Image from trip to Iceland in June of 2012. Some of you may have been to Latrabjarg Cliffs, but for those that haven't the Fulmar loves to nest on high edges of rocky shore cliffs for the most part. You could say I was lucky, somewhat, to have a pair fly within camera range and land. I still had to lie, stretched out near edge of top of the cliff, hand holding camera and 500mm, bracing and digging in with left elbow to get around a rock to get this image. A portion of the oof rock LLC, outcropping was still in the image cloned out in post. The other frames of the pair together were not cooperating with head or body positions. I might have preferred this Fulmar with the beak slightly more apart from its neck. C&C welcome.
Latrabjarg Cliffs is a known location for many other shore and ocean dwelling birds, most notably, Puffins and Razorbills.
D3s, Nikon 500mm, 1/800s, f 8.0, ISO 800, hand held.
Looks like it was well worth the precarious situation you had to handle to get the image. Good job with the whites. One of the things I like most about the scene is the yellow lichens adding some interest and colour. Good call removing the rock in LLC. As posted the face area of the subject look a tad soft, perhaps an additional round of sharpening would be good for web presentation. Nice frame overall!
Nice nesting pose - I like the way she (?) is wedged behind the small rock. Lichen add to the image. I agree that a slight turn of the head would have shown the bird better, but under the circumstances you did well to get such an image.
Hi Geoff, your rock climbing skills have paid off here, and great that you managed a relaxed pose. Well exposed on this fellow, and I like the visible feet. He does look comfy in that hollow of the rock.
Fulmar
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