The Olympic Diver

[Ed Vatza]

... preparing for an inward two-and-a-half. Another Puffin image from Machias Seal Island.

Canon 50D; 300mm f/2.8L IS lens; handheld.

1/1250 sec @ f/5.6; ISO 200; 0 EV; natural light

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice wingflap pose, and good job on the exposure - what looks to be dappled light surely helped you with that. I'm finding the comp a little on the tight side, and a catchlight would help bring life to the eye. Still very nice :-)

[Mital Patel]

same as daniel wrote above for compo and that may make this a fantastic shot by adding space arround.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, details and angle. Another vote for more room and I would lighten the eye. Did they already feed the young?

[Jasper Doest]

Hi Ed,

I like the pose but the eye looks a bit dead to me. If you ever go an photograph puffins in light like this I'd recommend using some fill-flash to bring some life into the eye.

[Rene Quenneville]

Beautiful picture ED,
I like the bird position and the deep blue background. I support the previous comments.

[Richard Dumoulin]

Not easy to manage the whites and blacks on that bird but you've done it perfectly for this photo.

If you can, I would give me more space on left and top. I wonder if with more ISO you could have frozen the wing behing or if it was out of the DOF.