Blitz The Birds

 

The night was very peaceful, and before the break of day,

The citizens were sleeping on the fateful fourth of May;

When suddenly, the Sirens broke the stillness of the morn:

The people were awakened to a terrifying dawn.

 

Then the drone of planes came nearer - like falcons to their prey,

And circled o'er the City, dropping flares to light their way;

We knew that we were chosen, for the "Luftwaffe's" Baedker Raid,

And we felt a little nervous - of the price that would be paid.

 

The bombs soon started dropping - with the City all ablaze,

The seconds seemed like hours: and the minutes seemed like days,

They dived to strike the terror, into helpless people's hearts -

But they forgot "we're British," especially 'round these parts.

 

'Blitz' poem by G T Wellman.

 

Foreground, The Blitz Memorial, Background The Liver Building, Liverpool.

 

HDR created by merging 5 exposures of a single RAW file in Photomatix.

 

The image was then toned and a texture layer was applied in Photoshop.

 

 

Done