Caption

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) (syn. Sula bassana) with outstretched wings, head and feet extended, approaching the breeding colony, many birds perched on red rocks, both adults and juveniles, the sea in the background, flapping their wings, a dynamic scene, artistic long exposure, soft, blurred motion blur, panning, abstract, fast, speed, art, northern gannet colony at Lummenfelsen, the offshore island of Heligoland, North Sea, Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jul 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK26H88_082

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

66.7Mb (22.2Mb) / 15.4in x 16.8in / 4616 x 5048 (300dpi)

Keywords

Blurred Motion several no people many red speed little young art breeding movement plant head foot rock island wing Northern gannet water bird Bird wild animal incubate bird colony animal behaviour animal nature North Sea wildlife sit courtship season approach land blurred colony nesting site seabird time exposure young animal courtship display Sulid Pelecaniformes courtship behavior group dynamic Heligoland flight abstract nest spread out Mulberry artistic social behaviour display behaviour breeding ground landing Moraceae quick courtship Germany spreading wing sea Many Animals several animals juvenile group of animals flap wings breeding season Schleswig-Holstein Panning breeding colony wildlife photography Bird Rock Swarm behaviour Lummenfelsen in flight display swarm natural environment soft flock of birds mating behavior mating season bird photography Suliformes High Seas Island Gannet colony fly Pinneberg district long exposure motion blur bunch of deserted numerous red coloured tiny motion islet gannet waterfowl animals in the wild breed open air fauna blurry rookery nesting place bulb exposure landing approach cub courtship behaviour dynamical Heligoland Island outspread social behavior overawing breeding area speedy courting German Federal Republic spread wing flaps its wings breeding time Land Schleswig-Holstein Wiping picture Bird cliff Swarming Guillemot Rock in the air habitat smooth swarm of birds mating behaviour mating time Phalacrocoraciformes High Sea Island multiple nobody plenty small aquatic bird Wildlife out of focus suckling Helgoland imprinting breeding site fast mating Republic of Germany outstreched wing pull-along mid air flock of natural habitat mating period unfocused long-term exposure hatchling imponation breeding place rapid wings spread drag-along in a flight flock rutting season spreading wings wipe screen in the sky wings spreading stretching its wing open wings arts breedings movements plants heads feet rocks islands wings Northern gannets water birds Birds wild animals incubating bird colonies animals sitting courting seasons approaching colonies nesting sites seabirds long time exposure approaches young animals Sulids courtship behaviors groups flights nesting spreading out Mulberries Artistically social behaviours breeding grounds landings courtshiping juveniles groups of animals flapping wings flapping its wings breeding colonies Bird Rocks Swarm behaviours displaying natural environments High Seas Islands Gannet colonies flying gannets waterfowls rookeries cubs breeding areas spread wings Bird cliffs Swarmings High Sea Islands aquatic birds sucklings breeding sites outstreched wings hatchlings breeding places in the flight flocks stretching its wings no one the rock the rocks incubates animal behavior sits seated perched lands youngster youngs nests spreads out court courts courtships FRG BRD juvenil flaps wings Mop-up picture displays flies breeds animal child animal childs Helgoland Island wing spread wipe image woos woo wooing