Sorry but it's another puffin photo.
I have photos of other birds, honest, but I just happen to love puffins.
This was taken at a secret location on Skomer that I've named "Andy's Corner", after my friend Andy Astbury who showed me it's potential for flight shots, thanks mate
This is one of the rare occasions that I actually fired off a burst of 2 frames (wow) lol, 99% of the time I shoot single frames, even for flight shots, not through choice, but my camera is very basic, only has the one central cross-hair and has a buffer of 4 RAWs before it grinds to a halt, so I have to "wait till I see the whites of their eyes" as they say, before I take my shot, this time I got lucky and both shots were usable.
It was coming in so close that I thought it was going to land on my lens.
Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/2000th second
f8
ISO 200
330mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Hand held
Continuous focussing
Posted by Paul Rosser on August 23, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Wonderfull detail, composition, and exposure. Spot on!
Regards,
Paul
Posted by Karen Summers on August 23, 2010 at 2:51 PM
Thats a super shot Geoffrey great comp and exposure really like this, love the way he is looking down, looks like he is bouncing on a trampoline
Posted by Shaun Simpson on August 23, 2010 at 3:16 PM
Superb shot, great detail and unusual shot of a puffin
Posted by Shaun Simpson on August 23, 2010 at 3:16 PM
Superb shot, great detail and unusual shot of a puffin
Posted by David Sewell on August 23, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Superb, and I agree with Karen about it looking like it is on a trampoline!
David
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 23, 2010 at 4:16 PM
Excellent capture Geoff, just goes to show that high end gear isn't essential when capturing good images. well done.
Andy...
Posted by Calum Dickson on August 23, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Looks to me like it's got a jetpack on it's back that you can't see . It's such a differnt pose to what you normally see. A fantastically unique image.
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13 repliesI have photos of other birds, honest, but I just happen to love puffins.
This was taken at a secret location on Skomer that I've named "Andy's Corner", after my friend Andy Astbury who showed me it's potential for flight shots, thanks mate
This is one of the rare occasions that I actually fired off a burst of 2 frames (wow) lol, 99% of the time I shoot single frames, even for flight shots, not through choice, but my camera is very basic, only has the one central cross-hair and has a buffer of 4 RAWs before it grinds to a halt, so I have to "wait till I see the whites of their eyes" as they say, before I take my shot, this time I got lucky and both shots were usable.
It was coming in so close that I thought it was going to land on my lens.
Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/2000th second
f8
ISO 200
330mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Hand held
Continuous focussing
Regards,
Paul
David
Excellent capture Geoff, just goes to show that high end gear isn't essential when capturing good images. well done.
Andy...
Calum
It do`s look like he is bouncing on a trampoline
Thanks everyone, glad you like it.
Geoff.
Brett
Geoff.