A few days ago, I visited again my favorite “baby” Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) at Kaena Point on Oahu, Hawaii. This juvenile bird is about five months old now, which means it’s almost a fully grown bird, whose plumage is nearly complete and it will be ready to fly soon.

I have already taken several images of this specimen since it was freshly hatched. These pictures are kind of classic bird photographs and now I wanted to take something unusual. Since albatrosses don’t fear of humans, instead of using my tele lens, I decided to use a wide-angle lens to be able to show something about the bird’s habitat too. In order to photograph this spectacle, I got down on my stomach and slowly crawled close to the bird. The albatross didn’t care about me and finally I was only one foot away from this cute creature, when this picture was taken.

Gear: Canon EOS 30D, Canon 17-40mm F/4 lens, handheld