Just gliding along

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Posted by David Sewell on June 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM

Another picture from my recent Orkney trip. This fulmar was one of many gliding along the top of the cliffs at Marwick head in a very stiff wind.

Nikon D200, 70-300 VR @170mm. 1/3000th @f5.6, 320 asa

Posted by Ian Macdermott on June 10, 2009 at 3:25 PM

Very nice shot David the whites a little bit blown on the head and cheek but apart from that fine

Ian

Posted by Anthony House on June 10, 2009 at 3:25 PM

I had some great fun photographing the Fulmars at bempton, true masters of flight, and they looked to be enjoying the strong winds

Nice work.
Tony

Posted by keith mitchell on June 10, 2009 at 4:04 PM

Hanging in the wind David,real nice shot.

Keith.

Posted by David Kjaer on June 10, 2009 at 4:17 PM

Hi David

Nice flight shot - you can see from the wing positions that the wind is strong. The whites don't look blown to me!

David

Posted by John Robinson on June 10, 2009 at 5:41 PM

Looks OK to me .Could take some off the bottom maybe.
JohnR

Posted by Matt Cole on June 11, 2009 at 2:41 AM

you can really sense the strong wind from this shot, nicely captured.

Matt

Posted by Andy Astbury on June 11, 2009 at 2:47 AM

Whites look fine here too David - nice capture of one of my favourite birds

Posted by Mark Sisson on June 11, 2009 at 3:21 AM

Lovely hanging shot of a cracking bird.

Mark

Posted by PhilH on June 11, 2009 at 8:38 AM

Obviously the Orkney Fulmars are of the sharp variety... the OOF sub species is much harder to get an inflight shot of....

Very nice David...

Posted by David Sewell on June 11, 2009 at 5:58 PM

Thanks for your comments folks. Phil, the Orkney fulmars contain a large proportion of the OOF sub species. I got plenty of those as well.

David