Leave Them Alone!

I probably wouldn't like this picture as much without the story. I mean, it is just pigeons. For me, it brings to life a picture of this woman screaming at me. If I was quick enough, I'd have a picture of her too, but alas, all I have is this picture and the story.

I was in New York City taking some streets shots when somebody starts screaming at me. "Leave them alone. Hey you, leave them alone." I didn't realize she was talking to me until she was right in my face. "You wouldn't have a picture if I didn't just feed them, so why don't you just leave them alone? JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE!"

I immediately stopped taking pictures of them. I left them alone. I didn't want her to get any angrier. No matter what I said to her, it didn't calm her down. And when I was walking away, she was yelling something at me in a foreign language, I think. I had stopped taking the pictures and she still wasn't happy. As it turns out, these were my last shots while I was in New York. I guess I left everybody alone after that.