On Helgoland's cliffs, a large colony of gannets nests in spring. Just before sunset, the warm sunlight shines on the birds against a cool blue background of the sea.
While I was enjoying both the sunlight and the spectacle of the large colony, I looked for individual birds or pairs to capture beautiful intimate moments, as in the case of these two birds sitting closely together, looking in the same direction. Like me, they seem to be enjoying what is going on.
This picture fits well in any room, especially if you are a lover of nature and sunlight.
Ron Buist is an experienced landscape and nature photographer from the north of the Netherlands. His passion for landscape and nature was sparked early in life. He lived close to a forest and could and in his early years one could find him there quite often. As a schoolboy, .. Read more…