Gull Wings

The best camera is the one you have with you. So the saying goes. This shot made with a first-gen iPhone is challenged in its resolution, but it also has a quality all its own, taking on the perception of a painting in some areas. I made a whole series of images of these gulls at the Oregon beach. Some were humorous, others more flighty, like this one. Clearly they were comfortable with my proximity as I was able to get quite close for some of the “portraits”. As is their way though, once they discovered I had no food, off they went in search of another “mark”. I can never look at gulls again without thinking of the movie “Finding Nemo” and the gull-call of “Mine, mine, mine, mine”