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Bill Dix
07-28-2020, 08:52 AM
From Flatey Island in 2016. I have a number of frames of these guys against clean backgrounds, but while weeding out my files I came across this one where he is approaching his burrow with a treat for the kids. Full frame.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 800, 1/2500s @ f/8 manual.
annmpacheco
07-28-2020, 11:54 AM
Hi Bill,
well done, i like the comp, and it has many goodies, love the eel/fishy, and eye contact along with the fire engine red mouth. Sweet purple flowers and lichen and moss, EXP spot on, clean BG, love Flatey, terrific.
gail bisson
07-28-2020, 12:20 PM
This is very good Bill.
Love the slight head tilt and the prey item.
Flowers add a very nice touch. These guys are hard to expose for properly and even more so in harsher light so you did well,
Gail
Geoffrey Montagu
07-28-2020, 03:33 PM
Both you and the Guillemot have a nice capture, Bill. Like the Icelandic setting. Nice handling of the harsh light, and excellent background.


Geoffrey




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Robert Kimbrell
07-28-2020, 05:56 PM
A very nice frame Bill. A lot to like here, nice head turn and good view of the feet. I like the background and the flowers add to the scene. An excellent treat for the kids.
dankearl
07-28-2020, 10:55 PM
You held onto to this awhile... very nice, bird and prey...
Brian Sump
07-28-2020, 11:52 PM
Bill, the colors on left in flowers and the feet really add to this one. The eel (?) is crazy cool!

I was thrown a bit at first at the transition of the coarse black to the more velvety sections as there's not much detail in the latter. After some research I understand their feathers do have a more velvety sheen, sans when they are wet.

Love the composition too. Well done.
Jay Ing
07-29-2020, 02:03 PM
Don't know how these are "supposed" to look - but it sure looks good. Those red feet and red mouth - wow. TFS.
Bill Dix
07-30-2020, 09:44 AM
Thank you all. Your comments are always appreciated. The prey item is locally called a Butterfish on Flatey Island, although the American (Atlantic) Butterfish is a totally different critter. I think this guy is known elsewhere as a Rock Gunnel (Pholis gunnellus).