Under Attack

Chiller · Mar 20, 2006

This series started off as a mission for the Dark Side galleries. I knew that sometimes the birds down at the bluffs can get pretty agressive when ya feed them. So..I went armed with a loaf of bread, to see if I could get that Alfred Hitchcock "birds " feel .

I sat myself in the middle of the parking lot on the ground and started to toss bread around. My first customer...

After a few cries...reinforments came in.

Collecting the goods

The drill marshall preparing more soldiers.

Accident in the skies.

Face off...this one actually challenged me for the bread. I missed the pic of him tearing at the plastic bag:er:

Calliope · Mar 20, 2006

Excellent shots Chiller! Love the details - I have a similar shot to the first one but it's SOOOO blurry! Love the DOF in these too!:thumbup:

Mohain · Mar 20, 2006

Wow cool! Did you have to dress up as a seagull to get these?

LaFoto · Mar 20, 2006

Whoops. That accident in the sky really is one!
I didn't know that'd happen to them, i.e. that they could become so greedy they'd lose their sense of navigation! I really like that one.
So is Photo 2 going to be prepared for the Dark Side Gallery then?
To me that one looks the most fitting of the series. Cool!

woodsac · Mar 20, 2006

Cool series!
Really like #2

Arch · Mar 20, 2006

cool series chiller, you gotta laugh at the accident one, birds are usually so graceful! love the sky in the second one too :thumbup:

M @ k o · Mar 20, 2006

Great post and nice photos. Really like the accident shot and the stand off one made me laugh, lol he's all bowed up at you :lol:

Mansi · Mar 20, 2006

BEAUTIFUL SHOTS CARL!
love the use of dof, the color and the compositions!
great series and the pov in the 4th rocks

thanks for shring these

Antarctican · Mar 20, 2006

Excellent series! And the captions are really entertaining as well. (That one bird really does look like a drill marshall readying the troops). Those beady red-rimmed eyes, piercing glare and red mouth make these birds every bit as evil-looking as crows are reported to be. I wouldn't-ve "messed" with 'em, for fear of being "bombarded". You're a brave man to have 'looked up' at 'em to take the overhead pics 8)

photo gal · Mar 20, 2006

Very nice series Chilley.....I dig them!! : )

Chiller · Mar 20, 2006

Thanks so much everyone. I appreciate your comments. I was hoping they would get a little more aggressive, and show some true seagull spirit.\
The in air crash was pretty cool. The one bird even went into a spiral, but corrected before he came crashing down to the pavement.
LaFoto...Im thinking number two was the closest I got to what I was lookin for. I sure wised a crow had of shown up.:lmao:

sfaribault · Mar 20, 2006

Neet series... I like the 'Accident'

Steve

JonMikal · Mar 20, 2006

:hail: love these!

next time use french fries...flyin' rats love those things. all the grease weighs them down which'll give you more time to compose.