Hopefully this may be of interest to the photographers – Gizmo is a well respected source of information on all PC matters and I use many of the products he recommends – but I am not a photographer – and as all the products and services he promotes are free I have no vested interest … Read more
Hi all, I’m no expert on Albatross however if you look at the underwing pattern on the left wing there are three smudgy grey feathers coming into the white from the dark leading edge between the carpal joint and wingtip (very happy for someone to tell me the proper names of these feathers etc). All … Read more
Mike et al., I see what you mean (especially in Rob’s last 7 pictures the mandibular unguis appears to show an almost wholly dark mandibular unguis. However, similar to Raja’s pictures, in Rob’s pictures the bird before and after the Northern Royal Albatross shows on both sides the same pattern of gray and white along … Read more
In my opinion, all the shots in Rob Hynson’s first set of images from various angles show a bird with very little black, on the mandibular unguis, located along the lower edge. This is contra the second bird, three minutes later, which consistently shows an almost wholly dark mandibular unguis. Therefore I reckon two birds … Read more
Hi Mike & Nikolas, I’ve looked through my photos and I took 2 sets of shots, one from 10.40:39 – 10.41:27 and the second from 10.44:07 – 10.44:50, seen at the link below. http://www.pbase.com/rob_hynson/eaglehawk_neck_pelagics In the first set of photos I see the neck smudge/irregularity Nikolas refers to when viewing the bird from the right and the … Read more