Puffin in flight

Just come back from a trip doing seabirds and during the evenings on one island I was blessed with good weather and the wind was in the right direction to try and get puffins in flight with the backlighting producing a wonderful glow, only problem was my reflexes which are getting slower and slower and my success rate was very low.

Canon 1D MK11, 300mm lens, f2.8, 1/1250, ISO 200

Danny

Hi Danny,

Good to see you back, Very impressive shot as usual, love the detail especially the blood vessels in the feet.

Look's like a productive trip.

Regards

Rob

Brilliant shot. You only need 1 when its as good as this!!

Nothing much to say apart from "nice one "
Cheers
John

I suppose you "need" one of those lenses now. You can't rely on someone lending you one next time.

Great shot - much better than mine. If you hadn't been the cook I'd have pushed you over the edge of that cliff.

Looking forward to the next posts from this trip (and the next one).

Danny. This is stunningly good in my book. I especially like the light glowing through the wings, the richness of the colours and the eye contact. In fact I wonder if the eyes could perhaps take a little more processing (maybe brightness or saturation) to emphasise that? Brilliant stuff as usual!

At the risk of being kicked off for not picking any faults



Stunning





Ian

B******d (sometimes even part of a word is enough!).

Cheers,
Chris

Great lighting, comp and BG. Excellent indeed.

Excellent. Beautiful light, great pose and composition, can't say anything else really!

Very Nice Danny!
The 300 2.8 seems to be the optic of choice for getting this type of shot, seems more reponsive!
Great lighting!!

Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk

Love the lighting in this shot but, for me at least, it works better if flipped on the horizontal axis. Everyone has there choice and that's mine I suppose. Otherwise it's a fine shot and not a sand eel in sight..! Look forward to more from you trip Danny.

Brett

Nice light and a great image.... reflexes... wait till you get to my age

I'm sure I've seen this taxidermised puffin before well captured again.

Love the back lighting to this image, great detail in the bird and compositon is spot on

That's what happens when you start getting old mate.. Nice work, like the back lighting...

Tony

A superb image Danny, without that backlighting, this image wouldn't stand out half as well.

Fran

Very very nice mr. Green. You did well.

oh yes....I hate you.

Ed

Hi danny.
Superb shot Danny the backlight through the birds feet and wings is great!!!!

Keith.

Hi Danny, brilliant shot, after going with Andy A and Mark, I know how impossible this is!!!!!!!! I've just managed to pick up a decent second hand 1D mk 11, how did you have it set up? All AF points active? Cheers....

Once again another image that is made all the more effective by the additional light.

Major.

Nice one, Danny. Love it.

Simon