Puffin + rework

Gallery: AvianPosted October 29, 2010180 views11 comments

Another Puffin with Sandeels taken on Skomer Island in West Wales, UK.

Konica Minolta Dynax 7D
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/800th second
f6.3
ISO 200
330mm
-0.7 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Hand held

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Danny Laredo on October 29, 2010 at 9:24 AM

Fantastic close up and detail.

Registered on March 18, 2008, 71 Posts, 332 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 29, 2010 at 11:26 AM

Now, this guy knows how to fish!! This is a fantastic shot - love both the great detail and color.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Huff on October 29, 2010 at 11:48 AM

WOW!! What an awesome picture. No wonder he looks plump, catching fish like that. Great color and detail.

Ron Huff
Culdesac, Idaho

Registered on August 31, 2010, 69 Posts, 440 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on October 29, 2010 at 2:22 PM

Nice capture. Great detail, lovely color, Geoffrey. Maybe a bit dark, especially the puffin's face.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on October 29, 2010 at 4:46 PM

Yeah, that's a keeper.

The lighting is phenomenal and the detail amazing. Maybe some day, I'll be able to travel to see one of these. Until then, this will certainly do.

Registered on January 26, 2010, 68 Posts, 719 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on October 29, 2010 at 6:03 PM

I've brightened the head a bit, any better?

The sides of a Puffin's face is not pure white like it's chest, it's a sort of muddy greyish colour.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on October 30, 2010 at 6:43 AM

Great detail and even light Geoffrey

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on October 30, 2010 at 8:33 AM

I like it very much. Nice detail and color though for my personal taste I feel there is a little too much open space to the left. I would crop off some of the space to the left and maybe a bit from the right.

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 30, 2010 at 4:50 PM

Geoffrey,

I prefer the second version but only because the color and clarity of the eye is more pronounced. Love the intimacy of this image, natural colors and the food in the bill.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on October 31, 2010 at 6:58 PM

Nice colors and very sharp. Really like all the fish in the bill.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Rogers on November 1, 2010 at 3:30 PM

Hello Geoff.

Beautiful capture and the detail is excellent.

Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments