What great contrast and composition! There is great perspective in this photo. I so wish the people in the boat were either looking at the birds or to the left - but you can't control that! Nice image.
I love the tones in this scene. The background is extraordinairy.
The foreground elements however; the birds, the boat, the people in the boat, even the water in the lower right of the frame, all seem to indicate that there is something else going on here which we have missed.
My guess is that you are standing on a larger vessel and the wake of that ship is about to threaten the little boat. The birds are following along side the larger boat. Some times what is missing in a picture can add mystery or suspense. In this case, it doesn't. It's just missing.