Challenge Red Arrows?

Very nice formation flight shot and excellent job with exposure David.   You managed good detail in selecting f/10, but I would be tempted to increase shutter speed the next go at it. I like that you included the breaking wave at the top of the frame, I think it adds a great deal to inform the viewer of habitat. Nicely captured. 

It's a fine, well composed picture, David! And I agree with Chuck on the SS.

A very cool flight shot, David.  The plumage detail doesn't seem to be as sharp as your usual posts, was this a really large crop?

A very challenging shot: high speed flight, whites and blacks and a shot that required high depth of field. There's some detail lost in the whites and blacks, but it might be possible to get it back in post-processing. I agree a bit faster shutter might have improved stuff. But the composition is outstanding. And the photo is certainly better than any of my flight shots of speeding shorebirds. Well done.

Thank you Chuck, Phil, Dennis and Jim for your kind words and suggestions. The major issue concerns the massive crop from 103.4M to 3.20M – a 96.9% reduction! With my existing camera/lens setup I’m reluctant to employ ISO values greater than 800, hence the SS limited to 1/000s. Parts of the subject were selectively sharpened with accompanying noise reduction. (The greater the degree of applied noise reduction the less becomes the acuity). David