How many shots do you think it took me to catch this pigeon alighting at the fountain (the circular bowl is crested with animals) in the cloisters of the Norman Cathedral in Monreale outside Palermo?
Six! Right, six takes.
It was much easier taking photographs of the 12th century mosaics inside the Church of Santa Maria La Nuova, and the remarkable figures sculpted atop columns in the cloisters, than it was getting this bird to cooperate.
My favorite pigeon comes in for a landing. Credit: Joel Stratte-McClure
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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