Take Flight

Usually I don't go for such a heavy vignette but it works with this soon to be airborne seagull very well, giving it the same timeless feeling you impart to your Civil War photos.

Thanks Jack, I am glad I could sway you.

While on vacation my wife and I decided to go shopping at a local

mall. When we walked into the place I noticed sea gull, since I am

not a shopper, I decided to let my wife have a run at the mall. I was

going to photograph these birds.

 

 

I needed something to attract them and the mall did not have a

covalence store, I decided to go to the food court, we Americans

throw away millions of pounds of food a day, so I may be able to pick

up something.

 

I staked out the pizza place, people throw away their crust, I figured I

would get a few pieces and head outside. Well, as I was going

through the trash cans, tossed crusts were not too available so I

went to the next can and the next.

 

 

All of a sudden I hear a voice behind me, "Sir", I turned around, it

was a little girl and her mother, the girl was holding $2. The mother

said, "My daughter felt bad for you that you had to scrounge through

trash cans to eat". "She wants to give you this money so you don't go

hungry" . Huh? NO, no sorry, I was getting bread to feed the birds.

 

 

The mother grabbed her daughters arm and abruptly walked away.

Sounds like you may have inadvertently found another means of income  : - )

The vignette is quite heavy and the position of the gull in the frame are both quite unorthodox kind of features in this image, yet somehow they manage to tell a story and the empty space conveys an air of expectancy, like something else is going to happen or someone else is going to fill the frame.  

Best Regards 

 

Alf 

 

Thanks my friend, I wanted to black out the parking lot stripes.

Now that I think of it, I should have taken that little girls $2.

It's hard to come up with a unique Gull shot, but you have.  Excellent work.  And the $2, yeah, it would have made them feel better for helping you had you taken it.  You must have been wearing some of your "period" clothes as well ;-)... Mike

My wife sez I need a new wardrobe. Thanks Mike

Lovely processing and toned effect, nice work.