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Blue-footed Booby


Blue-footed Booby
Photo Information
Copyright: Selen Ediger (SelenE) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-27
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6L IS USM, Hoya UV 77mm
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Birds of Ecuador [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-07-10 5:16
Viewed: 1080
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Galapagos is home to three varieties of booby the Blue-Footed, Red-Footed and Masked Boobies. This famous one is the Blue-Footed Booby. Photographed on the cliffs from the boat on Isabela Island.

Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxii
Endemic subspecies

*As its name suggests, the chief identfying feature of this booby is the bright blue feet. The plumage is brown above, white below, with the wings being a darker brown than the rest of the body. Juveniles are completely brown. The sexes can be identified in four rather subtle ways. The female is larger, has an apparently larger eye pupil than the male and ‘honks’ as opposed to the male’s ‘whistle’; she also generally has rather darker blue feet. These distinguishing features are most apparent when a couple are together, though the ‘honking’ and ‘whistling’ is recognisable on its own.

Blue-footed boobies are found throughout the islands and breed on all the islands.

*Source: Wildlife of the Galapagos
Julian Fitter,Daniel Fitter,David Hosking
Princeton Pocketguides, ISBN 0-691-10295-3

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Hello Selen,
Great capture! Lovely bird. Superb exposure, composition and sharpness.
Very good dark BG.
TFS
Lukasz

Hello Selen
Very intersting bird to shoot,
Perfect focuding, BG and DOF,
Fantastic colors and POV,Superb shot, TFS

Good Luck
Fartash

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2007-07-10 5:45]

Hi Selen,
an superb shot of this extraordinary bird.
Sharp and detailed.
Well done,
Joe

Wonderful - you present photos of animals I likely will never encounter - which makes them very precious! Excellently handled image with great detail! Bravo!, Klaus

Merhaba Selen,
Koyu arka plan, kuştaki netlik ve keskinlik, ve de pozu çok güzel. Eline sağlık

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2007-07-10 7:19]

Merhaba Selen,
Bu da benim ilk gördüğüm bir kuş.Galapagos adaları cennet gibi bir yer olmalı.Koyu arka plan kuşu daha çok ön plana çıkarmış.Tebrikler,ellerine sağlık!

Hola Selen.
Una captura preciosa.
Perfecto encuadre y acertada exposición.
Saludos, JL.

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2398 W: 94 N: 5543] (17640)
  • [2007-07-10 8:51]

Hello Selen,
Very sharp photo with good focus and BG. Colours and POV are great.
Regards,
Peter

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16524)
  • [2007-07-10 11:17]

Hi Seln

Great POV with excellent detail. These are one of my favourites.

James

Selene;
Of course an excellent well though out picture, done to perfection.

Bob

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2633] (15577)
  • [2007-07-10 13:20]

Hola Selen,
Hermosa captura,
preciosos detalles y nitidez.
Excelentes,colores e iluminación,
saludos

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  • ciccio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 227 W: 52 N: 337] (2721)
  • [2007-07-10 14:57]

Hi Selen, una preciosa composición. Buen POV y DOF. Buen detalle de las plumas en el pico. El fondo realza muy bien el ave. Un saludo.

José Luis

Ola Selen.
Otima captura.Good shoot.
Galapagos realmente e um lugar especial.
Parabens.
Ralf

Merhaba Selen hanım,
bence galapagosun en önemli sembollerinden mavi ayak. Bu güzel kuşu ikinci kez harika çekilmiş bir pozunu görmek güzel. detaylar, duruş (zamanlama demek daha doğru belki de) çok güzel. koyu arka plan kuşun açık kısımlarıyla güzel bir tezat oluştururken daha kuşu belirgin hale getirmiş. notlar her zamanki gibi güzel hazırlanmış. eline sağlık, selamlar. Ahmet

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2007-07-10 18:22]

Hola Selen. Muy agradable es esta bella foto. Exelente la pose y la claridad lograda. Bellos los colores y la nitidez. Luis52.

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  • rcrick Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 717 W: 38 N: 1560] (5019)
  • [2007-07-10 20:05]

Hi Selen, Nicely captured really good shot....Cheers Rick

Hola mi amigo
Really like the dark background.Enhances the boob well. LOL at the name.
This is a nice look to the place he is sitting.
A very good composition Selen.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 162 N: 984] (2877)
  • [2007-07-11 1:18]

Hello Selen,
Very fine capture of the Boobie in an interesting pose. Excellent sharp details and fine colours against the dark background.
TFS and regards, Ulla

Hi Selen.
Great detail right down to the feathers stuck on his bill, he must have been preening. Good DOF used making him stand out from the background with good exposure.

Kathleen
New Zealand

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-07-12 6:41]

Hello Selen

Excellent POV and DOF.The bird is well focused with sharp details.The colours are natural and well saturated.Very nice natural habitat with the craggy rocks in the BG.Nicely composed.TFS


Rob

Hello Selen,
Nice sharp shot. Wonderful bird.
TFS
Annick

Hi Selen
Excellent capture of this unique Blue-footed Booby. The dark background really shows off the sharp details and colours.

I guess he was preening himself by the feathers in his beak. The Galapagos Islands are a amazing place to visit.
TFS Janice :)

Hello Selen,

How lucky you are to have visit this biodiversity paradise on earth which are the Galapagos islands!!! You did well with this blue-footed Booby and got a great POV... However, with my very poor LCD screen at my office, it seems to me that some white are burned... If I'm wrong, I apologize: that it the fault of my very bad monitor... :-)

The dark bg enhances very well the bird!

Good shot and TFS,

Michel

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3824 W: 190 N: 11393] (35107)
  • [2007-07-16 6:03]

Hello Selene,
Another fine capture of a Galapagos bird sub-species: this time a Blue-footed Booby. great pose and fine contrast with the dark BG, nice and sharp and well composed.
TFS and have a good week,
Ivan

Nice sharp capture. I have only seen these beauties on tv. I love the background. Very cool shot.

-Adam

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  • delic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 449 W: 6 N: 310] (898)
  • [2007-07-19 7:00]

Merhaba Selen,
Bu fotografi çekmenin zorlugunu tahmin edebiliyorum ve çok basarili olmussun. Siyah fon üzerine beyazlar iyi çikmis. Kusun magrur durusu da etkileyici. Selamlar,
Hakan

Merhaba selen, bakışı ve duruşu çok güzel, uzaklara dalmış gitmiş gibi :) tebrikler

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