Albatross Close-Up

Gallery: AvianPosted May 28, 2010170 views13 comments

New Zealand

I've got a stack of shots of albatrosses from the south island. Here's one of the better ones.

Canon 5DMkII, 16-35mm 2.8L at 16mm, ISO 400, f5.6, 1/800, polarizer.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on May 28, 2010 at 7:49 AM

Cool close up!

I'm guessing these guys are not too skittish. The bird looking in on the right adds a lot to the comp.

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Comment posted by Dennis Binda on May 28, 2010 at 10:32 AM

great angle Kah, makes it more intimate

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 28, 2010 at 1:22 PM

Certainly a different angle, Kah. Nothing like bird photography with a wide angle! I like it.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 28, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Very interesting, bird photography with a wide angle and polarizer, I like the low angle and detail, very cool.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 28, 2010 at 3:26 PM

That is pretty powerful. A very surreal view.

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Comment posted by Douglas Graham on May 28, 2010 at 6:17 PM

Wonderful. Excellent work, would expect to see this in the pages of geographic

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Comment posted by David Sparks on May 28, 2010 at 8:40 PM

Great view of the tube nose. I like the low angle, the water droplets on the wing and the drop on the tip of the beak. You were able to get amazingly close to the birds.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 28, 2010 at 8:45 PM

Absolutely awesome!! Your angle on this is amazing and somewhat distorted which makes it so interesting IMO

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Comment posted by Halie Hovenga on May 29, 2010 at 11:07 AM

Kah,

New to the forum here and NPN, so just perusing the critique gallery. I stumbled upon "Freedom" and was impressed, so had to check out your gallery. Upon seeing this image, I just giggled with pleasure. Wide angles with subject in the foreground are always delightful to me, but I've never seen it done with a bird. In this composition, it makes them seem kind of goofy, and I love it, expecially the 2nd albatross at right. We don't have albatross on the coast off of Virginia, so these birds that may be common to you are exciting to me. It's crisp, so wet, and amusing. Great shot. I'll be watching for more great work from you.

Halie Hovenga
Virginia Beach, VA, USA

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on May 30, 2010 at 1:06 AM

Great closeup and scenery, excellent clarity - its gotta be Kaikoura.

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Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on June 10, 2010 at 4:15 AM

way to hide the frozen fish-chunk...

good shot of the royal albatross, its so tough to take a clean comp from a little boat. you must have been leaning far into the water.
it did the albatros tour once and a tiger shark came and took all the albatros food...! bad for the birds but a neat experience... my kids loved it!
georg

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Comment posted by Chris Gin on June 20, 2010 at 10:33 PM

I love the low and wide perspective here! How did you get the camera so close to the water? Did you just lean out from the boat? Or did you go swimming? :)

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 8, 2010 at 9:37 PM

I just leant out very low to the water Chris.

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