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Comment by Cliff Kelly on December 30, 2010 at 5:07pm

I was using the Nikon 55-200 zoom kit lens, with which I have shot many of my images, but these birds were about 500 yards away and I cut this shot out of the center of the photo at full size. I think if I made the image much smaller I might have a thumbnail. Also - I didn't mind the expanse of water with their ripples behind them because it is another example of the amazing views of the texture of the waters here - with the reflective coloring of an overcast sky.    

Comment by joanne montrichard on December 30, 2010 at 4:34pm

I love the softness of this image Cliff - it conveys a tranquility that is quite beautiful :)

(About the cropping idea, I think it would emphasize the motion across the image, while leaving it as it is gives a nice feeling of floating, almost as if they were in mid-air.

Comment by Curt Firestone on December 30, 2010 at 2:27pm

I concur..a little crop would help focus the viewer.

Excellent reflection; motion and I love the "long hair".  Must be alternative lifestyle birds.