Puffin in Flight
Uploaded: August 23, 2008
Taken on a recent trip to the Farne Islands sittuated just of the north east caost of England. Puffins spend most of their lives at sea only returning to dry land to rear their young. The eggs are laid in a burrow safe from the many preditors that gather around the islands at this time. They use the small claws at the end of their webbed feet to dig this burrow or some times just use old ones from previous years. There are around 70,000 pairs in a good year but sadly their numbers are begining to drop.
Taken handheld eith a 100-400L IS @ f/5.6 and 1/1600th sec, ISO 200.
Exif: F Number: 6.3, Exposure Bias Value: -0.67, ExposureTime: 1/2000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 400.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 20D
BILLY R. PARKER August 23, 2008
WOW MARK !! GREAT JOB CAPTURING THIS BEAUTFUL BIRD !! BILLY #984801Michelle Alton August 23, 2008
Wonderful inflight capture. The colors and clarity are beautiful. #6354830Dominick M. Dimacale August 23, 2008
Amazing capture and clarity here, Mark.
Dominick #6354858
Claudia Kuhn August 23, 2008
Beautiful capture, great timing. #6354951Tammy M. Anderson August 23, 2008
Super image here. #6355009Liz blahh August 23, 2008
Great capture! #6357391whitney morgan September 18, 2008
This is great, I love Puffins. #6470154Lisa J. Boulden October 26, 2008
Great capture! #6664318Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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