Atlantic Puffin caught on Machias Seal Island, Maine with high noon sun. 1D mark IV, 300 f2.8, iso 500, F4, 1/1250 shot from a blind without the lens hood. It wouldn't fit in the window with the hood on.
The head on angle is really dramatic, nice and sharp, focus is right on and the wing position is great! Good job avoiding keeping the highlights from blowing out. Good job with the under wing detail but this kind of subject really needs softer and less contrasty light its a shame you didn't have clouds over head for this image!
I can see some artifacts, maybe from masking, on the wing tip area. Good job in some very difficult lighting conditions!
That's a lovely photo, but I wish the left side of the face had more light on it; that would have made the puffin really pop. I love the background colour, too.
GS
Nice capture Herb, sharp head and dramatic angle. I'd like to see a little bit more room at the sides but the speed with which these birds fly leaves little time for composition!
Great job from those tiny blind windows... For the repost ran reverse S-Curves (as per Digital Basics) and then lightened the mid-tones by pulling up the curve.
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Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions. Robert, the entire bird was masked and I used paint bucket to washover a blurred keeper's house in the BGD. My mask probably needed cleaning up. Thanks Art for the adjustment and lighter face and underwings.
Puffin in Flight
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