Red-throated Divers Part IV

WOW Sindri, these are gorgeous... I love these birds...

Another wonderful series, Sindri. Always a pleasure

Spectacular series Sindri!

They're OK I guess.





















Beautiful work as always Sindri.

Awe,,,I almost missed this. I am speechless as to how to express my admiration of what you have here.

I don't think I could choose a favorite. These are just so awesome.

I have to wonder how many shots you took, to edit down to these few. I would imagine that you have hundreds of others that most people would love to take, that you have to decide whether to even keep.

Congrats on being there, being equipped, having the foresight to visualize, and know when to be at the right spot, and having the skill to capture it to perfection.

It is obvious that this is beyond just good luck. I wish I knew if you were using a blind or whatever? K

I have to know....was that baby able to swallow that big fish??? Wonderful shots (again!)
Karen

Wow Sindri you certainly know how to raise the bar these shots are amazing.

I have always believed that it is better to get 1 outstanding shot than 10 mediocre. You have nailed all of these. Brilliant work! --Rick

Wow These are absolutely gorgeous...pure excellence as always!

Awesome shots!

Thank you Mandy, Gary, Jerry, Steve, Milan, Richard, Don, John, Marcy, lilminijsp, KEnn, Ed, Mike, Nick, Norman, Anke, Trevor, Duane, Keith, Karen, Woody, Richard, downywp and Black_z for taking the time to comment. It's much appreciated.

Marcy wrote in post #6341371
great pictures - they sort of look like Minnesota Loons - are they fresh water or ocean birds ?

They breed on fresh water ponds but always close to sea since it's their source for food. In the winter they stay at sea but close to land.

Ed Rotberg wrote in post #6341767
Sindri, these are marvelous intimate photographs of a beautiful bird. I absolutely LOVE the low perspective. Were you wading or in a kayak or something? Anyhow, two thumbs up!!
= Ed =

Well I was not in the water myself this time but I was laying on the bank and the gear was just above water level.

Keith Newton wrote in post #6343169
Awe,,,I almost missed this. I am speechless as to how to express my admiration of what you have here.
I don't think I could choose a favorite. These are just so awesome.
I have to wonder how many shots you took, to edit down to these few. I would imagine that you have hundreds of others that most people would love to take, that you have to decide whether to even keep.
Congrats on being there, being equipped, having the foresight to visualize, and know when to be at the right spot, and having the skill to capture it to perfection.
It is obvious that this is beyond just good luck. I wish I knew if you were using a blind or whatever? K

You are right. I do have a lot of perfectly good shots that I will probably never use. During the time I spent on this pet project I took hundreds of shots and it can sometimes be hard to decide which shot to use. This is what I call a luxury problem.
I didn't use a blind for these.

pttenn wrote in post #6344167
I have to know....was that baby able to swallow that big fish Wonderful shots (again!)
Karen

Yes, it was able to swallow that fish and it only took few seconds. I do have a shot of it so I might post that one later on.

Sindri I could never get tired of your images. Wonderful as always.

Stephen Stephen wrote in post #6365157
Sindri I could never get tired of your images. Wonderful as always.

Likewise, you post the most incredible shots Sindri, a real inspiration to myself for sure!

Sindri, simply amazing pictures, truly beautiful.

Sindri, these are great images. detail and color great.