Thursday, February 28, 2013

Postcard from Washington, DC: The Birds

Back by the Capitol, a sudden Hitchcock moment! I shot blindly (camera screen glare), hoping for the best.

22 comments:

Peter said...

A truly magical photo. Tippi and Aussie Rod Taylor were great in The Birds.

cieldequimper said...

And the best came out!

Cloudia said...

You were blessed & are passing it on! Very cool.
Aloha

Anonymous said...

Hitchcock'ish indeed, hope you made it home peck free?! Great shot!

Andy said...

It's amazing that after all these years that Hitchcock is still in our subconscious.

PS: I like the new look of your blog.

Mo said...

What you really have to fear comes from the rear end of the birds. I recall a moment like this a few years ago and when returning to the car it was totally covered in bird excrement. Took me a good couple of hours to clean it off.

Angel Sánchez-Marco said...

Una esplendida instantánea con una luz genial.
Un saludo, Ángel

Tanya Breese said...

this is such a cool shot, love it!

Adele said...

Amazing! Interesting light, too, to accompany the birds. Kind of a vintage day...

Norma said...

I love it! I love anything with birds in it, and this great!

R's Rue said...

Beautiful photo!
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PerthDailyPhoto said...

This is a gorgeous image Lulu, apart from capturing the flock of birds so well, he light is just gorgeous. Was that a 'villain' I saw lurking behind the tree in the foreground...oh no it's just a shadow phew!!

William Kendall said...

Spring's no doubt coming, and they're getting ready for it.

Linda said...

Gorgeous capture!

Leovi said...

Ooooh! Great photo, I love this beautiful frame with birds and light.

LOLfromPasa said...

Isn't wonderful when you take a picture not knowing what you will end up with...and this is it! Great photo!!

LONDONLULU said...

Thanks so much! (Peter - both of them were great in The Birds, llandudnopictures - safe and sound and peck free, lol! Andy - amazing how Hitchcock gets into our psyche:) Mo - agh, not fun! PerthDailyPhoto - phew, gave me the chills for a moment:) LOLfromPasa - so true, sometimes the 'surprises' turn out to be ok after all:)

Petrea Burchard said...

Ooh, I like it!

SRQ said...

Nice capture. I've have had more than my fair share of Hitchcock moments when out shooting.

Jenny Woolf said...

I'm impressed.I've often tried to photograph flocks of birds but it is a whole lot harder than it looks. this is really good.

Joe said...

Bravo! A wonderful image.

valeria said...

Beautiful. Great perspective, amazing shot!