Red Throated Loon

coastalconn · May 2, 2013

I've been watching this loon for months and it would never get close to me. Today it decided I was a nice guy and it would show off for me. I got it from many different angles and light. Comments welcome

1 - My favorite.. If you do the 500px thing feel free to V&F 500px / Photo "Red Throated Loon Vs Striped Bass" by Kristofer Rowe

Red Throated Loon vs Striped Bass 1 by krisinct, on Flickr

2 - the whole view

Red Throated Loon Vs Striped bass 2 by krisinct, on Flickr

3

Red Throated Loon stoic by krisinct, on Flickr

4

Red Throated Loon bashful by krisinct, on Flickr

5

Red Throated Loon being vute by krisinct, on Flickr

6

Red Throated Loon shaking by krisinct, on Flickr

jedirunner · May 2, 2013

Nice set. I really love #1.

Kevin

Radical · May 2, 2013

Again, I wish I could take shots like this.

JacaRanda · May 2, 2013

1 and 2 are great. However, #4.........that bird is up to no good. Watch your back man!

baturn · May 2, 2013

Great set!

kathyt · May 2, 2013

#1 is great. Poor fish.

sm4him · May 2, 2013

:hail:

dxqcanada · May 2, 2013

Great shots.
Nice of the Loon to take a liking to you.

Were those hand-held or mono/tripod mounted ?

shelby16 · May 2, 2013

Oh my goodness... you're at it again!! Amazing, beautiful, sharp, breathtaking. Enough said.

CaptainNapalm · May 2, 2013

One through three are amazing. Not a huge fan of the last one.

coastalconn · May 2, 2013

Thanks everyone! I almost always shoot handheld. I had some great light so I could keep the shutter speed up. I was shooting Ospreys at the same time so I had a manual set for Osprey and switched to Aperture for the Loon. On some of them I was laying sniper style on some really nasty low tide rocks.

Capt. Napalm, Just curious what you don't like about the last one?

CaptainNapalm · May 2, 2013

coastalconn said:
Thanks everyone! I almost always shoot handheld. I had some great light so I could keep the shutter speed up. I was shooting Ospreys at the same time so I had a manual set for Osprey and switched to Aperture for the Loon. On some of them I was laying sniper style on some really nasty low tide rocks.

Capt. Napalm, Just curious what you don't like about the last one?

Technically the photo is good, I just don't know what the loon is doing that's pretty much the reason I'm not comfortable with the photo. Generally I like photos where I have a sense of what's going on and it that particular pic I just don't understand the moment captured that's all. It almost looks to me like someone threw a rock at the loon and that was it's reaction.