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Cormorant Dawn by Ian Plant

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, September 10th, 2009. It is tagged Silhouettes, Sunrise, Wildlife. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

17 Comments

  1. Adam Says:

    Wow. Amazing lighting.

  2. Herman Says:

    A beauty Ian. Well done!!

  3. Pauline Jones Pauline Jones Says:

    A lovely shot; thanks for sharing.

  4. Anurag Anurag Says:

    An early morning incantation to the heavens!!?

  5. Catrin Hinrichs Says:

    How warm and delightful !

  6. wanda krack wanda krack Says:

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

  7. planet lover Says:

    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.

  8. Malta Photography Malta Photography Says:

    very touching shot indeed. great colors and balance.

  9. Renee Renee Says:

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

  10. Marie Dunphy Harding Says:

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

  11. Dianne Says:

    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!

  12. Photos by Nik Says:

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

  13. mike mike Says:

    Nice colors and Sun in the background.

  14. Su Su Says:

    This is a lovely shot nice details

  15. Ellen Empson Ellen Empson Says:

    Perfect.

  16. Rajib Singha Says:

    Picture perfect!

  17. Katherine Lee Strassburg Says:

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

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