
Tuesday, 17th March 2009
The Early Birds
by Steve Wall
The first sunbeams of the day began to burn away the fog as these five loons fished for breakfast. Viewed large you can see water dripping from their beaks after they surface after the underwater hunt. This is a wider crop from a previous photo.
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The Early Birds by Steve Wall was photo of the day on Tuesday, 17th March 2009. It is tagged Birds, Mist. You can leave a comment below.

21 Comments
Michael
Great photo, gives a sort of calm feeling and I like how you captured the steam rising off of the water.
Ashleigh
extraordinary picture! mystical and enchanting, one of my favorite POD’s to date! thank you so much for sharing and inspiring.
charlene
Awesome image–I can’t believe this doesn’t already have a dozen comments. Foggy images are hard to get right, and I think you hit this one spot-on. The loons are fantastic, too.
adnan
GREATTTT:::::: Textured like a water paint on canvas, exposure handeled well.
Anurag
Lovely effect created by the mist
Wanda Krack
Lovely mood and good shot in the fog! Just right light, which doesn’t happen often.
Su
Lovely atmosphere you have captured, it promises to be a beautiful day. Congrats
Malta Photography
Nice and moody. I like the style silhouetted in the dim light.
Pauline Jones
I like the colors in the mist.
Nathan
Looks like their early morning bath. Brilliant shot
Alex
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planet lover
Very nice, soothing atmosphere. I like the beige tones in the water and birds.
Mandy Kilpatrick
This is a lovely nature shot, and the birds grouped together in their habitat in such a pleasing composition, shrouded in the early morning mist is great by itself, but then there’s that fog overhead that is just phenomenal. The colors and patterns – it looks like fine marble.
Excellent photo of the day, congratulations!!
Sue Gagnon
Lovely shot, I agree with everyone above. Such a soothing shot in such a beautiful locale, splendid shot! Love that mist.
Marie Dunphy Harding
Gives me a feeling of calm! The neutral colors are lovely.
James and Kelly Stone
Excellent capture. You did a great job with the fog shot, they are hard to capture with such beauty as you have. The birds are a lovely touch in their natural habitat. Congratulations.
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Great photo of loons as everyone expects to see them. This captures the mood of the lonely lake with the haunting call of the loon echoing through the fog……..way above average in my opinion.
su
you did a lovely job on this on.
Rajib Singha
Surreal!
renee
nice.
Blackmagdalene
Veramente suggestivo