ENTRY DESCRIPTION
What looks at first glance like a grayish structure here are thousands of blue-eyed cormorants on rocks and shaggy grass. Photographed during a short visit to the Falkland Islands. While most visitors were fixated on penguins and albatrosses, I became aware of this huge colony at a greater distance. It wasn't until I looked at the photos on my home computer that the actual abstraction of the structure became apparent, the omission of details and the reduction to a structure with possible outlines of a flying bird. Converting to black and white and enhancing the contrast resulted in an even more intense impression.

AUTHOR
ambitious amateur photographer, autodidact
born 1960
started with photography 15 years ago (exclusively digital)
focus on wildlife and nature photography
My passion is to take snapshots, even against the old fashioned rules of photography.
I want to have fun taking pictures and not be trapped in design rules and mainstream.

I like photos where the viewer has to look twice to find out what it is about this photo that catches his attention.

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