Juxtaposed Puffins

Gallery: AvianPosted April 19, 2013640 views12 comments

I have seen several published photos of juxtaposed birds with a front bird in focus and a rear bird in a similar position but OOF. I really liked these photos so I went looking through my catalog to see if I had anything similar. I found this photo taken a couple of years ago. While the head positions are pretty identical, the body positions do not match perfectly, but I hope it still works.

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

Canon 5D
300mm f/4L IS
1/2500, f/5.6, ISO 200
77% of full frame
handheld
6-26-11; 11:21am

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 20, 2013 at 1:01 AM

Interesting and a little different, for sure - I like it!
Really nice detail on the front one, great colours, good poses and complimentary sand and BG.
Well-done!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on April 20, 2013 at 2:38 AM

A new image Carol, beautifully crafted, love everything about it.

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 20, 2013 at 10:05 AM

This very nice Carol, the head positions match as you say..
Wouldn't worry about the rest so much

Excellent work!

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 20, 2013 at 10:16 AM

Great looking birds and nice composition. I think you could brighten the image a bit as it looks a tad underexposed

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 20, 2013 at 11:45 AM

I like this a lot Carol. Nice composition and well exposed IMO.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 20, 2013 at 12:12 PM

Works for me.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 20, 2013 at 2:23 PM

Hello Carol, I can only echo the positive comments. Only idea I would have is to move the composition a little to the right, making them both stare more in the picture - but I do know know at what side the 33% left over was. Well, anyway - a great shot as posted ! Hans

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 20, 2013 at 5:20 PM

Works for me also. Nice job Carol

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 20, 2013 at 6:55 PM

Carol,
I love these Puffins. You neglected to say where you took the photo.

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on April 20, 2013 at 7:05 PM

Thanks for your comments everyone.

Patrick - I took this image on Machias Seal Island off the coast of Maine.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 21, 2013 at 2:48 AM

Nice one Carol - Il ike your comp

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Comment posted by Rick Andrews on May 23, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Very nice shot Carol, I love puffins and one day hope to photograph them too!

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