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Galapagos Day 9/Afternoon, July 14: Punta Cormorant, Floreana

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This out-of-the-box, back-of-the-head image of a Blue-footed Booby was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/250 sec. at f/8. Sometimes pushing the shutter button when other photographers would fail to do so can help […]

Galapagos Day 9/Morning, July 14: Floreana Highlands

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This approximately 20 year old Galapagos Tortoise is a relative youngster; it is likely that many of these animals live to more than 150 years in the wild. I photographed this captive tortoise with the handheld Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO […]

Galapagos Day 8/Puerto Ayora: tortoises and landbirds

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This Galapagos Tortoise was photographed in soft, misty light with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/100 sec. at f/8. If you remain still these ancient animals will come completely out of their shells and show off their long necks.

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