thank you, ann.
@karenann - thank you, karenann. no, the bird i think was way in the background. have not heard any stories about birds getting hurt around there. a lot of people and environmental groups are against that island airport so there's a lot of them watching the goings-on.
@alia_801 - thank you, alia. no, those gulls are too wise and smart to do that.
@bkbinthecity - thank you, brian.
@pandorasecho - yes, indeed. thank you, dixie.
@myautofocuslife - thank you, livia. maybe the bird thinks it is an airplane!
@sunnygreenwood - thank you, anne. much appreciated.