Standerd Slides

Subject: Flight of Tranquility
Photo: Joey Meddock
TSQ Location: Book 2.1, Critique, Page 86

If only photos had odor! Damn, this spot stunk!
I was in Acapulco, Mexico with Darin Shapiro and Jeff Weatherall.

It was late morning and we had just finished up some early sunrise photos. After circling this island all morning, I finally saw some white rocks that looked like I could climb up to shoot from.

I didn’t think anything of a “white rock” from a distance, but as I got closer I quickly realized why they were white. There were birds EVERYWHERE on this island.

I felt like I was getting dropped off in a bird sanctuary breeding facility. As soon as I stepped foot on the rock, birds went flying all around me. I had to cover my equipment in case any more droppings fell from above.

The boat pulled away and idled down the lake as I searched around for a higher perch. When I finally found a height that I liked, I set up shop with my new flying friends and snapped a few shots.

They were squawking at me and buzzing my head the whole time. I was hard NOT to get a bird in the photo. Maybe they were secretly taking photos of me? After all, I was sitting on their toilet.

–Meddock