Avian Image of the Week for the week ending August 17th, 2012: Alan Murphy - Crested Auklet Top Shot

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations Alan!!!

Crested Auklet

Workshop: St Paul Island

D4, 300/2.8, 1.4 TC, ISO 1000, f4, 1/3200

I found this to be the hardest Alcid to photograph in flight. Only by watching their flight patterns as they approached the cliffs and positioning myself in the right spot was I able to get some keepers. BG is the Bering sea

[Marina Scarr]

Congratulations, Alan. This image is absolutely over the top.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent congrats

[Doug Brown]

Well done Alan! Congrats!