Figure 1 – Herring gulls at Fort Stage Park, Gloucester, MA. Spring 2019. (c) DE Wolf 2019.

I actually took the image of Figure one of a pair of herring gulls, Larus argentatus, last spring on May 18. It was a cool day and the whole summer of egg laying and brooding lay before these birds.  I have been meaning to work it up for months. I particularly like the pure whiteness of the birds perched on Avalon terrain granite and I love the pattern of the blue ocean water behind them.

Canon T2i with EF 70-200 USM Lens at 172 mm. ISO 400, Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/3200 these at f/7.1 with -1 exposure compensation.