Gulls, Eastern Sierra. Mono Lake, California. May 27, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

The story: On this late afternoon in the spring I had finished carefully photographing a few gulls by the lake shore and was returning to my car to put my gear away and leave when the sky around and above me was filled with wheeling gulls. There was no time to set up a tripod or carefully compose a shot, but I think this image captures my surprise as I found myself in the middle of this flock
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