Playing Tourist in NYC- part 2
We miraculously found a metered parking space for our brief visit; sat down under the FDR by the East River to eat. There was a steady NW breeze blowing; pretty chilly. Rick foolishly started tossing bits of food to the gulls, and soon we were in an outtake from The Birds... 
But I finally figured out the secret to photographing these impudent but beautiful fliers: BRING FOOD.

"I got it!! No, I got it...!"

"I'm not begging... I'm just sitting here. Honest..."

Didn't even get to see what I was shooting here; just trying to follow, sun in my face. You should see this uncropped and full-size... definitely very sparkly, as Rain Man would say...

"Damn! I coulda had that!"

"Those helicopters over there got nothin' on me... look at me hover in this breeze!"

Next: Wall Street Heliport- Abuzz With Whirlybirds!!

But I finally figured out the secret to photographing these impudent but beautiful fliers: BRING FOOD.

"I got it!! No, I got it...!"
"I'm not begging... I'm just sitting here. Honest..."
Didn't even get to see what I was shooting here; just trying to follow, sun in my face. You should see this uncropped and full-size... definitely very sparkly, as Rain Man would say...

"Damn! I coulda had that!"
"Those helicopters over there got nothin' on me... look at me hover in this breeze!"
Next: Wall Street Heliport- Abuzz With Whirlybirds!!


