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31-OCT-2009 (c) Doug Cruden

1st - "Point Me To The Sky"

Leckhampton Hill, Glos. view map

(non-album single, released 1968: click here for more info)

Taken specifically for the Challenge yesterday morning during our morning constitutional...

..well, here I am deep in Pink Floyd thoughts when I see a flock of doves in the field just ahead. Mmm, there's a possibility there I muse, but just as I frame them up, they take off and circle over us, making that delightful swoooshing noise. More in hope than anything else, I pointed upwards and fired off a couple of shots as they swished and swooshed over us.

I can't say that I know all the Pink Floyd songs off by heart, but I knew that "Point Me To The Sky" would be the best candidate...and so it's turned out!

Edit: d'oh! I forgot the amusing part! As I was taking this shot, I felt something liquidy hit my fingers...yup, they'd only gone and dumped on me! My right hand, DoF preview and the right-hand exterior of the body/lens mount were covered!! But judicious use of a Wet One when we got home sorted that out. Right children, pigeon pie for tea tonight!

Sunday 1st's flock-of-avians-soaring-skyward-and-leaving-a-calling-card-with-the-photographer entry to the November Challenge; click here for other Floydian adventurers this month

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D AF
1/800s f/11.0 at 28.0mm iso200 full exif

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Rob Oele21-Dec-2009 15:41
So difficult to ctach a flock of birds but here you succeded excellently. And a great compo as well. VV
Frank Brault18-Dec-2009 02:55
A wonderful picture!
David Bannister22-Nov-2009 13:47
Great light, capture! V
Knox O21-Nov-2009 08:52
inspirational!
Milan Vogrin10-Nov-2009 07:08
Great image!V!
Robert Charity09-Nov-2009 03:05
wow - very nice, v
Lee G09-Nov-2009 00:00
Organised chaos. Excellent capture!
Bill Warren07-Nov-2009 22:34
The flock is so well contained within the frame. V
Dan the Man07-Nov-2009 13:03
Hey GREAT shot! and work well with the title...! Bravo!
Guest 06-Nov-2009 16:36
Nice take
Martha Albuquerque04-Nov-2009 22:23
Stunning image!!! V
Marisa Livet04-Nov-2009 13:46
A great flight!
Stephanie03-Nov-2009 23:03
LOL! - Pigeon pie! Love the shot Doug! V.
Antonio Ruggiero03-Nov-2009 21:09
Ottima photo....Bravo...V
Jola Dziubinska03-Nov-2009 00:58
Wonderful scene and colors in the sky.
Nancy Good02-Nov-2009 20:55
LOL ... as usual, Doug, love the behind-the-scenes-story! Great shot for this song title, too! Oh, yeah ...
Barbara Heide02-Nov-2009 18:56
fantastic shot!
Guest 02-Nov-2009 17:29
Great start, I love it!It has a bit of a spooky feel to it too!
Maaike Huizer02-Nov-2009 12:56
What a fabulous moment and so well captured. Excellent choice.
Ali Majdfar02-Nov-2009 09:31
Stunning capture! ~V
Ann...02-Nov-2009 07:42
Lovely shot - the pigeons' aim was as good as yours ;))
Mieke WA Minkjan02-Nov-2009 06:43
I like this capture of the birds in the sky, nice colours of the clouds
LynnH02-Nov-2009 01:52
Terrific story for today's post! Love the colors in the sky and the silhouette birds!
Jeff Lobaugh02-Nov-2009 00:51
Excellent capture! Love fly-aways!!
marita toftgard01-Nov-2009 23:29
brilliant capture..
and magic morning colours!
but sorry about the "wet bit"..

v
Kathryn01-Nov-2009 22:01
'It's supposed to bring good fortune'!
I suppose it did, this is an amazing shot.
McGarva01-Nov-2009 21:27
Wonderful and scary image ... almost a scene from the film BIRDS! ... which terrified me as a kid!
Walter Otto Koenig01-Nov-2009 21:27
Awesome capture and perfect for the song. You're off to a great start Doug.
pascal01-Nov-2009 20:49
Wonderful picture !
borisalex01-Nov-2009 19:06
Great for that title! It´s just like in the air, you saw it! This rocks!
Johnny JAG01-Nov-2009 18:47
Very Hitchcock!
Guest 01-Nov-2009 18:47
I would have given them a wrong direction for that!
Cindi Smith01-Nov-2009 18:34
Awesome!!!!! Yep, I'm seeing a lot of this here too! Excellent work, sir!!!!!
Mairéad01-Nov-2009 18:11
I love the swirling pattern caused by your less than polite models. Great shot altogether. V
lisamidi01-Nov-2009 18:11
Well chosen, great start and so fits so well to the song! I love your littel story too!! v
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography01-Nov-2009 17:35
Superb, Vote!
Chris01-Nov-2009 17:33
I thought it was supposed to be lucky - lucky it missed the lens! A great shot.
Inga Morozoff01-Nov-2009 16:48
Great way to start this month Doug. Sh_t and all. ;-)
Marek Wilczura01-Nov-2009 16:21
V V V ...;-)
Marek Wilczura01-Nov-2009 16:20
hi Doug, what a fantastic scene and fabulous colours ..
globalgadabout01-Nov-2009 15:23
quick-witted capture of this swirl of doves against that dreamy sky..considering they dumped on you it might also have been called 'Hey You'...good work on the fly though...by the way, 'which one's Pink?'...V
mart senior01-Nov-2009 15:20
very good capture doug...v
Guest 01-Nov-2009 14:46
stunning shot
Bernard Davis01-Nov-2009 13:04
Brilliant shot. Lovely sky.
Colin Storey01-Nov-2009 12:23
Stunning shot, voted.
Kevin Chester01-Nov-2009 11:02
This is brilliant Doug. Big vote from me , nothing else I can say.
malcolm haslam01-Nov-2009 10:50
Isn't the next line of the chorus "and tell it fly"?...so this would be the perfect fotie.
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laine01-Nov-2009 10:36
Well chosen Doug..a fabulous background.
Sheila01-Nov-2009 10:26
10.52 in the morning and the sky has weird (but nice) psychedelic colours in it, so it must be right :-)
Neat shot!
Phillip Normanton01-Nov-2009 10:20
It seems very organised in a disorganised soft of way - but shouldn't the sky be pink? I know nuffin 'bout PF! :o)
Stewart Mitchell01-Nov-2009 10:06
I like the way the whole flock appears to be contained, has the makings for a Floyd album cover...or whatever the digital equivalent is nowadays!!
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