Puffin wing beat

more puffins unfortunately, spent a fair amount of time at hermaness just getting this behaviour in different ways

40D + 300mm F4L + 1.4 extender
250 @ 7.1
ISO 640
Cropped slightly from left only to make more symetrical

for some reason the above looks almost B+W except for the bill and legs, hopefully this will be better

First looks ok to me Jack if anything the second is that much lighter.
Tubby looking thing looks well fed to me with that comical face. Bit tight but looks good to me.

Major.

The movement and head-on viewpoint is superb.

Neither look B&W from here - 1st pic has day-glo red feet and bill (red channel seems to be too high as there's a red tint in the wings too). 2nd looks better.

They do tend to look rather tubby when they fluff-out & shake the feathers

I really like the idea of seeing the blurred wings, but to me the combination of blur and Oof makes them look detached from the bird.
I like the PoV and they although they both look colourful enough to me, I prefer the second.
Eric

The first one looks oke here. The second one is a little lighter looks better I think.
Nice shot.

I think I prefer the second shot, the composition is very nice.

Matt

Hi Jack.
Both of these look great to me.
Keith.

Fantastic picture. I like the movement a lot

I understand Eric's comment about the wings looking detatched but think this is only the POV as they look a bit behind the bird.

Nice shot that works well in an in your face way - always a challenge to leave enough space in anticipation of a wing flap so well done.



Mark