Robert O'Toole
03-27-2010, 08:02 PM
Short-tailed Albatross or Steller's Albatross portrait
NIKON D700 and 500VR with 1.7X, 1/1250 sec @8, Manual mode, hand held and braced, ISO: 1250, 51 point 3D AF. Image copyright 2010; Robert OToole/Robert OToole Photography. Small crop off the top and bottom only.
This image was made hand held and braced shooting from the drivers seat of a golf cart and around Dr. Lou Newman in the passenger seat. I was actually shooting from inside but leaning outside and through the front windscreen that I folded down. Due to the limits in place to protect this bird we were not allowed to leave our golf carts. We only spent a short time photographing the bird so we had to be quick to make our images.
Considering the above you can imagine how lucky I feel to be able to come home with this kind of image.
This is one of my favorite images made during my trip co-leading Arthur Morris' Midway IPT. This was always been a dream bird for me and I was looking forward to just seeing one. I cant believe we were able to make images like this.
I feel lucky, and I have to say thanks again Artie! I highly recommend Artie's Midway IPT to anyone that loves Laysan or Short-tailed Albatross or White Terns, or Tropic Birds or ..... I hope I can co-lead this IPT again.
Hope images like this haven't already been shared by others on the trip. For more favorites from the trip see a gallery on new site (in beta form right now)
http://www.robertotoole.com/galleries/midway/
Thanks for looking, all comments welcome.
Robert
NIKON D700 and 500VR with 1.7X, 1/1250 sec @8, Manual mode, hand held and braced, ISO: 1250, 51 point 3D AF. Image copyright 2010; Robert OToole/Robert OToole Photography. Small crop off the top and bottom only.
This image was made hand held and braced shooting from the drivers seat of a golf cart and around Dr. Lou Newman in the passenger seat. I was actually shooting from inside but leaning outside and through the front windscreen that I folded down. Due to the limits in place to protect this bird we were not allowed to leave our golf carts. We only spent a short time photographing the bird so we had to be quick to make our images.
Considering the above you can imagine how lucky I feel to be able to come home with this kind of image.
This is one of my favorite images made during my trip co-leading Arthur Morris' Midway IPT. This was always been a dream bird for me and I was looking forward to just seeing one. I cant believe we were able to make images like this.
I feel lucky, and I have to say thanks again Artie! I highly recommend Artie's Midway IPT to anyone that loves Laysan or Short-tailed Albatross or White Terns, or Tropic Birds or ..... I hope I can co-lead this IPT again.
Hope images like this haven't already been shared by others on the trip. For more favorites from the trip see a gallery on new site (in beta form right now)
http://www.robertotoole.com/galleries/midway/
Thanks for looking, all comments welcome.
Robert