Blue footed boobies are one of the iconic species of the Galapagos. I was lucky enough to be there during the 'springtime' when there were numerous young.
There are seals everywhere in the Galapagos. Even on the wall behind the bus stops. Well I guess first person to arrive and wait for the bus gets the wall to sit on.
The marine iguana is the more famous of the two Galapagos iguanas but the land iguana is quite common and like all Galapagos animals willing to pose for a photo.
The animals of the Galapagos Islands really have no fear of humans. As such the young can be very inquisitive around photographers.
The animals of the Galapagos Islands really have no fear of humans. As such the young can be very inquisitive around photographers.
Getting to the Galapagos in the birthing season is amazing and the opportunities to see cute youngsters is massive. There is no escaping the seals and in October/November no escaping the youngsters either.
Even the birds on the Galapagos are docile. This guy sat on a tree no more than 10 meters away from us.
It isn't often that a bird is willing to sit for a photo shoot as long as this guy did. He even added in a few extra poses for us to make things more interesting.
In November the chicks of the blue-footed-booby are wandering around outside their nests for the first time. Sometimes it is hard to keep your distance from them as they get interested in the people taking photos of them.
The Galapagos Hawk is one of the few land basted predators on the Islands. He really has nothing to be afraid of and often can be captured down at ground level.
The iconic blue-footed boobies all lined up for me. It was rather lucky really considering I was in a RIB bouncing about in the waves, which doesn't make for easy shots.
I don't do a lot of editing to my photos. Often just black and white is an 'extreme' edit. However I thought considering the look in B&W and the iconic nature of the birds feet that a selective colour would work for this.
The blue feet of the Booby really stand out in what is a bit of a monochrome landscape. The lava rocks have only limited amounts of green growing on them a lot of the time. The blue is really noticeable agains this grey/green background.
