Black-browed Albatross (impavida)

[Rob Drummond]

Had my first attempt at BIF shots from the pitching deck of a boat last weekend. I forgotten how hard it was and my last efforts were with manual focus lenses about 15 years ago! I was expecting the auto-focus to work a little better than it did. It had real trouble with birds against the water but was fairly good with birds against the sky.

1D2N 300/f4
ISO 400 f6.3 1/4000

cheers Rob

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, I like the details, wing position and BG and only wish the bird would fly towards you.

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent exposure Rob. I like the detail and this is nice and sharp too. Great capture.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautifully captured with excellent exposure and detail. Many thanks for sharing Rob.

[Indranil Sircar]

Very well exposed. I like the bg too. It gives a feeling of stormy sky as a perfect backdrop for a bird known for its flying exploits over open waters.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Rob!

I really like the expression on the face, and the background goes nice with subject. Agree with Axel regarding the direction. Congratulations on your BIF on a ship.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Awesome image. The eye contact and the eye itself is terrific. Good to see other birds here than US and US ones ;)

Szimi

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Flight direction preference as per Axel's post. Otherwise it looks fabulous against that overcast sky! Congrats Rob! :)

[John Chardine]

Rob- I had to look-up the bird's name "impavida" and the eye didn't look like any black-browed I'd ever seen. Now it makes sense as this is the "Campbell Albatross" or Campbell subspecies of the black-browed. Very nice to see this one!

Great eye contact. I like the image. I'll be down in South America in 6 months shooting the version that occurs there!