I have just spent a week camping on the Treshnish Islands and have had a fantastic time messing about with Seabirds. I really wanted to get a shot of a puffin in flight and took over 2000 images just to get a couple of decent ones. They are so fast in flight and tracking them is fustrating but every now and then the autofocus locks on. This is full frame so I only just got it in.
Canon EOS 1D MkII, 300mm Lens, F4, 1/2000, ISO rating 200
Hello John G, Steve went for a kip, so he lent me his lens and I you can imagine his delight when I showed him this one but it is a cracking lens and would love one but need a car as mine has shot it.
Hello John Mac, I would have met up with you as you might have attracted the midges, I went to loch Maree looking for Northern Emerald Dragonfly and the midges were relentless, they are tough B"£$%&&s up there!
Brillant work Danny, well worth all the effort!!, I used exactly the same combo last week trying to get a shot of a broad bodied chaser in flight...even with the fastest af camera and lens in the world i still ended up with a card full of near misses.. maybe I should try photographing Puffins instead!?
Great shot - had a quick go at flight shots with these guys and quickly realised it wasn't going to be easy - they come in so fast and without any warning!
A very dramatic image with the head on view of the Puffin in flight.
Very difficult birds to capture in flight, they are fast and nimble. Sometimes you can catch them in 'hover' mode if there is a strong wind blowing but still extremely difficult to get a frame filling image like this. Nice work.
There was hardly any wind and the puffins would use the updraft of the cliff face to get enough speed, I also found that the birds coming in with a beak full sandeels were coming in faster and just diving straight into their nest chambers, have you witnessed this, I suppose they just thought I was after their catch. It was great fun and would love another go!
Yep I have seen the Puffins on Skomer virtually land into their burrows to avoid the gulls stealing their sand eels. Very difficult to photograph them. I did see Puffins hover a bit before landing when I was on the Farnes, but this was before chicks had hatched and feeding was in full swing.
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22 repliesCanon EOS 1D MkII, 300mm Lens, F4, 1/2000, ISO rating 200
Thanks for looking
Danny
Rene de Heer
ps i will be in touch when im back from Holland
Another great shot.
I think that a square crop might suit this shot, due to the angle of the wings.
Regards Rob.
Alison
Cheers
Superb
Tim
fantastic.
John
You should have given me a shout on your way up, or on the way back. I'm only a wee bit away from Oban.
Cheers,
John
Hello John Mac, I would have met up with you as you might have attracted the midges, I went to loch Maree looking for Northern Emerald Dragonfly and the midges were relentless, they are tough B"£$%&&s up there!
Wow this ones a bit special - not easy for the AF to track accurately when they are coming directly at you. Ditto Tim's comments re colours!
David
Superb capture, I agree with Tim and David too.
Best wishes
Phil
Mark
A top class shot.
A very dramatic image with the head on view of the Puffin in flight.
Very difficult birds to capture in flight, they are fast and nimble. Sometimes you can catch them in 'hover' mode if there is a strong wind blowing but still extremely difficult to get a frame filling image like this. Nice work.
cheers
Sean
There was hardly any wind and the puffins would use the updraft of the cliff face to get enough speed, I also found that the birds coming in with a beak full sandeels were coming in faster and just diving straight into their nest chambers, have you witnessed this, I suppose they just thought I was after their catch. It was great fun and would love another go!
Cheers
Dan
Yep I have seen the Puffins on Skomer virtually land into their burrows to avoid the gulls stealing their sand eels. Very difficult to photograph them. I did see Puffins hover a bit before landing when I was on the Farnes, but this was before chicks had hatched and feeding was in full swing.
cheers
Sean