365:8 TIM BINDNER

The silhouette of the bird provides little to no detail other than the shape. The wings are outstretched. The gull’s destination is unknown to me. Many of the gulls I saw traveled in groups. This one was alone, at least at this moment. As a lover of silhouette photography, the lack of details of the main character inspires me and draws me in.

So often photographers and photographs focus on having everything being tack sharp. Nothing out of focus, and really nothing left to the imagination. That is what I love about this shot. No details of the bird (left to the imagination), nothing else in the frame but a cloud, and I added grain to the shot to make it even more soft.

Grain or noise are the little tiny pixels that make the photograph have character and give its texture. Grain is described as the fineness of detail a film or paper can capture. Grain is the opposite of sharp pictures, which are prevalent all over social media.

Grain always reminds me of pictures I took when I shot film. With the technology today, grain can be added in camera or on software. It is not exactly like film or the film look, but close. In my shot, the sky and clouds with the grain added gives me the perspective of texture. A sort of feel in the image, if you will.

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