Atlantic Puffin

[Rick Dobson]

Taken this past June in Newfoundland. MK1V, 500, f/5.6, ISO 400

[Herb Houghton]

Very sharp and clear image, great BGD. I do think it could be brighter to see more details in the whites.

[Randy Stout]

Rick:

I think this is very nice, simple, clean, attractive bird.
I absolutely however agree with Herb about the whites. I would use the white point dropper in curves on the brightest white you have, to reset the white point.

Perhaps a sliver more room on the left.

This image has very nice 'bones' just a minor tweak or two to put it over the top!

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful pose, sharpness, perch and background. Lovely image. Ditto Herb and Randy's comments about white point, and tad of room at the left. Am I seeing a bit of blue cast?

[Stu Bowie]

Tack sharp Rick, with good detail. I like the pose and HA, and the colours on the rock adds interest. Another vote for bringing out the whites.

[Joe Senzatimore]

My vote for brighter as well. Love the comp. and perch. A few tweeks will make this a killer image. Well worth the effort.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Rick, some good advice already. Very good job in what looks like difficult light conditions. Awesome perch. Vertical conveys the 'perched on the edge' feeling well.....but I think this will work good as horizontal as well. That other rock in the corner is catching the attention which will go with horizontal crop.

[stuart wanuck]

lovely lovely image bit brighter?

[Arthur Morris]

Pretty much impeccable COMP and SH. Consider eliminating the single grass blade near the tail. It looks as if--in an effort to counteract the rather harsh sidelight that you grayed out the whites....

[Bonnie Block]

Fantastic composition--lichen on the rocks --so complimentary. Agree with all the others that the whites need work.
Could be an amazing image.

[Rick Dobson]

Thank you all for your comments. As suggested by Randy I used the eye dropper in curves to reset the whites. I also removed the blade of grass as suggested by Arthur. And yes appears I did over compensate for the harsh side lighting.

[Arthur Morris]

A big improvement and I still love the BKGR. Good job on that blade of grass.

[Art Kornienko]

Love the rocky perch and head angle.

[Hendri Venter]

I cant get enough of these lovely birds. Hopefully one day I'll get a change to photograph them. The repost rocks and I can only agree with all above compliments. Well done Rick.