I love the tones of colors, blues to warm orange to grey; the birds are distracting; and what is that guy carrying. a bit too alfred hitchcock top be romantic. good luck.
I don't see any clear connection between the silhouettes of the people and the gulls, nor any connection to the challenge topic. The exposure is good, I just can't see what you're trying to communicate here.
Nice composition and sharpness, but overall image is just too dark. Could be saved by processing for brighter levels with contrast and saturation adjustment to preserve the nice colors.
This was an idea I had for this challenge - didn't enter tho. I think you have done it very well. The sillouetts are nice and I like the addtion of birds in the shot. I think that it could have been improved a little by taking when the sky was a bit lighter as the overall image is quite dark.