In an effort to distract us from the chaos that is taking place in our country at the moment, let me share what has to be the luckiest timed photo I have ever taken.
It was our first night in Croatia and we chose to eat at a seafront restaurant as we thought it would be lovely to see the sun set over the sea. All the tables along the seafront wall were taken and we had to have a table one row back. We had noticed that the seagulls were lying in wait along the wall and I mentioned to my husband that maybe we'd had a lucky break as I didn't fancy eating my dinner under the beady eye of a huge seagull. Add to this, a local cat catching the last few rays of the sun. This particular bird had been getting closer and closer to the cat and I thought it would make an amusing photo of the two of them staring at the table, both hoping for scraps. As I held up my phone to take the picture, the gull swooped across the table, grabbed a chunk of fish from a plate and flew off. In that split second, I took the photo and here he is, greedy gull!
It was our first night in Croatia and we chose to eat at a seafront restaurant as we thought it would be lovely to see the sun set over the sea. All the tables along the seafront wall were taken and we had to have a table one row back. We had noticed that the seagulls were lying in wait along the wall and I mentioned to my husband that maybe we'd had a lucky break as I didn't fancy eating my dinner under the beady eye of a huge seagull. Add to this, a local cat catching the last few rays of the sun. This particular bird had been getting closer and closer to the cat and I thought it would make an amusing photo of the two of them staring at the table, both hoping for scraps. As I held up my phone to take the picture, the gull swooped across the table, grabbed a chunk of fish from a plate and flew off. In that split second, I took the photo and here he is, greedy gull!
What are the chances of getting the shutter to close just at that moment? What a lucky shot!
On a different photographic theme, let me share another of my pictures for the Scavenger Hunt being organised by Mary-Lou . I do hope that you will be joining in too!
Number 23 Something powered by wind
I wish that I could feel that sense of calm relaxation at the moment. Now we're home I've realised that it's now just 5 weeks to the wedding and there are still things that haven't been done. As I sit here typing this, my practice largest tier of the wedding cake is baking in the oven and I'm just hoping that the recipe I've found works for this size tin because I don't have much time for more experimenting! Although the people at work are enjoying being my taste testers every Tuesday, because if I want to fit in my dress, I can't keeping having 'just one more slice' !
3 comments:
WOW WOWOW to that phone photo of the seagull thief & the cat looks so less than bothered by it all. I often wondered what it would be like to be just just me & a small sailboat out quietly being powered by the wind to skip across the water ... I think there's a poem in there somewhere. Happy week ahead.
That's a great shot of the seagull!
Just five weeks? Oh my ... you'll have plenty of choice for 'the wedding' item on Mary Lou's List! What a great shot - you must have superquick reflexes :).
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