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A dark-backed seabird with a pale underside glides low over a choppy slate-grey ocean, its long wings angled down near the wave tops beneath a pale overcast…

Shearwater Over the Swell

A single shearwater glides low over a dark grey ocean swell under flat overcast light, wingtip close to the wave face, with open sky above.

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Authentic documentary wildlife photograph, vertical 3:4. A single wild shearwater glides low over a rolling dark slate-grey ocean swell, long stiff wings held out, one wingtip almost touching the wave face, dark brown-grey back and pale underside, seen side-on in sharp focus. Open sea only, no land, no ships. The bird sits in the lower middle of the frame; a tall steep wave in the foreground, textured with fine ripples and a few streaks of foam, and a pale pewter overcast sky filling the upper half with a faint soft horizon. Flat diffuse overcast light, no hard shadows, natural muted slate, steel-blue and pearl colours, believable exposure, subtle sensor grain. Shot from a boat with a 400mm telephoto, shallow compressed depth of field, accurate feather detail and anatomy. Quiet observational mood with a defiant, self-directed line of flight. No people, no text, no logos, no watermarks.

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