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Now..Now.!! - Puffins x2

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Posted by Craig Jones on May 30, 2009 at 7:33 AM
Now..Now.!! - Puffins x2
One of the photos I was after when I returned to Skomer for the second time in aweek; These 2 males were displaying to one another at first, neither would back down then the fighting begun, I wanted to portray the intimate/close up view of these exhaustive fights the males go through,some of the other photos can be seen on the link below.Thanks for looking.

All Comments/Advice Welcome


Tech;
Nikon D300
Nikon 600VR
F8,1/800
iso 400
PP-CS3,Full Frame/No Crop :wink:
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Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 30, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Glad you got some better weather. Nice to see some conflict too! Nice image.
Posted by Ray on May 30, 2009 at 11:15 AM
For me, it needs a tad more DOF for the bird on the left.

The interaction is well caught, excellent capture.
Posted by Mark Green on May 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM
nice photo, its great to see the birds behavior.

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mark
Posted by Craig Jones on May 30, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Thank you for your comments,not to popular this one, I love it though :razz: :razz: :razz: :wavey:
Posted by Jeremy on May 30, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Sharp where it needs to be, and great action. Excellent shot. Were there many Puffins? Hoping to go myself in a week or two.
Posted by Guy Rogers on May 31, 2009 at 4:36 AM
Hello Craig.

Very nice and as Jeremy said the sharpness is were it needed to be. An excellent image thats work well for me.

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Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on May 31, 2009 at 5:02 AM
Very nice behavioural shot, Craig. :smile:
Posted by Brett Lewis on May 31, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Nice work Craig, love that interaction and you've composed it very well.

Kind regards,

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by jack chapman on May 31, 2009 at 12:33 PM
great image, the poses and colours are great
Posted by CLICKMAN38 on May 31, 2009 at 1:41 PM
I really like the first shot on your Flikr page as well as this. Even more action and aggression!

Tom
Posted by Craig Jones on May 31, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Thanks everyone for your comments, and Tom I've posted this here now and it shows the 'action'alittle more I feel, thanks again :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Colin Crowdey on June 1, 2009 at 6:30 AM
hi Craig, I prefer the second post much better - the initial post is good, but the second coveys the drama and aggression much better

cheers

Colin
Posted by Paul Hillion on June 1, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Yep I agree with Colin, the 2nd post is top class! I'm staying on Skomer for 3 nights next month and seeing your shots Craig I can't wait!!

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