Thursday, 15th April 2010
Mass Expanse
by Peter Cherry
This has to be one of the most spectacular sites I have ever witnessed. Just yards away from my camera lenses the knots pass on there way to a lagoon where they spend the night during high tide. The spectacle is over in just a few minutes. I think I am lucky to be in the right place at the right time with good weather conditions.
Equipment: Canon 40d 100-400
Peter Cherry
Nature photoghraphy is my hobby and if I manage to get a good image I am happy to share.
Website: www.peter-cherry.fotopic.net
Mass Expanse by Peter Cherry was photo of the day on Thursday, 15th April 2010. It is tagged Abstract, Birds. You can leave a comment below.
18 Comments
mike
That is an amazing scene.
Katherine Lee Strassburg
I never cease to be amazed by the beauty and grace of a compact flock of birds. You definitely had a stroke of luck, but I’m more happy that you have the love of nature that lets you know it is a view you should share with others!
Nigel Finn
What an incredible sight – brilliant photo. It reminds me of one of MC Escher’s metamorphosis drawings.
Malta Photography
an amazing shot of symmetry. nature has its own ways of creating a whole body from individual creatures like this. incredible.
Wanda Krack
Thank you for sharing. This is a sight most of us would never wittness! It must have been amazing!
Ursula
Spectacular!
Natalie Góme
Beautiful photo!! How lucky you were to be there at that moment. And the sound they made?
Victoria Shelton
Great work! May I ask where it was taken?
Helen
Awesome light! I’ve been lucky enough to see this a couple of times, with swans once and snow geese once. But never quite this close!
Renee
great shot!
P Cherry
Thank you all for your positive comments. The place where this was taken was Leigh on Sea Essex (Two Tree Island)England.
Bilsthorpe Gypo
Pete
Thank you so much for the fantastic photo, must have took your breath away.
Marie Dunphy Harding
It’s amazing that you ‘kept yourself together’ to take this shot, it’s spectacular.
Pauline Jones
We get flocks of wading birds that make your skin tingle with the change in air currents as they pass over. They do a kind of sky ballet, but even those flocks don’t compare to this.
Tad Bowman
Very interesting shot. Congratulations on your POTD.
Su
Theres so many of them you almost cant make out what they are wonderful and scary (Hitchcocks the birds) at the same time congrats.
Rajib Singha
Spectacular catch!
Grete
What an energizing image, incredible and amazing moment! Excellently captured. Congratulations Peter