This lone Cormorant, perched at the end of a rocky breakwater just off the beach, looks out on turbulent waters, yet a setting sun casts an ethereal golden glow on the rocks just behind it. The foreground rocks fall into deep shadow and soft focus, while the ocean behind the bird is also in soft focus. Cormorants will dive for fish, catching them in their bills under water. They are often perch on rocky places such as this to dry their wings. The setting is warm in color and tone, yet there is also considerable scale incongruity in this image – the bird seems quite small in comparison to the vast sea behind it.