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Little Cayman Birds ~ Frigates & Red Footed Boobies
Nov 6, 2020 18:13:13   #
Raybo Loc: George Town, Grand Cayman
 
Still can't take a commercial flight anywhere but the Sister Islands without a 14 day quarantine, so we took a long weekend and went over for a couple of days to Little Cayman. It's very small. Less than 100 people live there full time. I was super excited for an opportunity to shoot a good population of birds

One of the last mostly undisturbed reef structures in the world, and unquestionably in the Caribbean, it's also home to the largest colony of Red Footed Boobies in the Atlantic basin. There is also a pretty substantial population of Magnificent Frigate birds. This article provides some insight as to why...

https://www.caymancompass.com/2007/10/17/red-footed-boobies-of-little-cayman/

There's also a pretty good population of multiple species of Herons, Egrets, West Indian Whistling ducks and other water wading waterfowl, and an indigenous Rock Iguana. Will make another post of those when I get them sorted and cleaned up.

Below images all taken with a Canon 90D and a Tamron 150-600 G2. I think all handheld except the heron, that was on a monopod. Couple of them are heavily cropped at 600mm and pretty high ISO, so download isn't the best. First real foray of any substance with this setup, so still learning both the equipment and the genre. For some reason, I really struggle with the Frigates. I find it hard to get much detail. I'm guessing the severe backlighting contribute to that, but they're hard to get in any situation except "up".

Comments and constructive criticism always welcome.

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Nov 6, 2020 18:50:32   #
NMGal Loc: NE NM
 
Excellent series.

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Nov 6, 2020 18:53:02   #
JoAnneK01 Loc: Lahaina, Hawaii
 
An extremely nice set. Mahalo for sharing.

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Nov 6, 2020 19:07:34   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Well done! Thanks for sharing.

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Nov 6, 2020 19:11:41   #
L-Fox
 
Raybo wrote:
Still can't take a commercial flight anywhere but the Sister Islands without a 14 day quarantine, so we took a long weekend and went over for a couple of days to Little Cayman. It's very small. Less than 100 people live there full time. I was super excited for an opportunity to shoot a good population of birds

One of the last mostly undisturbed reef structures in the world, and unquestionably in the Caribbean, it's also home to the largest colony of Red Footed Boobies in the Atlantic basin. There is also a pretty substantial population of Magnificent Frigate birds. This article provides some insight as to why...

https://www.caymancompass.com/2007/10/17/red-footed-boobies-of-little-cayman/

There's also a pretty good population of multiple species of Herons, Egrets, West Indian Whistling ducks and other water wading waterfowl, and an indigenous Rock Iguana. Will make another post of those when I get them sorted and cleaned up.

Below images all taken with a Canon 90D and a Tamron 150-600 G2. I think all handheld except the heron, that was on a monopod. Couple of them are heavily cropped at 600mm and pretty high ISO, so download isn't the best. First real foray of any substance with this setup, so still learning both the equipment and the genre. For some reason, I really struggle with the Frigates. I find it hard to get much detail. I'm guessing the severe backlighting contribute to that, but they're hard to get in any situation except "up".

Comments and constructive criticism always welcome.

Thanks for looking
Still can't take a commercial flight anywhere but ... (show quote)



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Nov 6, 2020 20:14:05   #
Ourspolair
 
Looks as though you figured it all out by raising the shutter speed. Beautiful rendering of some great captures. Please stay well and keep on sharing the great work.

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Nov 7, 2020 05:34:40   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
Raybo wrote:
Still can't take a commercial flight anywhere but the Sister Islands without a 14 day quarantine, so we took a long weekend and went over for a couple of days to Little Cayman. It's very small. Less than 100 people live there full time. I was super excited for an opportunity to shoot a good population of birds

One of the last mostly undisturbed reef structures in the world, and unquestionably in the Caribbean, it's also home to the largest colony of Red Footed Boobies in the Atlantic basin. There is also a pretty substantial population of Magnificent Frigate birds. This article provides some insight as to why...

https://www.caymancompass.com/2007/10/17/red-footed-boobies-of-little-cayman/

There's also a pretty good population of multiple species of Herons, Egrets, West Indian Whistling ducks and other water wading waterfowl, and an indigenous Rock Iguana. Will make another post of those when I get them sorted and cleaned up.

Below images all taken with a Canon 90D and a Tamron 150-600 G2. I think all handheld except the heron, that was on a monopod. Couple of them are heavily cropped at 600mm and pretty high ISO, so download isn't the best. First real foray of any substance with this setup, so still learning both the equipment and the genre. For some reason, I really struggle with the Frigates. I find it hard to get much detail. I'm guessing the severe backlighting contribute to that, but they're hard to get in any situation except "up".

Comments and constructive criticism always welcome.

Thanks for looking
Still can't take a commercial flight anywhere but ... (show quote)

Nice set

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Nov 7, 2020 09:47:51   #
crafterwantabe Loc: Mn
 
Very nice set

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Nov 7, 2020 10:25:32   #
Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Very good series, Raybo.

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Nov 7, 2020 20:11:44   #
Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY
 
Raybo wrote:
Still can't take a commercial flight anywhere but the Sister Islands without a 14 day quarantine, so we took a long weekend and went over for a couple of days to Little Cayman. It's very small. Less than 100 people live there full time. I was super excited for an opportunity to shoot a good population of birds

One of the last mostly undisturbed reef structures in the world, and unquestionably in the Caribbean, it's also home to the largest colony of Red Footed Boobies in the Atlantic basin. There is also a pretty substantial population of Magnificent Frigate birds. This article provides some insight as to why...

https://www.caymancompass.com/2007/10/17/red-footed-boobies-of-little-cayman/

There's also a pretty good population of multiple species of Herons, Egrets, West Indian Whistling ducks and other water wading waterfowl, and an indigenous Rock Iguana. Will make another post of those when I get them sorted and cleaned up.

Below images all taken with a Canon 90D and a Tamron 150-600 G2. I think all handheld except the heron, that was on a monopod. Couple of them are heavily cropped at 600mm and pretty high ISO, so download isn't the best. First real foray of any substance with this setup, so still learning both the equipment and the genre. For some reason, I really struggle with the Frigates. I find it hard to get much detail. I'm guessing the severe backlighting contribute to that, but they're hard to get in any situation except "up".

Comments and constructive criticism always welcome.

Thanks for looking
Still can't take a commercial flight anywhere but ... (show quote)


Very good series, Raybo! Especially the BIFs!

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Nov 7, 2020 20:42:45   #
Raybo Loc: George Town, Grand Cayman
 
Sorry for the slow reply...we were a bit preoccupied with weather today.

But many thanks to all who viewed and commented.

Had a great time taking the photos. Took many that will just end up deleted, but happy with several. Was a great learning experience.

Have a few more sets I'm working on and will post when I can.

All the best and stay safe and healthy wherever you may be in the world...

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