- Jeanie Chadwick
- View Portfolio
- Image 8 of 100
- Added 31 Oct 2007
- 386 Views
- 25 Comments
- 2 Favorites
- Share This Image On...
This is the most halloween appropriate image that I could "dig up". Even though my own father thought that it was a set up shot, with a stuffed crow, I promise that it wasn't. The shot is about 10 years old. I used to go to an old, beautiful cemetery on my days off and drive around looking at the headstones. I always took my English Bulldog and Chihuahua with me. We never got out of the car, just did "drive by shootings". I saw some crows on the ground and this one flew up on a headstone. I didn't see the name on the stone until I zoomed in with a 100-400 lens. When I saw the name on the stone I started to shake, I think I snapped the shot just out of a nervous reflex. No other shots. The crow immediately took off. I went back many times and put peanuts and popcorn on top of the headstone trying to lure the crows back to get a front view. They didn't come back. It was a "one shot" deal. It has become my signature photo and I've sold more prints of it than any other.
25 Comments
Christen Boone 30 Dec 2007
Oh this is so cool! The story with this picture is amazing and makes it a truly interesting shot!L.A. Spilsbury 10 Dec 2007
love the story with the pictureJean M. Laffitau 08 Nov 2007
Great one!!!Maurizio Miele 07 Nov 2007
EXCELLENT WORK !!!!!!!!!Christina Beith 06 Nov 2007
This is a really stunning and awesome shot!!!!!Hassan Pasha 04 Nov 2007
WOAH! i mean really WOAH ... sometimes the unexplainable things happen and leave you wondering all your life ... AWESOME shotWilliam Boyer 04 Nov 2007
so funny and a great shot. keep them comming.Renata Cavanaugh 03 Nov 2007
This is excellent!mahesh konsam 03 Nov 2007
Excellent photography, Jeanie !! I just love the title and it's very compelling !!Barry Huyett 03 Nov 2007
sorry I missed this photo........Amazing!Robert, R. Ferguson 03 Nov 2007
Great photo and the story it tells. Admiration, Bob.Joanna Jungjohann 02 Nov 2007
creepy odd, lol go figure! great catch jeannieJerie kunitsky 02 Nov 2007
This is just marvelous....Amazing shot..Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 02 Nov 2007
this is touching wonderful!!!!!!Ben Kiger 02 Nov 2007
outstandingBarbara Keith 01 Nov 2007
Truly cool and you were so lucky to have caught it.. and thanks for the comments on my work.. always appreciated.Jessica Courtley-Rose 01 Nov 2007
So very cool! This couldn't be more fitting for the season and wonderful story!Michael Forbus 01 Nov 2007
What brilliant timing and such a clever shot. Great image and photography Jeanie. Hope you and your family are happy, healthy and holy. MichaelKathie Nichols 31 Oct 2007
Awesome capture Jeanie, great shot!jamie winter 31 Oct 2007
wow this is spookyOlga van Dijk 31 Oct 2007
GREAT HALLOWEEN appropriate pic indeed!--Janet Gioffre Harrington 31 Oct 2007
love the sepia tones on this~ really adds to the whole mood. GREAT "spirit" of the season artwork!!Nira Dabush 31 Oct 2007
Splendid shot...wonderful colour use,JeanieSharon Henson 31 Oct 2007
This is to good to be true....but I believe you just a great shot and story.Emily Reed 31 Oct 2007
WHAT A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, JEANIE! Happy Halloween!