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Swimming Razorbill
delia todd

Swimming Razorbill (Alca torda)

With the lovely sun, I can't understand why there's absolutely no sign of his eye on any of the pictures (different angles too)! Wonder if his eyes were still closed after swimming? .... not sure I really think that though.

I think these are my favourite alcid after Puffins. But he didn't behave for me this time.
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Habitat
Small island nature reserve
Location
Lunga, Treshnish Islands, Argyll
Date taken
16 May 2016
Scientific name
Alca torda
Equipment used
Fuji Finepix HS50 Sports Mode Continuous
aloktewari
Opus Editor
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A lovely shot of this fabulous bird, Delia ... wonderful work ... tfs ...
 
tetoneon
A wonderful capture, Delia, of this sea bird without eyes. I wonder how he catches fish, maybe sonar. :) Have a great day, my friend.
 
S K Gudi
They don't obey our commands; lady!! I think the angle of light wasn't right as I can see from the image. Still a lovely shot with nice reflection; Delia!! tfs.
 
ChrisKten
Great capture and bird, Delia (the small sensor cameras have limited dynamic range, so they can't "see" the contrast details that we (or large sensor cameras) can. There was probably not enough difference between the eye and the surrounding feathers? Not your fault ;) )
 
Chris G6 UXU
Staff member
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They have got black eyes so that makes it even more difficult, lovely shot Delia and many tfs.
 
Scridifer
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Still a lovely capture of this gorgeous Razorbill Delia! One of my favourites too, tfs!

Chris
 

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