[Alistair]

I finally risked taking expensive camera with me on my Kayak on the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland and was in for quite a treat;

Gulls hovering over disturbances in the water - turned out the be fish (Kawhai) chasing Krill - see bottom left of image.

Another gull hovering over a Kawhai disturbance but if we look carefully the Krill escapes both fish and fowl to the gull's right (lower left of image).

Other species however are attracted to the disturbances on the water's surface and are not quite so feckless.

And then these little bullets appear from nowhere, a new millimeters above the water (Fluttering Shearwaters).

Such graceful flyers.

A distinctive hunting style used to catch Krill

Before long the Shearwater are taking off to follow the shifting Krill school

Trembling at the approach of the fearsome apex predator.

 

[pomkiwi]

Lovely series of images.

 

[Maurie_S]

Great shots Alistair, love the bow wave !!

 

[Ralph]

I finally risked taking expensive camera with me on my Kayak on the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland and was in for quite a treat;

Gulls hovering over disturbances in the water - turned out the be fish (Kawhai) chasing Krill - see bottom left of image.

Another gull hovering over a Kawhai disturbance but if we look carefully the Krill escapes both fish and fowl to the gull's right (lower left of image).

Other species however are attracted to the disturbances on the water's surface and are not quite so feckless.

And then these little bullets appear from nowhere, a new millimeters above the water (Fluttering Shearwaters).

Such graceful flyers.

A distinctive hunting style used to catch Krill

Before long the Shearwater are taking off to follow the shifting Krill school

Trembling at the approach of the fearsome apex predator.

Incredible Shearwater series! I love the way they ride the air currents close to the water . Well done

 

[Patrick M]

wow what wonderful shots! It's like the bird is flying underwater in #16

 

[NorthernFocus]

Great set of images. Shooting from the kayak opens a whole new world of photographic opportunities. I really like the shots of the shearwaters half submerged. Interesting feeding behavior. The prey look more like some sort of small fish than krill. Unless you folks down under use the term differently krill are tiny shrimp. This looks more like sand lance that puffins often feed on.

 

[Butlerkid]

WOW! So many impressive images in one thread! I'll have to visit this thread several times to thoroughly enjoying all the nice images here. The shearwater images are outstanding! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Woodyg3]

Very nice batch of shots, both technically and artistically.

 

[NeilH]

Spectacular.

 

[Alistair]

Lovely series of images.

Thanks very much, I appreciate it.

 

[Alistair]

Great shots Alistair, love the bow wave !!

Thanks very much Maurice!

 

[Alistair]

Incredible Shearwater series! I love the way they ride the air currents close to the water . Well done

Thank you Ralph!

 

[BlackRockArt]

I finally risked taking expensive camera with me on my Kayak on the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland and was in for quite a treat;

Gulls hovering over disturbances in the water - turned out the be fish (Kawhai) chasing Krill - see bottom left of image.

Another gull hovering over a Kawhai disturbance but if we look carefully the Krill escapes both fish and fowl to the gull's right (lower left of image).

Other species however are attracted to the disturbances on the water's surface and are not quite so feckless.

And then these little bullets appear from nowhere, a new millimeters above the water (Fluttering Shearwaters).

Such graceful flyers.

A distinctive hunting style used to catch Krill

Before long the Shearwater are taking off to follow the shifting Krill school

Trembling at the approach of the fearsome apex predator.

A great series of shots, especially the shearwater, also the terns are fun to watch.

Oliver

 

[Alistair]

wow what wonderful shots! It's like the bird is flying underwater in #16

Thanks Patrick, they are incredible little birds. I am very lucky to have them so accessible.

 

[Alistair]

Great set of images. Shooting from the kayak opens a whole new world of photographic opportunities. I really like the shots of the shearwaters half submerged. Interesting feeding behavior. The prey look more like some sort of small fish than krill. Unless you folks down under use the term differently krill are tiny shrimp. This looks more like sand lance that puffins often feed on.

Thanks very much. Yes, you are right. I have used Krill incorrectly here. Also the Kayak was a revelation. Should have done it years ago!

 

[Alistair]

WOW! So many impressive images in one thread! I'll have to visit this thread several times to thoroughly enjoying all the nice images here. The shearwater images are outstanding! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks very much. I went a bit overboard with the number of images but TBH they were so easy to get it was kind of cheating!

 

[Alistair]

Very nice batch of shots, both technically and artistically.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

 

[Alistair]

Spectacular.

Thanks very much Neil!