Saltee Islands - Warning !! 15 Images

whyulittle

My day on the Saltees on Saturday!

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Puffins

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Gannets

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TheNorthBank

A set to be very proud of. Very well done!!

Borderfox

Very nice, great set

SBPhoto

Excellent series of photographs, what lens did you use?

xia

Wow. Looks like the rain added to the day, as #5 is one of my favourites. And I like #10 & 11 a lot. But basically I totally agree with TheNorthBank.

Balfey1972

Super set of photos. Well done.

whyulittle

Thanks for the comments guys.

SBPhoto wrote: »

Excellent series of photographs, what lens did you use?

Cheers, I was shooting with a 70-200 2.8 and a 1.4X converter.

xia wrote: »

Wow. Looks like the rain added to the day, as #5 is one of my favourites.

Yeah but it was crap to shoot in, especially on slippery grassed slopes with sharp rocks down below.

Morrisseeee

Great place, even better photos

CabanSail

whyulittle wrote: »

I was shooting with a 70-200 2.8 and a 1.4X converter.

I cannot wait to take my new (lovely) 70-200 f2.8 VR & 1.7 converter there!

Nice set

paulusdu

Fantastic pics, looks like a teleconvertor would be a way to go :-)

Pictures are truely stunning, i'm always amazed that we have such amazing (and thriving by the looks of it )wildlife so close to hand.

again, its a fantastic set

whyulittle

To be honest, you can get so close to them, it wouldn't be the end of the world if you didn't have a converter. In places, I had to flip the switch on the lens to allow me focus so close to them.

ThOnda

Very true. I had 400mm on fullframe and I had to walk a lot to zoom out
Even wide angle could be used in place(s).

Thoie

whyulittle wrote: »

To be honest, you can get so close to them, it wouldn't be the end of the world if you didn't have a converter. In places, I had to flip the switch on the lens to allow me focus so close to them.

Depends on how happy you are on the edge of a cliff

I only had the 70-200, no converter, and nothing longer, and I didn't get anything like the shots you guys got by being a bit braver. On the plus side, I got to go paddling and you didn't!

Hearvee

Thoie wrote: »

Depends on how happy you are on the edge of a cliff

I only had the 70-200, no converter, and nothing longer, and I didn't get anything like the shots you guys got by being a bit braver. On the plus side, I got to go paddling and you didn't!

I'm expecting to see Thonda the next day with a set of ropes/harness so
he can abseil over and get just that little bit closer to his beloved puffins!

We could've paddled if we wanted! We just chose to use the rocks to get
back to the dinghy.

Thoie

Does anyone else think that's Mommy Gannet in the background of #11 thinking "You're not doing it right" ?

jrd

Well done, great set, particularly the gannets - 10,12 and 15 are superb.

Hearvee

Got around to adding a few of mine from Saturday, prepare for more puffins...

Morrisseeee

I'm really liking that 2nd one, its brill !

bernard0368

Great sets, must get back down there before the puffins bugger off

Balfey1972

Morrisseeee wrote: »

I'm really liking that 2nd one, its brill !

Totally agree. great photo.

whyulittle

5-shot pano of the island. You can click through for the full size.