AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS IN FLIGHT
Albatross have a wingspan of 2m or more and can soar vast distances over the ocean. I watched them in flight from a clifftop nesting colony and noticed how they followed a regular route and turn by banking steeply. Predicting where the albatross was going to turn and keeping a central autofocus point over its head, I was able to make a portrait format image emphasising its huge wingspan and ocean-going lifestyle.
F/8, 1/1,000th second, ISO 200
Accepted: Scottish 2017, Western Counties 2017*
