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by Geoffrey Baker

Gallery: AvianPosted December 25, 201077 views7 comments
Another Puffin image taken at Skomer Island in West Wales, Uk.

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope Santa was generous to you all :wink:

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/640th
f7.1
ISO 100
230mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Hand held
Taken as a single shot, as were most of my photos with this camera.
Full frame

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on December 25, 2010 at 8:44 AM
Beautiful capture of the Puffin, Geoffrey, with nice separation from the background.

Sure hate to pick nits but down at the bottom are a couple of spots that look like flares and can so easily be fixed with content-fill or cloning so they won't detract from the subject bird.

Merry Christmas and kudos on a fine image.

Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by Sally King on December 25, 2010 at 9:13 AM
I love the incoming puffin. The top wish bird on my list. The colors are fantastic. Wish the feet weren't cut off of some of the watchers but still a very fine image of these very cool birds.
Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments
Comment posted by Tom Wilson on December 25, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Nice Capture, sharp, good background.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 573 Posts, 2211 Comments
Comment posted by Philip Haffley on December 26, 2010 at 10:12 AM
I don't know how you feel about cloning but you might consider removing the two birds in the lower right. the OOF bird distracts. Still I think it is a great capture. :toast:
Registered on August 10, 2008, 265 Posts, 317 Comments
Comment posted by Guy Rogers on December 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Hello Geoff.

Lovely capture of the puffin in flight and good composition in the frame. I like the puffins at the bottom of the image makes for a good base.

Only nit would have been it would have been nice to see the feet of the ones at the bottom, but knowing how fast these puffins are in flight I think you have done a fine job as is.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 27, 2010 at 8:59 PM
I like the feel of this shot but agree that a little more room at the bottom would have made it even better. :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on December 28, 2010 at 1:22 AM
Nice one Geoffrey - love the landing pose.

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