Horned Puffin on Black

Gallery: AvianPosted September 16, 2011830 views16 comments

Taken during a recent workshop in Alaska. Bg is a dark massive rock protruding from the water about 120 yards away.

MK 1V / 500 / 1/4000th @ f8 / hand-held

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Roger Leekam on September 16, 2011 at 4:43 PM

Beautiful action shot with great light & color. Whites perfectly rendered.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on September 16, 2011 at 7:04 PM

Great job on the exposure. The face and shiny fish really draw the eye against that background.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 16, 2011 at 8:47 PM

Very dramatic; very nice.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on September 17, 2011 at 2:03 AM

Really like this one David, the black BG greatly enhances an already powerful image, well done!

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Jeffry Oonk on September 17, 2011 at 8:40 AM

Great shot David,
Like how you isolated the puffin using the rock as the black BG.
The three fishes are a big bonus.
Thx
Jef

Registered on February 5, 2011, 21 Posts, 122 Comments

Comment posted by Glenn Woznick on September 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM

Beautiful shot David, I like how it stands out from the black background and the way the wings angle back.

Registered on May 7, 2011, 13 Posts, 29 Comments

Comment posted by Bryan Hix on September 18, 2011 at 12:07 AM

Some people like black background and some don't. Personally, I like them and I think the lighting, the fish, and the black look great. Only minor thing I would clone out is the white speck below the right wing.

Registered on June 13, 2008, 117 Posts, 755 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on September 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM

Now that is way cool David. Everything works, background, fish, flight, everything.
May

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on September 18, 2011 at 4:54 PM

This photo is both awsome and unique. The dark background puts all the focus on the puffin

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 18, 2011 at 5:17 PM

A striking image David, I don't usually like black backgrounds but this is fantastic, congrats!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 19, 2011 at 10:42 PM

Very unique David. Not sure I have ever seen a puffin shot with such a black BG and this one looks like he is coming out of the darkness into the light. Nice work.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 21, 2011 at 4:44 PM

Excellent work!
Congrats on the EP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on September 22, 2011 at 12:26 AM

Congratulations on this one being warded the WP David, well deserved!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 22, 2011 at 10:57 PM

Congrats David

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on September 22, 2011 at 11:02 PM

Good grief! Nat Geo couldn't've done better, I dare say. Congrats on a fantastic photograph!

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Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on September 24, 2011 at 1:10 PM

Fantastic shot David! Very unique. Wonderful exposure, focus; everything. Nicely done!

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