Puffin with sandeels

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi everyone,

During my trip to Ireland I tried to find some puffins as I really wanted a puffin shot with sandeels in its beak. I found one with its beak full of them, however it was positioned behind a small rock the BG didin't look to smokin eather since there were only rocks behind it with birddroppings creating a less than ideal BG IMO. There were some plants just behind the puffin that were the only way of getting close to the shot I had imagened. Due to the rock I had to crop like this. At the moment it was slightly overcast so I decided after a few without that maybe flash would work better to get all of the colours out nicely. This is the result. Do I have to do some more work to the eye??

Please let me know what you think,

Canon EOS 50D 1/250 f8
ISO 400
Canon 300mm L USM + 2x Converter
M501HSV G1325
Speedlite 580 -2

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the details, exposure control, BG and the sand eels put it over the top for me. It's pretty hard to count how many he caught. :) I would probably lighten the eye.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

First thing I noticed was the eye itself. Just looks lifeless. A little lighter yes, probably much better. Great little fisherman you got. I like the overall image design Krijn.

[Stu Bowie]

Incredible markings, colours, and detail on these guys. They look pretty greedy too. You have nailed the exposure nicely, and this is sharp. I agree to try and lighten the eye. Great capture.

[Morkel Erasmus]

ditto on the eye but super exposure otherwise, and sure looks like his eyes are bigger than his mouth :)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

great catch and great colors!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful image, loved the pose and the fish in the beak is a sure bonus, congrats...

[Grace Scalzo]

Nicely composed, full of color and impact. How did you like the performance of the 50D in this situation? (Looks good to me!)

[Danny Laredo]

Amazing how close you got. The details are fantastic...

[Ramon M. Casares]

Lovely, great moment, comp, detail, soft light, colors and exposure. My only exposure would be to brighten the eye a bit more.
Congratulations!

[Fabs Forns]

Terrific portrait, full of energy. Agree with Ramon on lightening the eye. If the light hits them the right way, the eye could be very light.

[Harshad Barve]

Power packed shot, Simply awesome

Harshad

[phillane]

Ramon's comments here are spot on. IMHO would try yo add a subtle highlight to the eye.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Other than above comments, I really like what you did with the colors.
You have red and blue very nicely composed. I like it a lot!

[Arthur Morris]

Killer pose, crop, sand eels, COMP, EXP, and SH. The trick here is to lighten the iris a bit without overdoing it.

[phillane]

The trick here is to lighten the iris a bit without overdoing it.

That's just what I said , ohhh you copy kat :D


All my love
Denny

[Arthur Morris]

That's just what I said , ohhh you copy kat :D All my love Denny

No copy cat here. This "try yo add a subtle highlight to the eye," and this, "lighten the iris a bit without overdoing it," are two entirely different things. Gotcha! :) :D :)

[phillane]

No copy cat here. This "try yo add a subtle highlight to the eye," and this, "lighten the iris a bit without overdoing it," are two entirely different things. Gotcha! :) :D :)

UHHH VAYYYS , and to tink you persued a career as a phlatogrpaher instead of a mohel ? : )



Pass the creplah


Denny