Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/8
1/2000
ISO 800
This one I captured on the magical island of Staffa, on Scotland's West coast. The island is uninhabited and probably more famous for Fingal's Cave, made famous by the composer Mendelssohn and his Hebrides Overture. A very small island, where, if you walk 500 yards from the cave, away from the tourists, who visit the cave by boat, you come across a colony of Puffins, where you can get close to them. The light here, is also magical, and very natural. Recently, a survey carried out, showed the oldest Puffins, were 37 years old. This one for sure does have the markings of an older bird. The Puffins will be at sea. When they see human activity, they fly towards the island, and perch nearby, knowing that the human activity will keep away the gulls and skuas, their natural predators. Smart birds.
Will