Thursday, 10th September 2009
Cormorant Dawn
by Ian Plant
Shanks Island on the Chesapeake Bay is the summer home to thousands of nesting pelicans, seagulls, and cormorants. Three cormorant chicks on the nest greet the rising sun.
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Cormorant Dawn by Ian Plant was photo of the day on Thursday, 10th September 2009. It is tagged Silhouettes, Sunrise, Wildlife. You can leave a comment below.
23 Comments
Adam
Wow. Amazing lighting.
czh
Love the outline!!!
Herman
A beauty Ian. Well done!!
Krzysiek
Beauty Sun..
Pauline Jones
A lovely shot; thanks for sharing.
mike
Lovely shot love sunrise/set shots.
Anurag
An early morning incantation to the heavens!!?
Catrin Hinrichs
How warm and delightful !
wanda krack
Really nice positioning of birds and sun. Good exposure as well!
planet lover
Lovely to see a picture coming from near my home. The beautiful Chesapeake Bay graces the shores of Maryland and Virginia in the U.S., for those EarthShots fans from far away.
Malta Photography
very touching shot indeed. great colors and balance.
Renee
what a great shot! excellent sun looks so pretty! well done!
Marie Dunphy Harding
Lovely shot. We should be equally delighted to ‘greet the rising sun’.
Greg
The rimmed light is outstanding.
Dianne
ABSOLUTLEY WONDERFUL! The sun moves quite fast so you had to be on your toes! The sticks in the nest are even represented well and the little feathers on the necks, wonderful detail….just Wonderful!
Cindy
Wow! Heck of a photo. I imagine you had to be very still and patient, and that the experience was as good as the photo.
Photos by Nik
Love the orange glimmer on the birds the sun
is also positioned perfectly congratulations on potd
mike
Nice colors and Sun in the background.
Su
This is a lovely shot nice details
Ellen Empson
Perfect.
Rajib Singha
Picture perfect!
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Wow–even the lowly cormorant looks wonderful in this light! Very nice potd!
Deborah Flowers
WOW!!! This is a Perfect Beauty shot! Sunrise, Rim light, silhouette, baby birds…Exquisite capture!