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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-three: Impressions of the Galapagos – an extended photo-essay > Red footed Booby takes flight, Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012
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01-JUL-2012

Red footed Booby takes flight, Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012

Red-footed Boobies can be either brown or white. Most of them in the Galapagos are brown. They are the only boobies that nest in trees and bushes, and this one is leaving its nest just as I photographed it. My fast 1/800th of a second shutter speed has virtually frozen it in time. Only a blurred wing keeps it from looking like a wooden decoy. There is no mistaking the red feet that gives this bird its name.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
1/800s f/6.3 at 10.7mm iso800 full exif

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