One of my favorite days in the Falkland Islands was when I spent an afternoon with a colony of imperial shags atop a steep cliff at the far end of Sea Lion Island. It was fun (and easy) to photograph them as they came and went, building their nests with kelp brought from the ocean below. This shag was landing empty handed but I liked the wing position as it touched down on its nest. I’m going to start uploading larger images. They’ll still be the same size on the page, but if you click, you will get a much larger file. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/7.1 at 1/1250th of a second
Are these water birds? The webbed feet would seem to indicate that. Very impressive when you click on h anger image and you can cut ally see through the “skin” or whatever you cll the webbing on the feet. Such an imrtant sounding name, too.
Beautiful Landing Pose of the Shag!
He looks like a small jet on reverse thrust just b4 hitting tarmac.
Great for you to have made so many good images from ur Falklands trip(I envy you!).
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One of my favorite days in the Falkland Islands was when I spent an afternoon with a colony of imperial shags atop a steep cliff at the far end of Sea Lion Island. It was fun (and easy) to photograph them as they came and went, building their nests with kelp brought from the ocean below. This shag was landing empty handed but I liked the wing position as it touched down on its nest. I’m going to start uploading larger images. They’ll still be the same size on the page, but if you click, you will get a much larger file.
What a totally awesome shot, Sean! I’d love to see some of your photos of these birds delivering kelp “2x4s” to their nest site.
Thanks Sue. I have many kelp in flight shots, and also shags stealing their neighbors’ kelp. I for sure will post some of those shots soon.
That would be great, Sean. By the way, I like the new feature where you click on the photo and it enlarges making it easier to see details. Very cool!
Are these water birds? The webbed feet would seem to indicate that. Very impressive when you click on h anger image and you can cut ally see through the “skin” or whatever you cll the webbing on the feet. Such an imrtant sounding name, too.
I like the large button,also,grea pic. it is getting late, for me,have to be wqork by 4am. the time right now is 11, p,m.
That should read….click on the larger image and you can actually see…..
Pinky feet eyes of blue
We’re so happy when we do
The Imperial Shag .
I like the ‘animals with a splash of orange’ theme you’re working this week.
“Shagalicious baby”
–Austin Powers
Beautiful Landing Pose of the Shag!
He looks like a small jet on reverse thrust just b4 hitting tarmac.
Great for you to have made so many good images from ur Falklands trip(I envy you!).