A flock of starlings moves together across the sky beside a tall building. While the structure remains still, the birds flow freely, showing how nature adapts and finds its place within the city.
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WOW - that is a lot of starlings!
Thank you :) Appreciate it.
Thats an amazing shot
Was this a composite?
I don't know what particular species is in this picture, but I've never seen European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) fly in straight lines like this. Maybe that's not what the birds were doing in the original exposure(s), or what the composition is intended to show. I'd be interested to read more about how it was taken. Thank you.
Starlings do fly in straight or near-parallel paths at times, especially during transitions or commuting flights. Their flight patterns can vary depending on location and context. In composite images like this, those brief moments get stretched into linear trails, which can make the movement look more rigid than it appears in real time. The photograph shows accumulated flight paths rather than a single instant, so the behavior and the visual result don’t map one-to-one. It was taken using an iPhone 14 Pro Max in Timelapse mode and then combined into a composite.