Galapagos 2010 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Galapagos Day 10/Morning, July 15: Punta Suarez, Hood Island

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This Waved Albatross was performing the bill-clacking portion of its intricate courtship dance. The image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/1600 sec. at f/7.1. A vertical pano crop was chosen to eliminate it’s dancing partner […]

Galapagos Day 9/Afternoon, July 14: Punta Cormorant, Floreana

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This out-of-the-box, back-of-the-head image of a Blue-footed Booby was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/250 sec. at f/8. Sometimes pushing the shutter button when other photographers would fail to do so can help […]

Galapagos Day 9/Morning, July 14: Floreana Highlands

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This approximately 20 year old Galapagos Tortoise is a relative youngster; it is likely that many of these animals live to more than 150 years in the wild. I photographed this captive tortoise with the handheld Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO […]