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
IMPERIAL SHAG IN FLIGHT
I photographed this imperial shag coming into land late in the day at a large nesting colony on Pebble Island. Low evening sun has illuminated the underside and brought out good feather detail in both dark and pale plumage. I like the sky-blue eye ring of these birds.
F/8, 1/1,000th second, ISO 250
Accepted: Southampton 2017