Pictures From the Woods
Flight of the Cormorants
Posted by Bill Ault (GBA, Canada) on 29 July 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Cormorants skim the surface of the water as they take flight from the coming rains.
@Dimitrios: thanks Dimitrios
@Michael: Thanks Micheal - a bit of luck and a quick grab of the camera out of the backpack and this was the result - actually have another but I liked the clouds and angle in this one a bit better.
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
Bill, I visited this photo earlier and it's fascinating... I've not seen these birds before though I know what they are. I never envisioned them in this sort of line....
30 Jul 2008 2:40am
@Earnest: I've never seen them grouped in these sorts of numbers but I've not lived near one of the big lakes for an extended period of times like I am this summer. I just happened to be walking along the shore and looking forward saw them massing together and then coming my way - the thing is I've been trying to get a good shot of a single one all summer and so far that has not happened...
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
1/1600 second
F/4.0
6 mm