Preening puffin and "Something is bugging me"....

[gail bisson]

Taken in Iceland.July 2019
Can you spot the reason for my title?
ISO 800 SS 1/640 F 6.3
Canon 1DX, 600mm v3 and 1.4xv3
Cropped from landscape but full vertical- no room above or below. Nothing added or cloned.
The little bits on the black feathers are sea lice.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks good! I like how the very tip of the bill is delicately preening the feathers. Good head angle, and the wing is opened just right. Perch and BG look good as well. I'm glad you left the reason for your title intact!

[annmpacheco]

Lovely preen, great light and yes ouchee on the left leg. Great HA and clear view of the eye.Clean BG, all works well together for a beautiful image.

[Aditya Sridhar]

Beautiful shot Gail! Great detail in the blacks, nice HA and super clean BG. Love the tiny 'detail' mentioned in the title

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful Gail, I like the contrast, colours and tones, the pose shows interesting behaviour, the rock and background contrast nicely with the puffin. I also liked the title (yes I spotted the mossy!)

[Moe Richard]

Excellent pose, color, and detail. I especially like the way you been able to bring out nice detail and maintain color in the black plumage. That said, applying some digital Lindane to the sea lice might improve the image.

[John Mack]

Very nice. Not the typical puffin image you see. The vertical crop is nice. Like the preening pose. Background is great.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Like this a lot, Gail. Great look at the different tones in the black feathers. Love the preening pose, and that you left the bug.

Geoffrey




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[William Dickson]

Very nice indeed...I have the very same image, but the eye is closed So well done on getting this one Gail. Lovely feather detail, pose and BG.

Will

[Dorian Anderson]

Yea, this is really lovely, Gail! Lovely pose, and the feather detail across the bird is excellent. I am a sucker for seeing scaly feet, and this passes that test (bug too)! His face is stereotypically sweet, so that words as well. A real winner!