Oct

Photographic Serendipity

Sea Gulls in the Sun, Newport State Park, Door County, Wisconsin, 9/17/08

Categories : Travel Photos, Wisconsin, blogging, critters, on the road, parks, photography, places, weather

14 Comments

Cath Lawson
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:07 AM

Didn’t it hurt your eyes taking that pic Mike? It’s a brilliant photo – but I didn’t have my glasses on at first and I thought the seagull nearest the sun was a plane.

Julie
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:26 AM

Beautiful! Reminds us all to reach toward the light and to soar, with gladness and peace in our hearts.

Vered - MomGrind
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:36 PM

Mike, this is gorgeous.

Chanel
October 3rd, 2008 at 5:35 PM

Wow, I love this. Very different in terms of sky + sun + bird photos.

Friar
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:14 PM

Wow. What are the odds of THAT happening?

And being there to take the photo?

Marelisa
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 PM

Oh, I see the seagull now, I thought it was a dragon’s head when I first saw it. Great photograph

teeni
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 PM

Wow. I have to agree with Chanel. Really nice catch!

XUP
October 4th, 2008 at 4:19 PM

Gorgeous. Something you should paint on the side of a van or camper or something.

dcr
October 4th, 2008 at 11:57 PM

That’s a great shot! Initially I thought it was some scifi image. The seagull nearest the light looked like some kind of spaceship at first.

Mike Goad
October 5th, 2008 at 10:13 AM

Cath – Thanks — No it didn’t hurt my eyes. The way that I took this photo and a lot of others was to try to follow one bird in a large flock that was swirling and wheeling above us on a Lake Michigan shore. As I followed a bird, I let the auto-focus feature work and hoped for the best. This is one of several decent images that came out. (By the way, guess where I found your comment… Askimet!)

Julie — thanks!

Vered — thanks!

Chanel — thanks!

Friar — The odds were good, the way that I was tracking the birds with my camera, that something unexpected would show up. There were several other decent images as well.

Marelisa — Thank’s (though I think a dragon’s head would have bee neater)

teeni – thanks!

XUP – thanks! I just take pictures. I can’t draw or paint worth a darn.

dcr — thanks, Dan. (A spaceship?)