Atlantic Puffin

[Simon d'Entremont]

The ocean isn't often calm where I live, so I was pleased to be able to get a tranquil shot of an Atlantic Puffin on the water on a nice day while out studying tern nesting sites for a research project. This was taken from a zodiac off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, handheld with a bit of support from the side of the boat.

Canon 7D II
500mm f4 II taken @ 6.3
ISO 400
1/2500

Simon

[arash_hazeghi]

looks good Simon, I like the low angle and the calm water. good light too. The puffin can use a bit more sharpening and the whites look a bit grey on my screen, I'd adjust the white point

TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Excellent critique by Arash above. Love the still water and the perfectly square to the sensor pose. As the eyes of puffins and gannets are so deep-set it is a good plan to lighten the irises of both of these species to make them look more natural and bring the image to life. As far as the WHITEs, I would advice making sure that they are in the mid-230s for the RAW conversion. Some folks prefer them in the mid-240s.

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[Simon d'Entremont]

Great advice guys. Here's a redo with tweaks to whites, sharpening and eyes.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is a very appealing image Simon! Hard to believe that is the ocean. The tiny ripples in front of the chest are superb. Good job taking the advice and going for it.

[Arthur Morris]

The repost is an improvement.

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[Tim Foltz]

Sweet shot, thumbs up on the re-do. I do love the puffins.

-Tim

[William Dickson]

Repost looks great. Great swimming pose, very unusual pose Lovely details and the bird looks real good against the BG colour,

TFS

Will