This is the same bird that ignored the man and his inquisitive dog in the previous image. I made this photograph six minutes later – we see the cormorant still holding its ground. A woman has since joined the man and dog. They spent a few moments studying the bird, and then turned away from the shore to head home. I shifted my camera position so that I could frame the cormorant, still standing in the background, within two pairs of oncoming human legs. I incongruously cropped those legs just above the knees, emphasizing the stoic bird, rather than the identity of its departing visitors.