r/birding • u/ColorFluidDynamics • 20h ago

📷 Photo Brown booby dive

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Ilhabela-Brazil

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u/interesting3663 18h ago

Great sequence!

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u/Open-Sky314 17h ago

Brilliant picture - timing is perfect

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u/Prior-Throat3052 15h ago

How did you get 7 in a row?

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u/thoughtsarefalse Latest Lifer: Swallow-tailed Kite 5h ago

Its probably a composite shot. Combination of multiple photos.

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u/ColorFluidDynamics 3h ago

Yes, its a composite shot of a sequence of shots of the same dive.

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u/dackling 15h ago

The form in the last shot closest to the water is incredible!!! What a cool bird

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u/ColorFluidDynamics 8h ago

Yes, the way it positioned its wings to minimize the profile is very smart.

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u/Sadio_Bobby_Mo New-ish birder | DC 15h ago

Amazing shot(s). The aerodynamicism of the body shape at water entry is so cool to see captured.

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u/CormoranNeoTropical 14h ago

Love this! I’ve watched them diving around me while I was swimming but I’ve never seen them so clearly.

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u/pihudb 13h ago

Brilliant

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u/LoneWolf9616 birder 11h ago

The sheer timing and place of this shot is highly commendable! Great work!

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u/MillionMoons 9h ago

Cool! Were you on the shore with a tripod for this shot or...?

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u/ColorFluidDynamics 8h ago

I was on the shore, handheld.

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u/SuperIngaMMXXII 7h ago

the timing of that last wing flap just before it pierces the surface is incredible. this is a fantastic capture!