One of the most common travel photography clichés involves seagulls perched on piers. I resist such opportunities whenever possible, but in this case, the seagull has chosen a pier post draped in the shredded remnants of a vivid orange plastic safety fence. Such fences are often used to cordon off danger areas at construction sites, and this one has seen better days and obviously is no longer functional. The gull, pier, post, and water are virtually flat and devoid of much color, while the orange plastic net provides shocking contrast, grabbing our eye and holding it. Meanwhile the gull reacts to this intrusive barrage of color with utter dispassion. I’ve built this image around incongruous color contrast and placement, turning a mundane cliché into an image that asks the viewer to think about the possible reasons for such a net, and the bird’s matter of fact response to its presence.