I followed this little seagull back forth and front to back. When I got too close he was lost in the detail of the sand, too far and the breaking water had too much detail. Too small an aperture and the background became too busy and too slow a shutter speed and I could not take a sharp hand held shot. By the time I final captured an image I liked my camera settings were so far out of sorts I did not really know where I was anymore.
Lucky for my he was as very patient as Jennifer herded him back and forth under the jetty while I got my act together!
Photo: Robert Rath, 'Day 29 - Patient Seagull'. 1/64000 sec at 200mm f/2.8, ISO 640