Clouds & Mist by seacreature

Clouds & Mist

Heavy black clouds today, but no rain ... just mist most of the day.

Those black dots lining the groin on the far side of the river mouth are cormorants, thousands upon thousands of cormorants.
This really tells a story. Nicely done.
April 20th, 2019  
Fabulous image! Love the composition and the mist creates a very somber mood. The way your cormorants behave is amazing!! Here they are pretty much loners.
April 21st, 2019  
A wonderful capture Desi, such a great vibe to it. Fav
April 21st, 2019  
@lynne5477 Thanks very much, Lynne
@narayani Thanks so much Narayani. Indeed, our cormorants seem to be very much part of huge flocks. It is interesting when they fly up river to their roosting spots at night to hear the sound of thousands of pairs of wings flapping in unison
@ludwigsdiana Thanks so much Diana. And thank you for the fav
April 21st, 2019  
the atmosphere you captured really makes the shot
April 22nd, 2019  
@lynnz Thank you very much, Lynn
April 22nd, 2019  
In the Isle of Man, my original home, there was and maybe still is a bounty for cormorants.
April 24th, 2019  
Seem to have missed a lot of posts recently. This is a great image - deserves more exposure - send it to a local newspaper. Two lines of antagonists after the same prey. On the lake I work on now, all the trees are dying because the cormorants aren't killed any more - apparently they eat twice their bodyweight in fish - so naturally fishermen don't like them.
April 24th, 2019  
@s4sayer So sad to read there is a bounty for cormorants. In a way I understand they are competing for the fish, but yet I appreciate them here.
April 24th, 2019  
@anniesue Thank you for your comment and amazing insights about the lines of protagonists. I love that. I am interested to know why the trees are dying because of the cormorants? Do the cormorants cause harm to the trees in some way?
April 24th, 2019  
@seacreature their poo is incredibly acidic - so the trees lose all their little branches and look skeletal - I'll see if I can find an image to post
April 24th, 2019  
Although the shot seems moody and somber, there’s a lot of life there with the fisherman and all those birds. @annie-Sue’s perspective was a very interesting way to look at it.
May 2nd, 2019  
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