1. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus, adult, Sussex County, Delaware, USA, November 5, 2006. Photographed from shore with 300mm lens, again demonstrating the advantage of ten megapixels!  The original uncropped image, sized to the same dimensions, appears below. Nikon D80; Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6G AF lens (@300mm); 1/1000, f7.1, ISO 200.

2. Northern Gannet M. bassanus, adult, Sussex County, Delaware, USA, November 5, 2006. Same image as above, uncropped. Nikon D80; Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6G AF lens (@300mm); 1/1000, f7.1, ISO 200.

3. Northern Gannet M. bassanus, third year, Sussex County, Delaware, USA, November 5, 2006. Photographed from shore with 300mm lens. Nikon D80; Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6G AF lens (@300mm); 1/1000, f6.3, ISO 200.

4. Northern Gannets M. bassanus, juvenile/first year above, second year below, Sussex County, Delaware, USA, November 5, 2006. Photographed from shore with 300mm lens. Nikon D80; Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6G AF lens (@300mm); 1/1000, f7.1, ISO 200.