Wow this was severely under-rated. My first thought on seeing this was WWII. It took awhile to realize that the bugs weren't helicopters. Then it became even more interesting.
This is bizarre, but awesome. The varied focus on what the insects is interesting. The powerlines aren't necessarily a defining feature, but it's a very interesting photo.
Blue and brown! Corner of my eye helicopters, powerlines indeed. This is what is so intriguing about (digital) cameras - they pick up stuff way beyond our original intention: brilliant of you to reintend it. Also it is so strange how our military machines ressemble what we call the lower orders of bios ...
They are not birds. They are tiny insects and I never saw them for real.
They were getting registered on the LCD of the camera (probably because of the refresh rate) and I manually focussed the camera to a point so they sometimes appeared in focus. Sometimes these dots would appear on the screen for about a second and then disappear. When the dots on the screen appereared darker, I fired (few of them had to be in focus to be that dark).
They are extremely fast and very small and I think that why I was never able to see them. I tried really hard to figure out where exatly they were but didn't see a single one of them. I did notice them on previous occasions too on some shots and they looked like sensor dust but I also know that I don't have sensor dust. But, again, I was trying to figure out what they were since I never saw anything.
As for the bird in the lower left corner - it's a TV antenna.
And yeah, I did see them as helicopter and this reminded me of a war scene. That's the reason for the title - Land of the Wazir (Waziristan)
On second thought, I think they are insects. The bird on the lower left is a wonderful bit of misdirection and makes the capture even more amazing. Whatever it is, I wish I had taken it.
Congratulations on the PH Blue. I've never seen birds photographed like this. Even after looking at the collection, I'm not convinced the objects at the top are birds. Maybe Pinnipeds. I suspect trickery.
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