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Puffin in flight

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Posted by Tim Gregory on April 19, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Puffin in flight
Taken last year, looking forward to this years lot!

Posted by jack chapman on April 19, 2009 at 9:11 AM
great shot, a bit tight perhaps but the colours and pose more than make up for that
Posted by Richard Peters on April 19, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Yep I like this one a lot. Agree it may be a tad tight but otherwise great capture :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on April 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM
I like as is :cool:

Some Techs might be nice aswell ?

Some day i'll have a chance to photograph these guys :rolleyes:
Posted by Danielle Nichol on April 19, 2009 at 10:16 AM
I'm hoping to get to see them this year too, I too think it's a bit tight in the top left.

Here is his shot details, exif is in the picture, use an addon for firefox called FxIF then just right click on the pic and choose properties, as long as they don't use "save for web" exif will be displayed.



Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Image Date: 2008:06:24 15:27:33
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 300.0mm
CCD Width: 5.21mm
Exposure Time: 0.0008 s (1/1250)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 200
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
:cool:
Posted by Dawn Monrose on April 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Lovely shot, great composition. Sharp where it needs to be and the right amount of blur in the wings to give a sense of movement. Well captured!
Posted by Terry Longley on April 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Really detailed close in flight capture, as has already been mention it is a little tight in the frame, but a fine capture all the same.

Regards
Terry.
Posted by Ray on April 19, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Size apart, still an excellent capture
Posted by Brian Davis on April 19, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Cracking shot, never seen one but intend to this year.
Posted by Cheryl Surry on April 19, 2009 at 1:41 PM
I'll go against the grain then as a frame filler I think it sits very well within the confines of the composition available. :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on April 19, 2009 at 1:52 PM
I can never catch these guys in flight, so well done Tim. :toast:
Posted by Tim Gregory on April 19, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Cheers guys,

I actually cropped it a bit closer just for putting on the forum, as anything else at 720 makes the puffin a bit small!

Shame how most of the other shots where they were carrying fish, were clipped/oof/crap - lol :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 19, 2009 at 2:42 PM


Very nice capture Tim, all my Puffin shots are normally in the clipped/oof/crap category :biggrin:

Andy...
Posted by keith mitchell on April 19, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Really sharp and a nice blur to the wings,great shot.
:toast: :toast:
Keith
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on April 19, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Cracking capture.

Greg
Posted by Major Gilbert on April 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Good flight shot framing looks ok to me. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Mark Davies on April 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Great shot just the right amount of DOF and shutter speed , a cracker .
Posted by Ian Mason on April 20, 2009 at 7:55 AM
I love it! Wouldn't change anything.
Posted by Ian Haskell on April 20, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Pretty good capture Tim :biggrin: