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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · A few puffins


A few Atlantic Puffin shots from a recent trip to the U.K. I don't have a lot of experience shooting birds in flight, and these little rockets were extremely tough for a novice to capture even with the AF capabilities of the D500.

The fish you see in images 6 and 7 are "sand eels", and the adults only bring these back to the nest burrows when the chicks have hatched. We were lucky enough to be there when both the flowers were still in bloom, and the adults were bringing food back to the chicks. We heard from some of the local naturalists that the adults were only going to be bring food back to the nest for about 2 more weeks, before leaving to go back out to sea.

Hope you enjoy.

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Aug 01, 2017 at 09:57 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · A few puffins


A couple more for you.

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Aug 01, 2017 at 09:58 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · A few puffins


Nice set, tough shooting black and white birds. I guess a D500 is now your film :-}

Morris



Aug 01, 2017 at 10:32 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · A few puffins


Excellent captures! Looks like shots from a seasoned bird in flight photographer , certainly not a novice. Very nicely done.

Birdie



Aug 01, 2017 at 10:35 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · A few puffins


Wonderful set. Enjoyed them all.

~Greg



Aug 01, 2017 at 01:34 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · A few puffins


Nice series!


Aug 01, 2017 at 01:43 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · A few puffins


Very nicely done Jeff. 2, 4, a d 7 stand out ~ Ron


Aug 01, 2017 at 06:28 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · A few puffins


Really nice backgrounds for these and nice landing shots. #2 and #7 for me.
-Cam



Aug 01, 2017 at 07:24 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · A few puffins


a sweet set of puffins Jeff


Aug 01, 2017 at 08:36 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · A few puffins


All of the pics are nice, as they reveal such diverse behaviors and poses. I really like the last photo in your set...
Just a quick suggestion... if you were shooting raw, you may want to tone down the highlights just a bit. I am seeing details in the chest feathers, but they appear a touch hot when viewed on my computer.

cheers,
bruce



Aug 02, 2017 at 07:32 AM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · A few puffins


I cant believe people eat them!


Aug 02, 2017 at 08:53 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · A few puffins


morris wrote:
Nice set, tough shooting black and white birds. I guess a D500 is now your film :-}

Morris


Thanks Morris, appreciate your comments. Yeah, the D500 and D800 are my new mediums. I was a late convert to digital, and at the time I joined FM I had no intentions to convert to digital. Still have my Nikon film and slide scanner

birdied wrote:
Excellent captures! Looks like shots from a seasoned bird in flight photographer , certainly not a novice. Very nicely done.

Birdie


Thank you for your kind words Birdie !

gvg45 wrote:
Wonderful set. Enjoyed them all.

~Greg


Thanks Greg, I'm glad you liked them. I really enjoyed your recent burrowing owl set! Looks like that was a really fun outing.

Ted ellis wrote:
Nice series!


Ted, thanks so much for taking the time to view my images. Really appreciate your comment.

srufnron wrote:
Very nicely done Jeff. 2, 4, and 7 stand out ~ Ron

Thanks very much Ron! You've always been very kind in providing feedback to me.

onegreatcity wrote:
Really nice backgrounds for these and nice landing shots. #2 and #7 for me.
-Cam


Cam, thanks so much for leaving your comments. I'm glad you liked the images. One of my big goals is to make it to Churchill some day for the polar bears. When I do, I'll be coming through Winnipeg!

kmunroe wrote:
a sweet set of puffins Jeff


Thanks very much for your kind words! (I wish I could find some place in Nova Scotia to photograph puffins! It would save me a lot of trouble having to learn how to drive on the wrong side of the road. )

OwlsEyes wrote:
All of the pics are nice, as they reveal such diverse behaviors and poses. I really like the last photo in your set...
Just a quick suggestion... if you were shooting raw, you may want to tone down the highlights just a bit. I am seeing details in the chest feathers, but they appear a touch hot when viewed on my computer.

cheers,
bruce


Thanks so much for the feedback Bruce. I am shooting raw and post-processing with ACR and PS CS6. However, I'm flying a bit blind since none of my monitors are calibrated. I'll try to tone down the whites a bit.

brownsugar wrote:
I cant believe people eat them!

Umm... that's really sad if true.





Aug 02, 2017 at 04:33 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · A few puffins


Terrific set!! My favorites are #4 & 7, but I enjoyed them all.

Jim



Aug 02, 2017 at 11:51 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · A few puffins


Lovely pictures.
They are the most colorful coolest sweetest bird
TFS and making me smile....
BB



Aug 03, 2017 at 06:03 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · A few puffins


Very well done. PUffin magic.


Aug 03, 2017 at 08:22 AM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · A few puffins


Very enjoyable set of Puffin action shots.

Thanks for sharing.



Aug 03, 2017 at 08:52 AM





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