Squawking Herring Gulls
At first glance, just a pair of seagulls. It's like saying just a dog, but to a dog lover you would be missing so much i.e. The breed, so important, as it can reflect greats things like its history, it's temperament. So these aren't seagulls, they are herring gulls!
Anyway enough about that, it's a bird, a gull, a seagull or a herring gull if you please.
The photograph could have been so normal, but there is something about it, once taken, that caught my eye, something about it that I really like. What is that thing? I'm not too sure, is it the darkened background? Is it the contrast with the predominantly white birds? Is it the light hitting the eyes, illuminating them? Is it the beaks both open? I'm not sure, maybe it is a mix of all of the above!
Taken on an overcast day, it was exposed so not to burn out the white feathers, naturally darkening the background so that the birds stand out.
Processing was not too over the top, just the basics, slight improvement to exposure, contrast and of course sharpening.
Photograph title: Squawking Herring Gulls
Subject: Wild Pheasant
Date take: 19th September 2008
Camera Nikon D600
Exposure 1/2500
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 200 mm
