Galapagos 2013

We had a great holiday in the Galapagos with Prestige Promotions. A unique place.

Marine iguana swimming, we were in the panga. It was difficult to get shots of it as the dinghy was moving so much and we were low to the water.
marine iguana D3100
Frigate bird.
frigate bird D3100
Sea turtle; these boys don't have a lot above water, so you have to wait for them raising their heads to breathe.
turtle D3100
Boobies.
Booby blue bird D3100
Marine iguana.
marine iguana D3100
colony of marine iguanas by the beach.
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Sea turtle in a small lagoon on Fernandina Island.
turtle P310
Walking on the old lava flow on Fernandina Island.
As we were leaving in the panga for Urbina Bay on Isabela Island Jonathan Scott spotted a ray in the water; there are two types, Spotted Eagle Ray (the biggest of the two) and the Golden Cowray - I suspect this was the latter. We spent quite a bit of time going in circles trying to get shots. I have about 6 shots of a wing out of the water, of which this is one.
ray D3100
Giant tortoise on Isabela Island.
tortoise D3100
Giant tortoise.
tortoise D3100
Giant tortoise.
tortoise D3100
Giant tortoise.
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Giant tortoise.
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Jonathan Scott gets up close and personal with a tortoise.
Jonathan P310
A kind of cotton plant.
flower yellow D3100
The guide I bought on board for the wildlife seems not to have this one included. So, the 'yellow footed something' will have to do. Complete with what I believe is a Sally Lightfoot crab.
bird yellow D3100
A rathe demur looking pelican.
pelican bird D3100
Flightless Cormorant.
cormorant bird D3100
Pelican wing feathers.
pelican feathers D3100
Pelican.
pelican bird D3100
I do love Boobies.
Booby blue bird D3100
Pair of penguins; I like that they both have the same pose.
penguin bird D3100
Ghost crab? Finding the limitations of the guide I bought.
crab D3100
Flightless cormorant.
cormorant bird D3100
Love the colour of their eye.
Booby blue bird D3100
Pelican.
pelican bird D3100
Flightless cormorant; I like the silhouette effect on this shot. We were moving about in the panga on that swell.
cormorant bird D3100
Life's tough for seals.
seal D3100
Some people just don't clean up!
Booby blue bird D3100
Jonathan Scott, Jonathan Truss and Simon; early morning trying to get the frigate birds landing on the ship's mast.
Jonathan P310
Cactus flower.
cactus flower D3100
Cactus against the light.
cactus D3100
Pelican in flight.
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Might be the Galapagos Mockingbird.
bird mockingbird D3100
Lava lizard.
lizard D3100
Blue footed Booby in flight.
Booby blue bird D3100
Galapagos Hawk.
hawk bird D3100
Galapagos Hawk.
hawk bird D3100
Frigate bird.
frigate bird D3100
Think it is the Galapagos Mockingbird.
Mockingbird bird D3100
GAlapagos Dove.
Dove bird D3100
Can't be bothered!
seal D3100
Floreana Mockingbird?
Mockingbird bird D3100
"My God, I'm handsome!"
seal D3100
Marine Iguana.
Iguana marine D3100
Pelican doing a spot of low-level flying.
pelican bird D3100
"Come back when I'm not so busy."
seal D3100

Photography without an iPhone.

Galapagos 2013