passing through puffin

[annmpacheco]

I liked the tones in this image as the BG includes oof burrows and puffins, giving the browns and bits of orange... Gail and I were shooting from a cliff's edge and this puffin gave a glance our way.

D850
500PF

ISO 1600
5.6
1/3200

[Bill Dix]

The wing position gives a great sense of speed. Nice light, exposure and detail, and good flight angle, slightly toward you. Good definition of the eye, which is sometimes difficult with these guys. I agree the mottled BG adds some interest. I could imagine slightly toning down the few brightest BG white spots, but it's very nice as is.

[Kurt Bowman]

I like this as posted. I am not bothered by the white spots (other Puffins) in the BG. Good wing position and detail. Nice work!

[Randy Stout]

Ann: Good input from Bill and Kurt. I would favor toning down the far left, lighter white spot, behind the tail, otherwise fine for me. Trivial, but I want the visual flow of the image to be towards the line of flight, not anchored or drawn by the light spot on the left.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot I like as is.

[John Mack]

Bang on flight shot. The soft light brang out the detail nicely.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice in flight frame, sharp with good details, it shows a bit of a red/orange cast on my screen and I find the BG a bit distracting. maybe if you tone it down it will be less distracting. I could go with a looser crop too

TFS

[gail bisson]

Talk about "in your face"!Tack sharp with great wing position.
I like it as presented but could also see a crop with a looser version.
Agree with taming the whiter areas in BG.
Well done,
Gail