Saturday, 14 November 2009

Fresh Newlyn Crab ( Great Northern Diver)

Newlyn Harbour this morning blowing a gale, raining and not conducive to photography at all, let alone hand held photography. no tripod!!. This is when the 300mm f2.8 with image stabilisation excels. The Great Northern Diver was obliging and swimming in to a reasonable distance for effective photography. The diver plumage is exceptional and close to its summer breeding plumage with the neck collar and checkered mantle, back and spots on the rump visible. The second image looks as though the Diver is catching a flying crab when in fact he was beating the life out of it. Please click on the images to enlarge


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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous14 November 2009 at 17:07

    That bird has great taste in food, Good pictures as you say not the best of weather for photography that lens sure does the business and makes shots like those possible.

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  2. Bobbster14 November 2009 at 19:11

    Great second image. And like you say conditions at present not aiding any bird/wildlife photographers.

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  3. Montanagirl15 November 2009 at 13:29

    The Header is gorgeous. These are terrific photos.

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  4. mark50d15 November 2009 at 17:45

    Super images Sam ..... love the crab shot and one of these sure works well on your blog banner. -mark

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  5. swopticsphoto15 November 2009 at 22:02

    The crab shot is very good Sam.

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