Lazy pigeon. He wanted to get to the other side (who knows why?) but wasn't willing to fly to get there. So he was trying to walk across and blend in with the rest of the pedestrians.
As an aside (for those who may actually read the comments here), my high-scoring teammates on my in limbo DPL team (I'm still waiting for them to dump me when the thing starts up again) all voted for this one as my submission, with the caveat "you know it won't score well, but it's a cool shot". I love 'em. :-)
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Place: 134 out of 251 Avg (all users): 5.5584 Avg (commenters): 6.9375 Avg (participants): 5.4536 Avg (non-participants): 5.6600 Views since voting: 1430 Views during voting: 318 Votes: 197 Comments: 39 Favorites: 8 (view)
We have come to realize that life is not all about wow. It's about the moments in life, how we see them and how they will be remembered. A scene like this could so easily be overlooked, passed on as just a pigeon standing/walking there, but the way this was captured is nothing short of perfect. Your title couldn't be better too - certainly puts a grin on my face.
The other significance here, is that your image, though only average in numbers score-wise, has more favorites on it than some of the top ten shots in the challenge - that to me is worth 10x a good score, which by the way, I need to click to add to mine now.
I would have been proud to have taken this shot, and would have stood just as proud at the finish line regardless of the populous wow vote.
OMG Deb - this is yours! I got the biggest kick out of this photo - just love it to pieces. I figured it wouldn't score well, because really interesting photos rarely do. But you sure had my 9 for this gem. Just a few days ago I was driving down the road thinking about this very photo and it made me laugh again. I'm going to fav it.
Hi, I'm your neighbor, #133. Just stopped by to say hi.
A sharp, closer view, maybe angled a little more, may have been better. You could ask the bird to stop and pose, but they never listen.
Deb, maybe you didn't get top marks, but look at the number of 10's and faves for this. I love the fact that you entered this knowing how it would score and that it would appeal very much to a certain group of people (I'm one of the fans, by the way). Very cool.
But it IS a cool shot and I love the title. More great street photography from you. I'm amazed that there was just one bird there. I love that the focus is on everyone's feet. Very cool.
Very good. Even though the subject takes up very little of the composition he still becomes the main subject. Good use of B&W , nice contrast, focus looks ok. Nice job.
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