Air brakes on

Gallery: AvianPosted February 3, 201183 views8 comments

You wanted one coming towards the camera, well, here's one

Taken on Skomer Island, Wales.
I thought it was going to land on my head, it came so close.

This was a rare occasion where my camera actually fired off 2 consecutive shots, well, with a top speed of just 2.5 frames per second I had to pick my moment carefully.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500
1/1250th
f8
ISO 200
330mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Hand held

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 3, 2011 at 6:50 PM

Geoffrey, I envy your opportunities with these great birds. interesting pose, good comp, good exposure. I like the motion blur in the wingtips. Only thing missing for me is a little more light on the eye. I think there is a very thin halo, probably easily fixed, especially along the top of the bird.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 3, 2011 at 8:16 PM

Great flight image! Like the comp!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 3, 2011 at 8:19 PM

Nice. Love the wing blur. A bit more light in the bird's left eye would increase the impact IMO, but that is just me.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 3, 2011 at 9:05 PM

Agree with brightening the eye, and I do see a halo here, also. Otherwise a fine image and a cool flight pose! Sharon

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on February 4, 2011 at 4:54 AM

Great capture, Geoffrey. This is a shot I would love to have on file.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 4, 2011 at 7:24 AM

Geoffrey,

I wish I had the opportunities with this species that you do, I find puffins very appealing. Love the landing pose you have presented here. Would work on the halo and would see if I could enhance the brightness of the eye a small amount. I'd be happy to have this in my files.

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Comment posted by Jay Miller on February 4, 2011 at 12:42 PM

Two thumps up. I too am always envios of great action shots. Spot-on/Well done

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 5, 2011 at 10:28 PM

Hi Geoffrey

Wish this would happen to me.

Great action shot. with good color and detail. the wing blur is very nice.
Albert Darmo. Canada

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