As he sat in Kensington Gardens, London, photographer Alex Royal got it in his head to feed the birds with one hand and take pictures of himself doing this with the other. The resulting action shots are remarkable, and perhaps a little ominous…

These birds aren’t as scary as the owl we saw a few days ago, but purposely luring these brazen beaked creatures into swooping at you is still crazy enough that I can’t think of a good reason to do it — except to get this series of pictures, I guess…

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