What a cool shot in B&W. The shutter time got exactly right here. An eyecathcer. The vignetting is totally okey, keeping the eyes inside the pictureand yet still go around and explore the birds at the same time as the picture as a whole is the important and remaining impression.
Very dynamic picture. Both the backlighting/silhouette and the BW treatmet makes me focus on the flight as a whole and not to each single bird, as it should be. Well done
g'day Xavier - the first of some great pics from China - i had to smile when i thought about a title = 'peking duck' - did u use a polariser on this one? - seems like you are getting some vignetting top rhs & lhs corners. good to see u take your beast with you on business travel. thanx. adrianox