Razorbills

I had a look through my archives and came upon a bunch of overlooked images from Iceland 2005.

This one shows two Razorbills (Alca torda) pretty much close-up, taken at Latrabjarg.

I find the colour interesting here, the razorbills at Latrabjarg are noticeably brownish in theír 'black' part of the plumage. (This is seen in all my images of razorbills but never of guillemots or puffins.)

Another thing that struck me, when looking at almost all my images from bird cliffs, was that the birds are facing inward towards the cliff while the light primarily comes from the sea side. Although that is good for capturing texture in the blacks and the whites simultaneously, usually the heads and the eyes are very dark.
Does anyone have any trick to share how to best circumvent that problem?

Thanks for your kind attention, Jens.

Jens,

Great shot. I really like the OOF Razorbill mirroring pose of the other.

Rob

great shot very sharp, like that it has it's mouth open slightly

Very nice portrait Jens. With all the distracting light bits and other things to look at besides the subject, my eye was drawn immediately to the bill, so they're not that distracting after all

Nice processing as well