Pelagic
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Bradley Shults
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This is one of the smaller “mollymawk” species of albatross, photographed on the open Southern Ocean. ID: F1_252A
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This pelagic (ocean-living) bird was photographed on the Southern Ocean west of Bass Strait. ID: A1_1F59
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From the fine art photography of Wendy Bandurski-Miller
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Paper Nautiluses are the thin, translucent and very fragile shell-like egg cases of the Argonautiidae, a small family of pelagic octopi which spend their lives free-floating, drifting near the surface of the world’s tropical seas. The females “spin” these beautiful shells using 2 of their 8 legs that are specialized to grip and secrete the material, one strand at a time, essentially weaving these amazing structures. She then enters the shell partially, clutching it to her body and protecting her precious cargo. When they hatch, she discards the shell which normally ends up bashed into a zillion pieces when the currents eventually wash it up on land somewhere. Occasionally, however, discarded egg cases wash up by the hundreds, basically unscathed, a real bonanza for collectors of natural curiosities. There are only about 6 species of Argonauts worldwide.
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Paper Nautiluses are the thin, translucent and very fragile shell-like egg cases of the Argonautiidae, a small family of pelagic octopi which spend their lives free-floating, drifting near the surface of the world’s tropical seas. The females “spin” these beautiful shells using 2 of their 8 legs that are specialized to grip and secrete the material, one strand at a time, essentially weaving these amazing structures. She then enters the shell partially, clutching it to her body and protecting her precious cargo. When they hatch, she discards the shell which normally ends up bashed into a zillion pieces when the currents eventually wash it up on land somewhere. Occasionally, however, discarded egg cases wash up by the hundreds, basically unscathed, a real bonanza for collectors of natural curiosities. There are only about 6 species of Argonauts worldwide. The small Paper Nautilus is Argo cornutus, about 65mm (2-1/2”) long. The larger one is Argo nodosa, about 200mm (8”) long. Nothing has been done to enhance either of them. They are 100% natural. The large one still has a dried remnant of eggs stuck to the inner surface.
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(See previous photos of similar subjects for detailed comments.) The specimen on the left is Argo hians; the specimen on the right is Argo cornutus. The sepia coloring is 100% natural, not dirt, dye, paint OR photomanipulation. :o)
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We lay up on the golden sands – I got my equipment out Sony A100 / Sony kit lens
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Inspired by a flight over the South Pacific ocean. Hours and hours of nothing but open sea. A stunning and humbling feeling of smallness and insignificance. Plus, I really love the word Pelagic. LOL. Original file size 1 metre square x 300dpi.
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Southern Gannets in close to the rocks feeding on cuttlefish and squid. The image is a composite all shot within 30 minutes. It is an initial long exposure with a wide angle lens. The birds were then shot at the same location in the same session with a telephoto lens and “dropped in” during post processing.
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Crested Crested Tern with a Pilchard for breakfast
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An ecstatic display from a King Penguin at St Andrews Bay in South Georgia
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A young Campbell Albatross. These birds make regular feeding runs to our area from the sub Antarctic islands a total round trip of about 7000 km. They only return to land to mate.
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Shot with flash at the Gentoo breeding colony at Port Charcot. Pictured is a maverick adolescent in an ecstatic display, nesting adults and a bonding ritual between a breeding pair. The male in the foreground has just delivered another stone for the nest and after his mates approval they nuzzle and crow together.
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With winter approaching and the pack ice thickening it becomes impossible for penguins to hunt from shore. This Gentoo will soon join his extended family on the edge of the pack hunting for fish and krill until the Spring thaw. / Canon 5D Canon 100-400mm at 135mm 1/750 sec with off camera flash fast sync.
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This was taken 18 miles offshore of Ixtapa, Mexico.
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Image taken at Anastasia Bay in Northern Kamchatka
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A Stellar Sea Lion colony at Brat Chirpoev in the northern Kuril Islands. / You could hear this colony well before you could see it. This area is often enshrouded in mist due to cold northern current mixing with a warm current from the south.
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These ocean going fish come into bays and river mouths as juveniles, where there is greater safety from large ocean going predators.
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A collection of mollymawk albatross portraits taken on the Southern Ocean.
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Photographed from Druidston on Wales’s Pembrokeshire coast between St David’s and Milford Haven, the sun shines a light on the anchored tankers in St Bride’s bay as they await instructions of a new cargo. Canon 10 D / 1/2500th sec at f 11 / 15-30mm lens at 15mm / IS0 100 / I exposed for the extreme highlights caused by the sun and allowed everything else to become almost silhouette-like, especially in the foreground. Processing: / Subtle HDR from same image, one tweaked for mid tones and highlights, the other for shadows.
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Cargo ships lie at anchor in St Brides bay on Wales’s Pembrokeshire coast. Rather than pay port fees, these ships anchor offshore awaiting instructions on where to pick up their next cargo. I suspect that with the downturn in the world economy, anchorages like this will become more and more crowded… Canon 10D / 1/640th sec at f11 / 50-200mm lens at 80mm / ISO100 HDR Treatment: I am a firm believer in the subtle use of HDR. I never attempt to revolutionise a photograph, rather to evolve it just a little. / Shooting into very strong light caused the sky to lose detail. First adjustments in Lightroom: colour temperature, exposure tweaks for sea/foreground and for sky on image 2 / Copied image from 1/1200th sec exposure to new layer / tweaked curves, transparency / Merged layers / tweaked curves / dodge/burn details / flattened image
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Photo taken from Cobble Beach, Yaquina Head Natural Area below Yaquina Head Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. Despite the name the Pelagic Cormorant perfers the near shore zone, leaving offshore waters to the Brandt’s Cormorant. It is the smallest of Oregon’s three cormorant species. The Pelagic is almost a reptilian looking bird. / Camera Model Name Olympus SP590UZ / Shooting Date/Time-5/17/2009 13:05:38 / Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/320Sec. / Av(Aperture Value) F5.0 / ISO Speed 64 / Focal Length-119.6 mm / BETTER VIEWED LARGE / LAMINATED PRINT / / GREETING CARD / /
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Bird Cliffs at Alkefjellet in Svalbard
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Glaucus Atlanticus / Sea drifter / Toowoon Bay NSW Australia We have a little cabin on a cliff by the sea. We listened to the storm all night as the waves crashed on the rocks below us. The next morning many ocean drifters had been washed onto the sand and into rock pools. I spent the morning photographing these amazing animals. They can eat the stinging cells of other sea creatures and secrete them onto their skin. People who picked them up were stung severely. This was a morning I will always remember. I have not seen the creatures again. Glaucus atlanticus is a species of medium-sized, floating, blue sea slug, a pelagic aeolid nudibranch, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Glaucidae
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