Staring out in the open

with nothing to see as I was the only one around.

Taken here on the estate with my 300mm lens.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely composition

[Susan Wakely]

I can imagine this on a page from a naturalists book.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture.

[katy]

FAV excellent, minimalist shot! I agree with @wakelys about its perfection

[Paula Fontanini]

Diana, the beauty of this shot is in it's simplicity.

[Bucktree]

Great minimalist capture.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Perfect

[Lisa Brown]

beautiful, serene shot. The colors really set the mood. well done

[Renee Salamon]

Simply beautiful

[Mags]

Lovely capture!

[Desi]

Lovely in its simplicity

[Joan Robillard]

Fabulous

[gloria jones]

Wonderful capture....love the tones

[KoalaGardens🐨]

this is just stunning

[Peter]

Well captured Diana:)

[Carole Sandford]

Great capture!

[Heather]

A great capture and composition, Diana! I really like the simplicity of this, the colour tones, and the nice clean background! Fav!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I think he's waiting for his ship to come in. Beautiful shot.

[LManning (Laura)]

This is lovely.

[Allison Maltese]

A nicely isolated image of this cormorant.

[narayani]

Nice shot

[Rick]

Great shot.

[Christina]

Wonderful shot

[Diana]

@merrelyn @wakelys @mittens @grammyn @bluemoon @dkellogg @365projectorgchristine @lisab514 @rensala @marlboromaam @seacreature @joansmor @seattlite @koalagardens @pcoulson @carole_sandford @365projectorgheatherb @olivetreeann @ljmanning @falcon11 @narayani @rickster549 @christinav Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Kathy A]

Great shot!

[Christine Louise]

Brilliant capture of this bird, the composition and DOF just perfect

[4rky]

Lovely composition and great edit.

[Valerie Chesney]

Absolutely perfect!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot