Open wide

[nick clayton]

Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK. 28/06/15

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 600mm f4 II USM Lens + 1.4 extender


1/1600 @ f6.3
+ 1 EV
Aperture priority
ISO 400
Pattern

RAW converted in Canon DPP

Levels
Saturation
Selective Color
Curves
White point and Black point colour correction
Nik Software - Dfine 2.0 noise reduction - background only. Color Efex Pro 4 - Tonal Contrast - subject only, Detail Extractor - Highlight areas only.
Photoshop USM

Canvas added on the left edge

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the calling pose with wide open beak. Good techs and processing. I only wish you were slightly higher relative to the puffin

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat pose, colours, details, composition. Too bad the eye does not have a catchlight or reflection - perhaps a bit of eye work would be worth it. All else is spot on to me.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice to have the open beak. Excellent details, good IQ. I would try to brighten the eye a bit if it were mine.

[Richard Gollar]

That is a outstanding picture. When I see such a razor sharp shot taken with the 7d Mark II it really makes me realize that I need to practice more with mine. Hope to get some shots this nice someday. Great picture and great processing.

[Grace Scalzo]

I've had some luck with puffin eyes when I select it, put it on its own layer, lighten the iris then burn in the pupil. Probably many other ways to do this better! MY PS skills are ever evolving but that's what I would try. Certainly an image worthy of some more work!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot Nick well detailed and exposed, I like the colours, well done.
I see you have a big lens there...I wish I had one!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Agree with Daniel about eye work.
Looks great otherwise.

[haseeb badar]

That is an amazing image !! super details all round , very well done . some good suggestions regarding angle and eye work . TFS !

[Derek Willcox]

looks good Nick great details colours pop off the screen nice puffin shot

[nick clayton]

Thanks for the comments, it's very much appreciated.