photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Ninety-five: Back to the beach -- finding new stories in familiar subjects > Feeding frenzy, Mission Beach, California, 2015
previous | next
22-SEP-2015

Feeding frenzy, Mission Beach, California, 2015

Feeding seagulls in California is banned by state law, but rarely enforced. Some people consider bird feeding to be a generous gesture – but ultimately the practice may disrupt natural feeding patterns and encourage gulls, once used to such freebies, to harass beach visitors. I watched from a distance as this hooded man pours a huge bag of kernels upon the sand, creating a gull feeding frenzy. He seems to be almost dancing with joy as he feeds dozens of birds. My image find him surrounded by birds battling for a free meal, both on the ground and in the air. I used a fast shutter speed of 1/2500th of a second to stop the activity of the man, the falling kernels, and the birds, freezing them all in a moment of time.

FujiFilm X-T1
1/2500s f/9.0 at 204.6mm iso640 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
share
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment