Farne islands Part 1

Following on from the Farne Islands thread, here are some miscellaneous shots taken on Sunday.

Starting of with Eider ducklings in Seahouses harbour with the DA*300mm and 1.4x.
Then Kittiwakes and Shag with the 18-135mm
and the remainder with the DA*300mm


Eiders by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Eider ducklings by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Kittiwake and chick sheltering from the wind by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Shag by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Herring Gull by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Guillemot by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Guillemot touch down. by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Fulmar by Alan Wennington, on Flickr

Black Headed Gull by Alan Wennington, on Flickr

Excellent work Alan. Razor sharp. The shot of the Shag is superb.

Best regards

Inspiring Alan, If I get anything anywhere near half as good as theses this weekend. I'll be dancing in the street..

Superb Alan, you are setting the standard once again.

Regards
David

Thanks guys for taking time to comment. Appreciate the very positive feedback.

Stu, look forward to seeing the pictures. Both of birds and of you dancing in the street.

Yet another great set ,the shag one is fantastic also like the guillemot in flight

The Eider ducklings are very appealing, and the photo is just right: very sharp with the background nicely out of focus. You have far more skill than I at capturing birds in flight: the guillemot is excellent. I like the shag too.

Reminds one of the story at Whitby a while ago, when a young shag was wandering around town and at one time came into a shop, where it was photographed. It gave one of the staff the opportunity of texting "We had a shag in the shop today"

Thanks Neil and Martin for comments

Love the shag image. Would love to see a mono conversion of it

Much appreciated Gareth. In hindsight I should have stopped down further. Should have had the feathers sharp from front to back. Especially for B&W