One Way Photoblog

Sea lions sunbathing on the beach on Santa Fé, Galápagos.

Happy New Year!

Canon 300D, 1/500sec, f/11, ISO 400, focal length 100mm
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Punta Moreno, Isabela, Galápagos

Canon 300D, 1/250sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, focal length 300mm
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A marine iguana laying motionless as he sunbathes on Punta Suárez, Española, Galápagos

Canon 300D, 1/500sec, f/8, ISO 400, focal length 265mm
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A sea lion brushing sand off his head, Santa Fé, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/80sec, f/6.3, ISO 100, focal length 55mm, cropped slightly bottom and right
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I’m not sure if this is a whale or a dolphin, but I think it’s a whale. Taken in the Pacific Ocean, off Fernandina, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/400sec, f/7.1, ISO 100, focal length 300mm
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Elizabeth Bay, Isabela, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/250sec, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length 217mm
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I’ve not had much chance to shoot anything for the blog recently (due to the new arrival in my family); however I managed to snap a Christmassy one yesterday, shot through an office window in a central London street.

Back to the archived Galápagos shots tomorrow.

Canon 400D, 1/60sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600, focal length 53mm

Contrasting grass and black lava, Punta Moreno, Isabela, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/200sec, f/10, ISO 400, focal length 57mm
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A blue-footed boobie poses on some rocks, Santa Fé, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/500sec, f/8, ISO 400, focal length 300mm
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Punta Cormorant, Floreana, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/250sec, f/8, ISO 100, focal length 100m, cropped at left and bottom
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Tortoise Reserva, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/500sec, f/8, ISO 1600, focal length 300mm
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A snorkeller’s-eye view of our dinghy, off Isabela, Galápagos.

Boots disposable underwater camera
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My wife and I were sharing a couple of cheap disposable underwater cameras, so I’ve no idea which of us actually took this shot and the one I posted yesterday. I’ll claim yesterday’s turtle shot but she’s claiming this one

Boots disposable underwater camera
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Shot whilst snorkelling in the Pacific, off Isabela, Galápagos.

Boots disposable underwater camera
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North Seymour, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/400sec, f/8, ISO 200, focal length 154mm
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Volcán Antisana, in the northern Andes, near Quito. At 5753m, it’s Ecuador’s 4th highest volcano.

Canon 300D, 1/250sec, f/11, ISO 100, focal length 24mm
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A young sea lion snuggles up to a stray log on the beach on Santa Fé, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/640sec, f/9, ISO 400, focal length 300mm
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Punta Espinosa, Fernandina, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/320sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, focal length 217mm
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The endemic passion fruit flower, Tortoise Reserva, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/320sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, focal length 60mm
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A blue-footed boobie looks after one of her eggs, Punta Suárez, Española, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/400sec, f/8, ISO 100, focal length 168mm
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Tortoise Reserva, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos. The word Galápagos derives from an old Spanish word that refers to the tortoise shape.

Canon 300D, 1/320sec, f/9, ISO 400, focal length 100mm
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A frigatebird returns with food for its young, North Seymour, Galápagos. It’s a shame that the bird in the foreground was there to blur my shot, but I was still happy with it.

Canon 300D, 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 200, focal length 300mm
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North Seymour, Galapágos.

Canon 300D, 1/500sec, f/8, ISO 200, focal length 300mm
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Mother and child (I assume), on a beach on Santa Fé, Galápagos.

Canon 300D, 1/400sec, f/8, ISO 400, focal length 168mm, cropped at left
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None of these images have been cropped — in the Galápagos you really can get that close.

Top: A male frigatebird on North Seymour, puffing out his red chest to attract females.
1/400sec, f/7.1, ISO 200

2nd from top: It looks like this flightless cormorant has a hole through his head; actually the background colour just happened to be the same blue as his eyes. Punta Espinosa, Fernandina.
1/400sec, f/6.3, ISO 100

3rd from top: A giant tortoise at the Tortoise Reserva, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz.
1/320sec, f/6.3, ISO 400

Bottom: A masked boobie on Punta Suárez, Española.
1/400sec, f/7.1, ISO 100

All Canon 300D, focal length 300mm
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