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Cormorant Dawn by Ian Plant
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 , , . You can leave a comment below.

23 Comments

Adam

10th September 2009 at 1:48 am

Wow. Amazing lighting.

czh

10th September 2009 at 2:29 am

Love the outline!!!

Herman

10th September 2009 at 2:57 am

A beauty Ian. Well done!!

10th September 2009 at 7:27 am

Beauty Sun..

10th September 2009 at 7:31 am

A lovely shot; thanks for sharing.

mike

10th September 2009 at 7:44 am

Lovely shot love sunrise/set shots.

Anurag

10th September 2009 at 7:45 am

An early morning incantation to the heavens!!?

Catrin Hinrichs

10th September 2009 at 8:38 am

How warm and delightful !

wanda krack

10th September 2009 at 11:35 am

Really nice positioning of birds and sun. Good exposure as well!

planet lover

10th September 2009 at 12:47 pm

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.

10th September 2009 at 1:21 pm

very touching shot indeed. great colors and balance.

Renee

10th September 2009 at 2:02 pm

what a great shot! excellent sun looks so pretty! well done!

10th September 2009 at 3:08 pm

Lovely shot. We should be equally delighted to ‘greet the rising sun’.

Greg

10th September 2009 at 3:20 pm

The rimmed light is outstanding.

Dianne

10th September 2009 at 4:20 pm

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

10th September 2009 at 5:18 pm

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

10th September 2009 at 5:52 pm

Love the orange glimmer on the birds the sun
is also positioned perfectly congratulations on potd

10th September 2009 at 6:02 pm

Nice colors and Sun in the background.

Su

11th September 2009 at 7:06 am

This is a lovely shot nice details

11th September 2009 at 2:04 pm

Perfect.

11th September 2009 at 2:11 pm

Picture perfect!

Katherine Lee Strassburg

14th September 2009 at 1:25 am

Wow–even the lowly cormorant looks wonderful in this light! Very nice potd!

9th September 2010 at 5:31 pm

WOW!!! This is a Perfect Beauty shot! Sunrise, Rim light, silhouette, baby birds…Exquisite capture!

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