Bryan wilburn
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I spotted this, and others a fair distance away from the ship. We were roughly midway between Samoa and Fiji. The birds would skim the water and cross ahead of the ship, likely looking for flying Fish spooked by the ship.
Not sure why but I did not have the 1.4x mounted, this is a 90% crop and I got lucky as the bird banked away from the ship. Most of the birds just skimmed the surface and the top view is not that great...
Wedge-tailed Shearwater come in two varieties, Light and Dark Morph, this is a Dark Morph. They nest on remote islands and tend to moan a lot when raising a single chick. Then they depart and spend the rest of the year at sea.
Canon R5 Mk II 100-500 500mm f10 1/3200th ISO1600
Not sure why but I did not have the 1.4x mounted, this is a 90% crop and I got lucky as the bird banked away from the ship. Most of the birds just skimmed the surface and the top view is not that great...
Wedge-tailed Shearwater come in two varieties, Light and Dark Morph, this is a Dark Morph. They nest on remote islands and tend to moan a lot when raising a single chick. Then they depart and spend the rest of the year at sea.
Canon R5 Mk II 100-500 500mm f10 1/3200th ISO1600
