Brown Booby in Flight
I returned on March 4th from a two week stay on the remote Caribbean island of Cayman Brac. It was by far a very productive trip with a multitude of great images captured. As usual the nesting Brown Booby birds put an an awesome show from nesting activities to in flight opportunities.
Sunrise and sunsets were a little trickier to be had this year due to heavy clouds out on the horizon, but nonetheless perseverance paid off. Virtually all of my sunrise and sunset imagery was created using stacked ND and reverse grad filters. The ND filters coupled with the reverse grads allowed me to slow the shutter speed down sufficiently to allow the incoming ocean waves to blur out nice and soft. My choice of filters for these scenes were the Singh-Ray Filters 3-Stop ND Filter, Mor-Slo 5-stop ND FIlter, and the 3_stop Reverse Graduated ND Filter
During my snorkel excursions my Nikon D500 and Nikkor 18-35mm lens inside an Ewa Marine Housing proved perfect for many of the ocean fishes encountered. I had great success with Octopus, Spotted Scorpionfish and many other often difficult to photograph while snorkeling species. I will do a full blog post on the underwater success I had in the near future.
I was also quite ecstatic with finding a very co-operative, female Sister Islands Rock Iguana. These iguanas are sadly critically endangered now, but efforts are underway to lend a helping hand, which entails eradicating invasive Green Iguanas.
As you scroll down through the images you will see a host of wonderful opportunities that were to be found during this trip. Stay tuned for announcements for the 2021 trip very soon.
Daybreak on Cayman Brac
Spotted Scorpionfish
Sister Island Rock Iguana
Daybreak on Cayman Brac
Brown Booby Preening
West Indian Whistling Ducks
Brown Booby Family
Yellow Stingray
Sunrise at Pollard Bay, Cayman Brac
Octopus
Green Heron
Willet
White-spotted File Fish
Cuban Tree Frog (invasive on Cayman Brac)
Andrew McLachlan 