Atlantic Puffin

[Alfred Forns]

From the trip to St Johns this summer, a must return location !!!!

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Nikon D300
70-200 VR 2.8 1.4X
f 4.0 1/3200 sec
ISO 500
O comp (manual)

[Juan Aragonés]

Hey Alfred this one is really good. Terrific action and those fishes in the beak a re a great bonus. Love the contrast of the intense orange color feet against the dark, green BG. very nice compositiona. BTW, another round of noise reduction would help to improve the result. Muy buena!

[Harold Davis]

one sweet image for sure!! they even look fast!! have to take that trip one of these years!!!

[Mark Schmitt]

I'm drawn in by the BG. I am a fan of multi-coloured, but very blurred BG's. This one works well. The bird is amply contrasted against the BG. Good crop.

[Gus Cobos]

Great capture Mr. Al,
I like the capture. You have excellent details and colors...he looks like hes going at a fast clip...:eek::cool:

[Doug Brown]

Like it a lot Al. Looks like a tough capture. It'd be nice if the near wing were in a slightly different position, but I'd be thrilled to have this in my portfolio.

[Bee Emily]

WOW WOW WOW I love puffins!!!

[Melvin Grey]

Beautifully composed image Al, The light angle really gives the bird three dimensions and the light coming through the feet is magic. And all against an interesting, contrasting, multi toned BG.

[John Ippolito]

Beautiful composition Al. Fish in beak, the dark BG and those translucent feet really make this work!

[Jose Manuel Reyes]

Hola, que alegría que sabes castelano, un momento muy bien capturado con buen encuadre, definición y luz.
Un saludo.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, details and the fish add to it. I particularly like the translucent feet. I might clone out the dark spots in the BG and agree regarding NR.

[Raymond Barlow]

as good as it gets Al, excellent shot.

[denise ippolito]

Alfred, It doesn't get much better than that! Great BG colors and wonderful flight position!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Oh I am jealous Alfred. Love this flight image and the fish put it over the top !!! Great flight pose !!!!!

[Fabs Forns]

I love this one, not easy to catch that day!

[Stu Bowie]

An outstanding image of this guy in flight. I agree about another round of NR, but still very well captured Alfred.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Alfred,
An awesome image. I agree the fish in the beak puts it over the top.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Javier Ramos Pérez]

Excellent photo, the flight is absolutely stopped and with good composition, my congratulations and greetings.


Javier Ramos
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[chad anderson]

fantastic action and background!! love it, what a trip lucky you.

[Ramon M. Casares]

It looks like light was not ideal for these kind of shot and you managed to get a great one! Pose and detail are awesome! IMO some noise reduction to the bird would help! Congratualitons my friend!

[Mike Lentz]

Frame it up brother Al!! Just fantastic! What in the world took you so long to post this one? Ya hold out!