Kelp Gull attacking Grey Heron Woodbridge Island

Kelp Gull Woodbridge Island

'Ducking and diving....'

Kelp gull attacking the resident grey heron. Notice the heron ducking lower and lower - Little island / Woodbridge Island. Quite unusual to witness this. This was repeated about 5 times before the kelp gull left the battle zone.

Cape Town Location
Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island, Milnerton

Canon Camera / Lens Settings

• Canon EOS 7D Mark II Body
• EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
• Manual Mode: Auto-ISO: 400
• Aperture: f/5.6 - f/6.3
• Shutter Speed: 1/1000 - 1/2000
• AI Servo: Case 1: Wide Zone
• 10 fps High Speed Continuous Mode
• Handheld

Post-Processing
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 9.4: Cropping. Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction.

4 Consecutive Frames - Kelp Gull vs. Frey Heron

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