Atlantic Puffin

Gallery: AvianPosted July 7, 2011130 views10 comments

I had so much fun photographing the puffins at Machias Seal Island last month. What a blast! I hope you enjoy my puffin photos.

Critiques and comments are very welcome and appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Canon 5D
300mm f/4L IS
1/1250, f/9.0, ISO 400
83% of full frame
handheld, no flash
6-26-2011; 12:32pm

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 7, 2011 at 7:44 PM

The LP looks excellent Carol. Very nicely exposed & great details/colors..Maybe a tiny bit less behind, just a suggestion. This works fine too.
I've seen this often photographed bird many times, but it never fails to amaze

Well done!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 7, 2011 at 8:51 PM

This is nice Carol. Very effective to get the heads and eyes of most of the fish facing us. Exposure and colors look good to my eye. I'll bet the experience shooting these birds was a blast for you.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 7, 2011 at 9:06 PM

It must have been fun, Carol--what a great bird. love the fish heads/eyes, and good looking exposure and detail. a wider aperture could have smoothed out the bg a bit, but very nice as is.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 7, 2011 at 10:28 PM

Nice colors, exposure and fish in the bill

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 7, 2011 at 10:39 PM

Most excellent. Love puffins and you have done this one justice. Can't wait to see more.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 7, 2011 at 11:39 PM

Excellent job on the exposure of the Puffin, Carol. I like how all three fish have their heads toward the camera.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 8, 2011 at 11:33 AM

Puffins have one of the most interesting faces that a bird can have (at least for me). Nice job handling the black & white feather contrast and the fish in the mouth adds the finishing touch, way to go, sounds like a fun experience.

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 8, 2011 at 4:46 PM

Wonderful image Carol. The bird has the little fish all lined up eyes facing forward.
May

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Comment posted by David Sparks on July 9, 2011 at 10:14 AM

Very, very nice. Exposure looks spot on with excellent detail in dark and white areas. I love the eye contact with the fish.

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Comment posted by Jay Levin on July 26, 2011 at 9:25 PM

I remember that you were concerned about exposure, but you nailed the whites, Carol. Wonderful pose, and the fish are a great addition. I agree that a larger aperture might have helped the background a bit as a tiny nit. By the way, the Gerlachs have done HDR's on stationary black and white animals (and puffins would qualify) to deal with the contrast. I would like to try that the next time around.

Registered on April 24, 2009, 21 Posts, 184 Comments