Emanuele Del Bufalo, Wings and Water (ANIMALS 2022)

A Buller's albatross glides between the large waves of the Southern Ocean several kilometres from the southern shores of New Zealand. It makes me smile to think about the fact that on one side of the camera my subject flies effortlessly through the waves blending perfectly with its elements and on the other side there is me struggling to keep my balance while standing on the rolling and pitching boat trying desperately to frame the subject with a 400mm lens.

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