big catch puffin style

[annmpacheco]

Another puffin returning to the borrow with a beak-full. I chose this area for the BG and hunkered down as it was very windy and cold. I was without my bag of goodies for a day during this shoot as the airport forgot to load my bag... I like the lone fish eye!

1Dx
600mmII
HH

ISO 1600
5.6
1/3200

[Adhika Lie]

Wow, Ann, you picked a really good BG. I, too, like the single fish eye. The face area is a little too crunchy for my taste, maybe reduce the sharpening a little bit?
This is another example why you shouldn't check in your camera equipments, right?

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the many fish hanging from his beak but wish the bird had not intersected with the shoreline and a better wing position. The image is over sharpened as Adhika mentioned it is also too contrasty and the shoulder whites are blown with no detail

TFS

[annmpacheco]

no excuses, sure with both of you, i particularly don't like the crunchy lack of detail in face and the blown shoulder whites, thanks, ann

[William Dickson]

Fantastic capture and I can see why you would want to sharpen it. I really like it you chose a good BG

Nice work

Will