Maine Sunrise at Marshall Point

While on a family vacation, I got up early one morning and headed over to Marshall Point Lighthouse.  I took a compass reading and saw that the Lighthouse was going to make for a tough subject given where the sun was rising in relation to the Lighthouse - I just couldn't work out a shot that I liked.  Instead I worked on a standard sunrise shot.  It was a good sun to shoot around but the subject matter was average.  Then came the flock of birds.  It was like a gift.  I quickly recomposed, remetered, and changed focal lengths.  I was able to snap two shots off before the whole feel of the shot changed.