Majestic

Chantler's Shakespeare Challenge #10 Majestic

For some reason, majestic birds have been practically begging for me to take their picture these past couple of days. First it was the surprise visit from the bald eagle, who landed on the eyesore of a telephone pole, and today with no warning this majestic young eagle swooped around a corner, gliding gently and slowly into my view. I got to take 4 pictures, and it was hard to choose, but here he is.

Sesquiotica, a word blog, is titled 'attention' today and is about nanny, housekeeper, collector, and hitherto unknown photographer Vivian Maier and the film Finding Vivian Maier. A link takes you to her photographs. This quote from the blog includes the word majesty, so I thought to include it here:

"She used – for her younger years, up to about age 50 – a twin-lens Rolleiflex, a nice camera and perfect for taking pictures of strangers on the street, because it hung low, and you looked down at the ground glass screen. It was not up at your eye level. It was not an obvious ocular prosthetic. Looking up, it gave majesty, and it looked at the low at their level. And the shutter was quiet. So she could walk up, stop, take."