Puffin portrait

[Charles Glatzer]

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Iceland 11 pm

1Ds Mark III, 600 mm, stacked extension tubes
Manual, (plus 2 EV off white chest) 1/200 @ f/8, ISO 400
Post-production- LR2, CS4

See you where there is light, or at the computer

Best,

Chas <!-- / message -->

[Aidan Briggs]

Just about perfect. Killer light, exposure, and BG. Maybe just a tad more room in front.

Well Done!

[Lorant Voros]

Wow....what a light. Very nice portrait...taken at 11PM :-). For me it is perfect with the magic light, the detail, comp, everything. Congratulations.

[Marina Scarr]

Hi Chas:

This is an absolutely gorgeous portrait. Wish for just a tad more room on top b/c it appears a bit cramped. I would also remove the white spec on the right side of the bird's lid.

The light and mood you have captured here are exquisite. It almost looks like a painting!

Marina

[Harshad Barve]

what a light , beautiful image, IMHO some what tight in front
TFS

[Charles Glatzer]

Hi Chas:

This is an absolutely gorgeous portrait. Wish for just a tad more room on top b/c it appears a bit cramped. I would also remove the white spec on the right side of the bird's lid.

The light and mood you have captured here are exquisite. It almost looks like a painting!

Marina

The white spec you are referencing is the natural catch-light. It is also indicative of the light direction falling on the subject. Shadow defines ;).

Best,

Chas

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great light and nice clean look on the bird, very good portrait.

[Marina Scarr]

The white spec you are referencing is the natural catch-light. It is also indicative of the light direction falling on the subject. Shadow defines ;).

I considered it may be catchlight but dismissed the idea when I zoomed in and looked at it. Thanks for the lesson. I am always happy to learn.

Marina

[Ramon M. Casares]

I love it, light is magical. Species, detail and colors as well as BG and sharpness are great too.
It feels a tad tight IMO and I would've gone for an horizontal comp to give the bird more room and also to avoid the OOF wing, but that is just a matter of taste :)
Congratulaitons!

[Gal Shon]

That is extraordinary,
Love it as is, but would prefer a bit more room top and right.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi chas,

It seems you like you really shot the light here :):D

Beaufitul portrait in some gorgeous light. If anything I would add some room on top and the right otherwise perfect.

No critique on you image Chas, but I was wondering if anybody knew why their under mandible looks so worn out most of the time????

Cheers,

Krijn

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nice feel to this, great light and details... the whites on the bottom looks diffrent from the whites on the bird face any reason for this, would love a little more space around.. still loved the image.. congrats..

[Charles Glatzer]

I love it, light is magical. Species, detail and colors as well as BG and sharpness are great too.
It feels a tad tight IMO and I would've gone for an horizontal comp to give the bird more room and also to avoid the OOF wing, but that is just a matter of taste :)
Congratulaitons!


Ramon,

Image looks good as horz. :) I recommend taking at least 4 variations of cooporative subjects horz, vert, close-up, and environmental....as I did with this subject. Just choose to post the vert. You can view the environmental image on that other N_N site ;).

Best,

Chas

[sree.kumar.h]

It can't get any better. Magical light makes the image.

[Nagesh Mula]

Simply Stunning Chas. Very good picture with warm light. Needless to say the whites are just fine. I liked the original version here. Congratulations!!

[Keith Bauer]

The light on this puffin is simply stunning. Wonderful detail in the bird. I too would like a bit more room, but as posted it is a very powerful portrait.

[Stephen Earle]

The magic of light shown off so well. A different take on this species. TFS.

[Mike Veltri]

Stunning as is!

[Jory Griesman]

Great portrait. Only thing to add to other comments is how well you've captured detail in blacks and whites, which is very difficult to do with puffins (IMHO). I also like the dark shade of black. I'm not sure if this is the way they all look, but I've seen a couple of other shots in the forum with a much lighter/greyer black, which I find less appealing (nature vs. capture/processing, I'm not sure).