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Bringing home the bacon

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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 3, 2012 at 3:59 AM
Bringing home the bacon
Very straight forward, no need for any intro.

cheers
Steve

Subject: Head shot of Puffin with sand eels in beak (Fratercula arctic)
Location:UK
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500f/f/4 handheld
Exposure: 1/500s f/4 ISO400 0 stop compensation
Crop: Slight crop for presentation (original capture horizontal)
Posted by Neil Burton on July 3, 2012 at 4:01 AM
Natural colours, great detail!
Posted by David Sewell on July 3, 2012 at 4:23 AM
Perfectly processed, Steve, as always. Which puffin colony was it?

David
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 3, 2012 at 4:40 AM
With that title I was expecting a Leopard dragging a Warthog up a tree :biggrin: :biggrin: :wink: :confused:

Can't fault it Stevo - exceptional processing, and not too shabby a shot either :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Barry Southon on July 3, 2012 at 4:41 AM
Steve

A pleasure to view.

:wink:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 3, 2012 at 5:08 AM
WOW guys, thank you, I had a chuckle a little while back when I think Phil H posted a Puffin very similar to this, but without the sand eels, however no PS work was done to get to this image. :biggrin:

David it was at Farnes.

Andy, if only I had a shot of that. Processing, well I listen to my Elders and sift the advice given. :wink:

Neil/Barry, thank you.

Steve :wavey:
Posted by Kim Connolly on July 3, 2012 at 5:39 AM
Just fabulous, Steve. :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on July 3, 2012 at 7:47 AM
Steve as the rest have said it looks perfect.
Keith.
Posted by Austin Thomas on July 3, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Yes. A perfect example for us all to admire. Nice one Steve. When were you on the Farnes? I bumped into old friends Mr and Mrs Forns on the Farnes last week!

Cheers

Austin

Posted by Dave Bartlett on July 4, 2012 at 3:35 AM
Excellent Steve. Classic Farnes shot. I was in Shetland a few weeks ago but too early for birds returning with eels while I was there.

Dave
Posted by PhilH on July 4, 2012 at 3:59 PM
LoL... Nice... Haven't been able to make a trip to any stronghold this year due to pressure at work... (hehe) I think you could perhaps raise the whites ever, ever so slightly, blacks are looking spot on, the lift in the whites would give a tiny boost in the contrast keeping all the detail... Me off course I would flip horizontally, whether that is a good thing or not, I don't know, I always feel more comfortable with an image that moves in the same direction that I read... Still a great image of a super bird and with a good beak full...

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 5, 2012 at 7:02 AM
A classic Steve - very nice and handheld!

David :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on July 5, 2012 at 8:56 AM
looks flawless to me Steve, certainly one of the best images of its kind that I've seen. Brilliant.

Phil's comment about flipping horizontally so the subject is looking to the right is interesting as it's something I always do as well, but I did wonder if it was just me! :smile:

Matt :toast:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on July 6, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Super shot Steve :toast: :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Phil Ellard on July 8, 2012 at 3:08 AM
classic puffin :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Bob Johnson on July 10, 2012 at 9:17 AM
First class portrait steve,

Nice eye detail :wink:

Bob :smile: