Love on a Rock

Gallery: AvianPosted July 9, 2011108 views9 comments

This Razorbill pair went through quite a courtship before mating. Here the male is really showing off his stuff and the female seems not to care. The male was persistent, however, as 30 minutes later they mated.

Critiques and comments are very welcome and appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Canon 5D
300mm f/4L IS
1/3200, f/7.1, ISO 400
handheld, no flash
86% of full frame
6-27-2011; 10:21am

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on July 9, 2011 at 8:28 PM

OOOOOH....Love on the Rock....Ain't no big surprise...just tell me your dreeeeeeams...and I'll tell you some lies....

Whew, excuse me...got me a little nostagic for a second there. Knew I'd been out in the sun too long today.

Beautiful photo Carol. The poses from the 2 birds are just terrific, and you did a really wonderful job with the techs, especially exposure.

Male showing off...female not caring much...my life story. Sigh.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 9, 2011 at 10:22 PM

Wonderful image. Great handling of the blacks with lots of detail there. Love the poses and the comp. Great story. Hope to see the mating later. (Does that make me sound like a perv?)

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 9, 2011 at 11:06 PM

Nice interaction and a great job on the exposure, Carol. I really like the female's pose.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 10, 2011 at 1:59 PM

You make this difficult exposure look easy Carol! Very well exectuted. I ove the pose on interaction. Looks like one told the other a good joke

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 10, 2011 at 2:47 PM

There's a simple elegance to this that makes it a very nice image to view.

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 10, 2011 at 2:49 PM

Wonderful exposure, great interaction, perfect shot.
May

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 10, 2011 at 8:26 PM

A really cool bird that I have yet to photograph, even though they are in my neck of the woods in the winter. Nice exposure, a cool perch and good look at the eyes. Where was this photographed?

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM

Wonderful behavior shot with good detail on the larger version, nice job handling the B&W color contrast, well done.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 11, 2011 at 9:17 PM

The poses are wonderful, beautiful shot.

Ray

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