p.1 #1 · Puffins and Other Birds of the Île aux Perroquets
Île aux Perroquets is a tiny islet in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and it's an absolute birder's paradise. I was incredibly lucky to spend a few hours there last week; wish I could stay for a month.
I was mostly shooting puffins - my camera gravitated to them all by itself - but I also photographed razorbills, bank swallows, common murres (common murre in bridled form is included below), and black guillemots. Some shots of these birds are included below to break up the onslaught of puffins.
All photos were taken with a 7D2 + 100-400 and 600 (with and without a 1.4x). 600+1.4x on crop was ideal for shooting birds from above; handholding the v3 was awesome. There might be a couple of 1DX shots in here but I mostly wanted to maximize reach.
p.1 #11 · Puffins and Other Birds of the Île aux Perroquets
galenapass wrote:
Really great shots. Puffins are very photogenic!
Thank you so much, Mike!
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scubasteve208 wrote:
WHOOOOOAAAAAAA
THESE.
PHOTOS.
ROCK!
Amazing, plus I enjoy looking at puffins
Thank you!!!
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Bobg657 wrote:
What a great series, how fortunate to have access to these photogenic birds!
TFS,
Bob
Thank you very much, Bob! This was a pretty long drive for me but the scenery is absolutely incredible so I got a ton of landscape shots out of this trip as well.
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dclark wrote:
All these great shots in a few hours. Amazing!
Too many great shots to pick favorites.
Dave
Thank you, Dave!! Let's just say that this was a very target-rich environment. One shot I didn't get is a puffin landing at a burrow and facing me. I spent some time standing above several burrows but I noticed that the birds just wouldn't land with me there so I didn't want to stress them and moved on.
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kmunroe wrote:
very nice set Vladimir
Thank you very much, Kenny!
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dj_hess wrote:
Wonderful set of images. Puffins are always pleasing to look at and you captured them well.
Thank you!!
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Rimpson wrote:
Gorgeous set! You have that 7D II singing!
Ricky
Thank you so much, Ricky! 7D2 is just awesome!
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AGeoJO wrote:
The entire set is excellent but I understand why your gear gravitated to puffins; those puffin images you captured are wonderful, OSP!
There might be a couple of 1DX shots in here but I mostly wanted to maximize reach.
