Bass Rock - Part 5

There is so much happening on the rock, once again it is quite hard to decide what to capture and what not to capture through the lens. Above is a mixture of images showing how the Gannets spend their day. I hope over the last few posts on my blog, I have given you a good insight into the life of the Gannet.

Bass Rock - Part 4

As you could imagine, when it comes to taking flight shots you are spoilt for choice. The first hour on the rock the weather was grey and dull, but eventually the good old sun showed its face (thank god) and I managed to find some blue sky to capture the birds on.

Bass Rock - Part 3

After spending a good 3 hours on the Bass Rock it is time to get back on the boat and head back to Dunbar Harbour. Just when you think to yourself it can't get better than this, oh boy it does. On the outward journey home 30 minutes is spent "Chumming" which is a process of throwing bait over the side of the boat to entice the Gannets into their spectacular plunge dive.

So its make sure you have your life jackets tightly fastened, get battling for position, finger on the shutter ready, then fire away.  This truly is an amazing sight, Gannets torpedoing everywhere, believe me you have to be fast with your camera to lock on to a diving Gannet.

Bass Rock - Part 2

On approaching Bass Rock the image you perceive is this huge rock structure jutting out of the sea covered head to toe with Gannets. Once you put your feet on to the rock you automatically look up, listen and smell this incredible natural structure, it is truly life changing, an experience to experience.

Bass Rock - Part 1

Took a trip to the Bass Rock back in late June, just have not had any time recently to start processing the images so here is a sneak preview of what's to come. I hope to have several more posts of Bass Rock to add to my blog in the next few days.

Local Peregrines

Have been visiting the local Peregrine family most mornings recently, but have really struggled with some crap light conditions. Dull, dark weather followed by a couple of days of dense fog coming in off the sea.

Anyway that's enough of the moaning lets get to the birds. The three juvenile birds are in overdrive at the moment chasing Kittiwakes like there's no tomorrow, with the adults just perched on the cliff face watching with amusement. At one stage I very nearly had all five birds in my view finder, which would of made a very interesting image.

I am keeping my fingers crossed for a good day of decent weather so I can make another visit and try and get some sharp images.