Caption

A gannet (Morus bassanus) (synonym: Sula bassana) in flight over the dark sea, late evening, wiping effect, motion blur, clear lines and strong colour contrasts, landing approach to the gannet colony on the Lummenfelsen, Helgoland Island, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Date

Sep 04, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK24A32_008

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

28,6Mb (190,7Kb) / 15,8in x 7,0in / 4751 x 2104 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Bird Rock Bird Rocks Bird cliff Birds Blur Effect Blurred Motion Central Europe Europe Europe's Evening scene FRG Gannet colonies Gannet colony German German Federal Republic Germany Guillemot Rock Helgoland Heligoland Heligoland Island Land Schleswig-Holstein Light mood Lummenfelsen Many Animals Middle Europe Morus bassanus No People North Germany North Sea Northern Germany Northern gannet Northern gannets Pelecaniformes Republic of Germany Schleswig-Holstein Sulid Sulidae Sulids Swarm behaviour Swarm behaviours Swarming Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild approach approaches approaching atmosphere atmospheric atmospheric light behavior behaviour bird colonies bird colony bird photography blurred blurry breed breeding breeding area breeding colonies breeding colony breeding ground breeding grounds breeding place breeding season breeding site breeding time breedings bulb exposure bunch of clear colonies colony court courting courting seasons courtship courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour courtship display courtship season courtshiping dark deserted display display behaviour displaying empty evening evening atmosphere evening atmospheres evening hour evening mood evening shot evening skies evening sky evenings fauna flight flights flock flock of flock of birds fly flying gannet group group of animals groups groups of animals habitat imponation imprinting in a flight in flight in the air in the sky incubate incubating landing approach landings light atmosphere light scene line lines long exposure long time exposure long-term exposure mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mid air mood motion motion blur move movement movements moving multiple natural environment natural environments natural habitat nest nesting nesting place nesting site nesting sites no one nobody out of focus overawing perform the courtship display rock rocks rookery rutting season sea seabird seabirds several several animals social behavior social behaviour social behaviours swarm swarm of birds time exposure unfocused uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography wiping effect woo aquatic bird land landing many numerous plenty water bird water birds waterfowl