More Dunlins

[david cramer]

From my visit to Skagit Valley in Washington. A resting scene.

D300 with 70-200mm @ 70mm hand held, f/7.1, 1/1250, iso 800, ev 0.00

[Arthur Morris]

I like the patterns especially those created by the birds in the back rows. I think that I would like this with a healthy pano crop from the top. What month?

[david cramer]

Thanks Artie. It could easily stand a stronger pano crop. I took this image and this one last week.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice David. I like the soft colours. A crop just above the small mountains would work nicely I think. I live just across the border north of Skagit. In Boundary Bay some of the local birders have estimated 10's of thousands in some some of the flocks flying around on high tide. Quite spectacular. Dave

[Randy Stout]

David:

I like the repeating horizontal lines here, and the back rows vaguely suggest the lines in the mountains.

I agree about a pano crop, and I tried a version with the exposure in the sky brought down a bit, shows more detail in the clouds, and I preferred that.

Thanks for sharing this one.

Randy