Newfoundland Puffin

[David Hemmings]

Canon 1D MK 11 N / Canon 500 + 1.4 TC / 1/2500th @ f5.6 ISO 400 / handheld from rocking boat

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool wing position, angle and BG. It looks as if the head is slightly angled away from you, maybe it's just because of the shape of the head.

[Connie Mier]

I have to admit, this is the first puffin in flight shot I've seen, and a fantastic one too! Thanks for sharing this one.

[Joe Senzatimore]

I was going to say that I have never seen a flight shot of this bird but Connie beat me to it. Great job of hand holding from a rocking boat. One sweet shot.

[Colin Knight]

I know how hard shooting from a boat is! Nice high shutterspeed to help you our there. A little more eye contact would help. Not sure about the brown spot next to head, clone that out?

Looks like the Mark II is still serving you very well.

Nicely done!
Colin

[Harshad Barve]

Wonderful image , lovely BG and killer wing pose , awesome details
TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Killer wing position but with the bird angling towards you it would have been nice if the bird had had its head on straight (rather than turned away). Nice BKGR.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Oh I am suffering a little envy with this one David. I would love to photograph the puffins and the detail in the blacks is superb and an awesome BG. Just Beautiful !!!

[Brian Barcelos]

Great job on a difficult exposure. Love all the colors and wing position great. Too bad about the HA but still very minor point. I might add a little room in front of him. Congrats

[Suzanne Huot]

From a rocking boat ,hand held ,this is awesome

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely exposure and BG David! agree that a little more head-tilt in your direction would have put it over the top...

[Doug Brown]

I've heard how tough these birds are to photograph in flight. You pulled it off against a varied BG. Kudos to you! The head angle could be better, but I'd be pretty proud of this one if it were mine.

[Clement Francis]

Flight master strikes gold here, Just too good David

[Mital Patel]

what a velvet image this is.. wish to see larger.. truly awesome freeze .. congrats

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent wing position sharpness and detail and great BG. Well done and TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Total killer one this, great light, good Bg, the pose makes this.. congrats...

[Stu Bowie]

Great inflight shot David. Good exposure throughout, and just love the detail and colours on their heads. Killer BG. The HA could have been better.

[James Salywoda]

So beautiful David I wish it was mine awesome shot great bg,pose and details....

[Danny Laredo]

David, Great light and BG. The wing position is sweet as well.
All in all a real nice Puffin flight image.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Seeing this bird in flight is a first for me, very nice wing pose, exposure, color and bg are purrrfect.

[Bonnie Block]

Nice one, David. Knowing what it would have taken to get this from a boat--Wow!
Beautiful pose and bg.

[Jan Fourie]

very good inflight shot with great posture,colours and BG
VWD
jan

[Malcolm Benn]

Sweet image David .. maybe one day I'll get out there.