These dolphin gulls were pretty common in the Falklands. Of course, I was usually focused on penguins, but in this instance, I switched focus from the gentoo penguin in the background to the gull in the foreground. They are actually quite attractive as far as gulls go with their predominant gray coloring. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/1600th of a second.
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These dolphin gulls were pretty common in the Falklands. Of course, I was usually focused on penguins, but in this instance, I switched focus from the gentoo penguin in the background to the gull in the foreground. They are actually quite attractive as far as gulls go with their predominant gray coloring. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/1600th of a second.
This picture’s even cooler when you play the “Jaws” theme song in your head while looking at it.
Love the red “shoes” & matching beak–so stylin’ I bet the gentoo is just jealous. (Those red “shoes” make the shot totally work!)
And he seems to know how good he looks with that confident strut.