Mono Lake #4 by funkandjazz

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jul 17, 2003

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There were tons of seagulls in this portion of the lake. This is a lake hundreds of miles from the ocean and roughly 8000 feet elevation in the mountains. Odd place to see so many seagulls. They were feeding on the alkali flies which you can see swarming all over this picture. I didn't quite achieve the depth of field I intended, but I still like the shot.

Comments (14)

Tedz

1:22AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

I see Seagulls like this at Lake Buchannan, TX..also hundreds of Mile's from the Sea.Great Scene!

cynlee

1:30AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

oh yum said the gull- flies! ...another great shot of a very strange place

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Niutek

1:35AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

Yes, the more shots you show us, the stranger a place it seems... Excellent series :)

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coolj001

2:04AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

excellent photo as always. You are the nature master. Most refreshing, and beautiful scenery of life. cool - :-)

davidhate

2:04AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

Those flies must taste good to the gulls for them to travel so far! You've done an excellent job in capturing the beauty and atmosphere of this strange place:)

patmartj

2:26AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

So amazing, thank you.

ratto

4:32AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

Rocks like strange clouds in a surreal sky :) Great shot!

gallimel

6:21AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

So far the most beautiful of the series... at least in my eyes :)

PapaGuru

8:24AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

Now your flies got my interest! Have you got a macro of them, how big are they.

Michelle A.

9:01AM | Thu, 17 July 2003

Amazing!

funkandjazz

12:12PM | Thu, 17 July 2003

I unfortunately didn't get a macro of them, PapaGuru. They were smaller than an average house fly. I really didn't pay much attention to them because as I mentioned earlier they weren't a nuisance... they have no interest in people--they eat something in the lake. They scattered and moved away whenever I got close. The tufas and larger objects in the lake mostly drew my attention. But in looking at my photos now, those flies were everywhere!

Masema

12:13PM | Thu, 17 July 2003

What a strange, almost alien landscape...can't think of a better person to capture it on film. Great job.

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