Iceland Trip - Great Northern Divers

Another post from the Iceland trip, a few more still to come.
The Great Northern Diver tends to prefer larger lakes, making it more difficult to photograph. Plenty of waiting for the bird to come close enough for a decent shot. We were lucky with one pair that were at the end of a very large lake. They were confined to the only part of the lake that wasn't frozen over. This made things easier, as they were at a good distance for shots. I never managed to get many photographs of this species in really good light on this trip. A black and white bird on white water isn't great, an exposure and processing nightmare, but I'm quite pleased with the results.... much better than I had expected before I processed them.

Red-throated Diver (Iceland, Summer plumage)

Following on from my previous post are the Summer plumaged Red-throated Divers from Iceland. A complete contrast to their Winter appearance, but just as stunning, in my opinion. With a good numbers of them in Iceland it was nice to get a varied range of backgrounds, with both calm and rough water. I have added a total of 95 new images of them to my website - Steven Round Bird Photography.com

 

Red-throated Diver (Winter plumage)

Back in March I photographed a Red-throated Diver at Fairhaven Lake, in Lancashire. This bird was in Winter plumage and would contrast well with the breeding plumaged birds, that I would photograph a couple of months later in Iceland. I was originally going to include both plumages in one post, but decided that with so many shots of such stunning birds, I would split them into two posts. The next will follow shortly.