April 3, 2011 Cape Gannet at Lambert's Bay, South Africa
Cape Gannet Landing
Lambert's Bay, South Africa
Canon EOS 1D Mk IV, 500 f4 & 1.4x III, 1/500 sec, f8, ISO 400
Image taken on April 3, 2011.
After leaving Simon's Town, we headed up the west coast of South Africa and went to Lambert's Bay. Just offshore there, and connected by a breakwater, is Bird Island, the location of a large colony of Cape gannets. We went out early on our first morning there to photograph the birds at the colony. My favorite image of the morning is of a Cape gannet on final approach to landing over the colony.
