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Photos – Silver Gulls: Beauty or Beast

by Dave | Jun 1, 2019 | Conservation, Lifestyle, Lightroom, ON1 Software, Our Journey, Photography, Photos, Photoshop, Wildlife Photos

Silver Gulls, or as they are more commonly known here in Perth, just plain old Seagulls are an enigma!

Our Seagulls are renowned for their annoying & scavenging lifestyle swooping down on unfinished open-air restaurant dishes and foraging through rubbish bins in their dozens.

Yet they are incredibly beautiful creatures, so pristine & almost picture perfect. Because of this they make very good photographic subjects 📷

These particular Silver Gulls were photographed at Burns Beach a few days ago in their natural environment not being a nuisance to anyone 👍

Burns Beach in Perth’s Northern Suburbs is a great spot for a walk, there is usually plenty of bird life and lots of rocks & rock pools to explore.

Besties – Silver Gulls, Burns Beach, Perth, Western Australia

In a world where native wildlife is struggling to survive, mainly due to the irresponsibility of the Human Race, these Silver Gulls are thriving , mainly due to the irresponsibility of the Human Race 😱

As natural scavengers they benefit enormously from our increasingly wasteful “throw-away” approach to life in general and more importantly food & refuse.

In the animal world food is hard to come by and generally very little is wasted, in the human world food is over-supplied in abundance (except where it isn’t, which is another sad reflection on Human Society) and much of what we purchase / produce is cast aside.

On the positive side, many people are now trying to live a waste free life by avoiding packaged food, growing their own herbs & veggies, reusing unused food scraps as compost and recycling wherever possible. That is certainly our approach to life, we keep our bins as empty as possible and our garden as healthy as possible 😃🍎

Bird photography can have it’s challenges but is also very rewarding when it pays off 🦅

Lots of patience & a fair bit of luck go a long way to getting some great images, but what I find most rewarding is seeing the individual character in each and every bird that I Photograph. Photography is as much about telling a story as it is the image itself.

Thinking of making some inspirational products soon, what do you think of my “I Love to Fly Like a Bird” Mug mockup❓

I Think I’ll get Maggie to print one for the Gallery.

“I love to Fly Like a Bird” Mugs – Wanneroo Markets

Human shortcomings aside, what do people think of our scavenging but pretty little friends? Beauty or Beast ❓

Post Processing

These images were processed using a combination of Adobe Lightroom Classic CC, Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 & ON1 Photo RAW 2019.

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