Tufted Puffin - ST. Paul Island, AK

[Alan Murphy]

Tufted Puffin

St-Paul Island, Alaska

D3, 300, ISO 1250, f5, 1/1000, -0.3EV.

One of my greatest memories of the Pribilof Islands, was sitting on the cliff edge photographing multiple fantastic species as they flew past at eye level, one after another. Below the Fur Seals would play in the clear water and Puffins and Murres would land just a few feet below where I sat.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Excellent pose, exposure and IQ here Alan (as is to be expected). Where are these islands located?

[dankearl]

Outstanding as usual, Alan.
The detail on the head is incredible for a fly by shot.

[Herb Houghton]

Great detail in his head Alan, I like the wing position too.

[Karl Egressy]

Sounds like an amazing place. Great flight shot, Alan.

[Tom Redd]

Alan, great detail in the blacks and the focus looks sharp! Well done.

[Doug Brown]

A dream shot for me! Nicely captured!

[Nancy Bell]

Absolutely awesome!! How did you arrange to be left on a cliff since all the travel around the island is conducted rigidly on a schedule by the locals?

[Alan Murphy]

Absolutely awesome!! How did you arrange to be left on a cliff since all the travel around the island is conducted rigidly on a schedule by the locals?

Hey Nancy, this was tanken during one of my annual workshops there. We have our own tour bus just for our group, so we get to go wherever we want, when we want, and for how long we want :-)

[Craig Brelsford]

Attractive shot, exciting place. Nice work, Alan.

[arash_hazeghi]

I am speechless Alan!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Mind blowingly good IQ...Very nice image

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Alan you took me to a magical place with your description and I was really there for a second or two. Really neat story with a perfect image to go with it. I like the light on the wings

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Mindboggling image !!