There is one seagull that likes standing on the top of the street light and peek into our offices on the fourth floor. We have darkened windows and it is not super close to the building, so I am not sure what can be actually seen from there, but why else would anybody go to the top of that light if not to spy on us?

Today I happened to have my long lens, so I aimed it at this peeking point to return the spy-on-thy-neighbor favor. I was primarily interested in the bird, and to get a better background, I put the camera all the way down on the terrace, so greens of the Seattle hills would be behind instead of the light blues of the Lake Washington.
Why is this important? Yes, I was trying to get a better picture of the seagull, but in the process, just by chance I noticed something more interesting on this otherwise very simple photo. The top of the street lamp is not something we notice very often. They are usually too far away to catch any details, but here you can notice many interesting features. For example, we can see three screws from this angle, and only one is firmly in all the way. Other two are only partially screwed. Is it safe?
On the bottom of the lamp is a number sticker and something that looks like a switch.
On the top is that black thing, probably the light sensor. And a seagull, of course. :)

What did I learn from this photo exercise? To look at the whole photo, not just the main target. There are often hidden details around. Sometimes I crop them off, so they do not distract from the main subject, but in other times - they can be the subject themselves.

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Галеб је на овој слици само украс. Главна ствар је ова улична лампа. Шрафови су само делимично заврнути. Да сам то сликао негде у Србији, рекли би балканска посла - то не би могло да се деси на западу. Е, толико sam западно да је следећа држава западно одавде већ на далеком истоку.

Наравоученије: Нико није савршен а ни Србија није најгора. Уживајте где год да сте. :)