Tufted Puffin Banking with Fish - St. Paul Island, AK

[Alan Murphy]

Tufted Puffin

St Paul Island, Bering Sea, AK

D3, 300/4, 1.4TC, ISO 1000, f5.6, 1/1500.

My arms were killing me trying to catch these rockets.
Cropped a bit tighter for web posting.

[Doug Brown]

Forget Texas. I'm going to spend some time in Alaska with you! Great exposure and sharpness. Love the mouth filled with fish. How much of a crop?

[Jim Neiger]

This is sick! You are not allowed to whine about your arms when you are shooting with a 300 F4. :p

BTW: Did you mean 1/1600 or 1/2500?

[Alan Murphy]

Jim: the shutter was 1/1600. Good catch.

Doug: This is about 50% crop.

[Phil Ertel]

I love the view of the bird that you captured. Lots of good detail in the blacks. Nice head turn and the prey/food is a plus. Thanks for sharing.

[Sindri]

Excellent in-flight shot with spot on exposure. Good catch for the both of you.

Best regards

Sindri

[Myer Bornstein]

Alan
An other great picture from Saint Paul. Want to go back. oh yes!!!!

[Michael Zajac]

Nice wing pose and exposure.Good sharpness and the fish adds to the picture.I love this type of bird well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Killer detail in the wings and an obviously spectacular pose. I wish that the head were not angled slightly away. Is this from a horizontal orig?

[Alan Murphy]

Killer detail in the wings and an obviously spectacular pose. I wish that the head were not angled slightly away. Is this from a horizontal orig?

Yes it was from a horizontal.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Alan. Unless the birds are very close and banking it is always easier to work in horizontal format. When banking birds are so close that you are clipping wings that is the time to turn the camera on end.