Shy Albatross

Gallery: AvianPosted April 17, 201366 views7 comments

Had a great time on a recent pelagic off south western Victoria. There were lots of birds and they were very hungry. A group of about 30 albatross followed the boat from out on the shelf back into within a few 100 metres of the harbour (about 35km).

5D3 300/f4
ISO 1600 f8 1/6400

I really didn't need such a high ISO but had this high from earlier in the day when it was very dull and forgot to change it.

cheers
Rob

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on April 17, 2013 at 8:43 AM

That's great Rob. Nicely exposed and good action capture.
Love the spray behind the bird and love the yellow tip of the bill.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 17, 2013 at 10:36 AM

Great action Rob, LP looks excellent.
Very nice

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 17, 2013 at 12:41 PM

Excellent take-of image (?) , I like all about it. Good detail in the difficult plumage as well ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 17, 2013 at 1:19 PM

I like the timing of this image. Nice position of the bird and splash. Great job with the exposure. Nice capture. Isn't it great to get away with ISO 1600 and still have such a clean image. The 5D3 is a marvelous camera.

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Comment posted by Beth Huebner on April 17, 2013 at 7:20 PM

Love the action of this shot, the yellow tip of the bird's bill and the fierce expression on its face.A great motion capture.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 17, 2013 at 9:07 PM

Excellent, even with the high ISO. In fact I never would have suspected it was that high.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 18, 2013 at 2:01 AM

Wonderful action here - sharp bird and great water.
That little bit of black wingtip by the head could be cloned out..
Sandy

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