Playful

Gallery: AvianPosted September 17, 2015520 views13 comments

Probably only my second or third post in the avian gallery ever. It's a puffin shot in one of the fjords of eastern Iceland. Puffins are exceedingly fun to watch as they toddle around their nesting sites and dive off the cliffs, looking more like bumble bees than birds in flight. Good time. enlightened

Shot with a Nikon D610 and a 70-300 AF-S VR at 300 mm.

Please let me know what you think!

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on September 18, 2015 at 3:05 AM

What I think: 1. A beautiful image and 2. I gotta get to Iceland.

Registered on August 14, 2008, 293 Posts, 1250 Comments

Comment posted by Basil Greber on September 18, 2015 at 10:39 AM

1. Thanks! 2. You absolutely should! sad

Registered on November 8, 2005, 219 Posts, 1340 Comments

Comment posted by Jerry Marella on September 18, 2015 at 10:39 AM

Really nice, Basil. I like everything. I'd like to see another with more habitat if it's not too cluttered with puffins!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 142 Posts, 862 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 18, 2015 at 10:57 PM

Nice image Basil...a bid I have always wanted to photograph. Love the open wings, nice clean image and isolated subject.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on September 19, 2015 at 11:06 AM

Wonderful shot, Basil. Very nice pose and colours.

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on September 19, 2015 at 1:59 PM

Love it, but then I love puffins. Unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to photograph them. I like the raised wing.

Delightful capture. Thanks for posting.

May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 19, 2015 at 9:23 PM

Good to see you over here Basil, great pose you caught this fellow in and well exposed. devil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 20, 2015 at 7:58 AM

Love the pose, colors and composition are very pleasing, nice work. Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 23, 2015 at 11:37 AM

Nice pose and an excellent job on the exposure, Basil. I love the oof bg.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on September 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM

Great look at the puffin, Basil. Good pose and excellent techs. I like the ocean background. They do look comical. devil

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 24, 2015 at 3:57 PM

A comical pose you captured here for sure Basil cool Very sharp, excellent exposure and a pleasing composition.