Dr Isaac Vaisman, APSA, PPSA
January 2025 - Blue Footed Booby Feeding the Chick
About the Image(s)
The Galapagos Islands birds are very interesting. This image of an adult Blue Footed Booby feeding its chick was created at the Galapagos Islands a few years ago using a Nikon D4s with the Nikkor zoom lens 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 at 250 mm and with these settings: ISO 800, f/13 and 1/1000 sec. The image was PP in LightRoom and cropped slightly
The blue-footed booby is a marine bird native to subtropical and tropical regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Galapagos Islands is the place of the world where the greatest number of Blue Footed Booby's conglomerate for breeding.
5 comments posted
Good exposure, especially on the white chick, and a good interaction. Well captured Isaac. Posted: 01/08/2025 21:40:50
(Groups 21 & 48 & 71)
Isaac, wouldn't change a thing. Looked very hard at the chick but I know they are pure white and very hard to expose for. I think you have more than enough detail. Your image has great visual impact and interest. Posted: 01/09/2025 15:33:49
Great story telling image. Very sharp. Background color fades out nicely. Posted: 01/13/2025 15:20:33
Isaac, Great image!
When we were in the Galapagos we saw Blue Footed Booby's nesting with some parents incubating the eggs. Chicks were yet to come. Posted: 01/13/2025 22:28:30
When we were in the Galapagos we saw Blue Footed Booby's nesting with some parents incubating the eggs. Chicks were yet to come. Posted: 01/13/2025 22:28:30
Grace Cohen
I LOVE this image for so many reasons! It's a close shot (crop?) of the parent feeding the chick. They're nicely balanced on a rock - the "swooping angle" of the parent's body up, over and down into the chick's mouth is visually pleasing and make the image even more engaging.
I have one suggestion - something I've been called out on - and that is the dark rock right behind the parent's back which draws my eye away from the birds back to see what it is.
I've attached a quick and sloppy "heal" I did in LR for your consideration. I believe this simple edit (done more neatly) could add power and impact to your lovely image by keeping viewers' eyes focused on the parent-chick relationship.
Posted: 01/20/2025 01:30:46
I have one suggestion - something I've been called out on - and that is the dark rock right behind the parent's back which draws my eye away from the birds back to see what it is.
I've attached a quick and sloppy "heal" I did in LR for your consideration. I believe this simple edit (done more neatly) could add power and impact to your lovely image by keeping viewers' eyes focused on the parent-chick relationship.
Posted: 01/20/2025 01:30:46