Photographing in the center of a large flock is an (almost) impossible task.
Ultimately you figure out the correct settings and with luck they’re still around.
Not sure what he was doing or why.
So many birds were there, literally hundreds in a flock, I took photographs to allow an ID later on. This ‘should be’ a Royal Tern based on the color of his bill.
This one photograph describes Dolphin ‘Strand Feeding’ perfectly. The Dolphins driving the fish on the beach.
Above the Dolphin is driving to the shore, actually going on the beach, to feed. It is not a common trait of Dolphins, beaching themselves is not natural to them.
This photograph is part of a larger series to be published soon.
Please click the image for a detailed view.
Here a Dolphin has just started the attack for strand feeding. The fish are being driven to the beach by swift Dolphins. This one was about to break the water in front of me. You can see him looking up and beginning to hit the surface.
I’m not sure how I even caught this image, but a very high shutter speed helped.
I was looking for a way to highlight both the birds and their shadows as they touched down. There was a lot of textures here, so B&W it is.
This was one of the first indications Dolphins might strand feed the other day. At first a few Dolphins were in the middle of the river mouth, staying deep.
I saw a shape a few yards off shore, then a Dolphin raised up, swam by looking at me and the shore line. This was close but the Dolphin made no move other than to move right along the shore.
I moved back a little to give them space if they did feed, also it reminded me how quickly things happen. With a big lens there is no way to capture anything that close. It’s over before you can focus.
Earlier I had been told this happened as the tide went out, but no feeding on or near shore.
Prehistoric, yet elegant in the air. Nobody can resist a Pelican.
The birds with the darker head are juveniles.
All the photographs here were taken near commercial shrimp boats. It’s like a free lunch when the boats return from fishing.
These birds were more than happy to wait around, even with me staring at them with a camera.
Black Simmers are flocking along the shore getting ready for their migration even further south.
This photograph is a small segment of the flock as it rose to move down the shore.
I’m still reviewing the images from this shoot, however there were hundreds of birds so none will fit into a single photograph
