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Panasonic Lumix G2 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
One of the local Nankeen Kestrels - you can probably just see her hiding there among all the piles of pigeon poop.
These kestrels were some of the first birds to get me inspired about wildlife photography. Their accessibility made them an ideal starting point, but nailing a good shot can still be a little challenging.
It's a tricky little spot where the cliff face at your back blocks the best of the morning light. The passing of some heavy cloud made for a much nicer image than the blazing of the late-morning sun.
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You've got a pigeon for a heart, girl, so when you grow up and boys get you down, all you'll have to do is fly away.
Hastings beach, East Sussex, UK. 20th October 2016. Seagulls fighting over a portion of chips left on the beach. (c) Jonathan Syer / Alamy Live News
A solitary Wood Pigeon contemplates life whilst stood on the edge of a bridge in London's Regents Park.
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Burgos, Spain.
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I tried to mimic an old-fashioned pinhole camera, only a real one would never be able to capture motion like this.
I really hate pigeons. A bizarre fact about me is that pigeons have crapped on my head at least 3 times--I know nobody else who can match that--and that due to my height I have had to duck swooping pigeons four times, to the point that i make a scene that bystanders notice.
Regardless - aren't birdfeeders meant for the "good" birds? Like sparrows and finches and whatever? I don't think anyone considers pigeons the target market for a birdfeeder. Yet here they are, bullying the sparrows out to raid the trough like the vermin they are. Poor little sparrow; only moments later he was pecked off his little ledge by the winged rat.
I know I have uploaded a lot of these pigeon shots already but this is my favourite yet:) P.S: I am not someone to usual toot my own horn.
or should that be twit-two?.. wait a second. it's an owl goes twit-two, right? oh. well, here's a pigeon. i imagine he's contemplating suicide.
this was taken through a window in a coffee shop in nottingham, hence the funky patterns and reflections.
I'm participating in a photo challenge, and the assignment was "shadows" (you might have guessed from the title ;) )I like the angled shadows in this shot, and also the angle on the bird itself and the angle that that angle creates on the shadows.
I don't really like this shot either, but I do think seeing the two species in the same shot heading in different, but not opposite, directions was neat.
Tourists who go to Venice seem to feel compelled to feed the pigeons in Piazza San Parco. There are tens of thousands of them and people buy bags of (basically) corn nuts to feel to them. After so many pigeon generations of having people feed them without snatching them in their jaw or whatever the pigeons have learned that the most efficient way to get at what is in a person's hand is to go directly to the hand. Tourists stand with their arms extended and have their picture taken with pigeons lined up on their arms, pecking at the corn nuts in their fists, or sitting on their shoulders and (I'm feeling a little queasy at this) their heads.
While many people feel that the pigeon is merely a rat with wings, if you live anywhere near where seagulls congregate, you probably have the same sentiment of the ever present seagull.
Camera: Yashica Mat-124G
Lens: Yashinon 80mm f/3.5
Exposure: 1/125 Second @ f/16
Film: Kodak E100G
Scanner: Epson V750-M Pro
You can see my write up of the Yashica Mat-124G on my blog by clicking on the link below:
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