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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on May 29, 2020, 06:16:19 am

Title: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on May 29, 2020, 06:16:19 am
Portrait of a Puffin. (https://blog.parrikar.com/2020/05/29/portrait-of-a-puffin/)

Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: Chairman Bill on May 29, 2020, 06:43:07 am
A very nice portrait of a Puffin. There, corrected it for you :-)
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 29, 2020, 11:11:26 am
That's a great set, Rajan.
Back in my Iceland visit we got to see puffins on the South coast, I think near Vik.
One of the fun things is to see one take off from a cliff. They start with a long dive, with the little wings flapping furiously, looking as if they have never flown before. But they quickly level off.
They can fly vast distances, in the air or under the water.
Amazing birds.
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: Mark Nadler on May 29, 2020, 03:14:37 pm
Love the head shot.

mark
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 29, 2020, 03:24:56 pm
Ditto. And what glorious light!

Jeremy
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on May 30, 2020, 04:46:42 am
 Bill, Eric, Mark, Jeremy - than you.

Eric, my guess is you saw the puffins at Dyrhólaey. Did you taste them at the restaurants in Vík? Fulmars also have trouble taking off from flat ground.
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 30, 2020, 08:41:51 am
Yes, I think my puffins were at Dyrhólaey.
They didn't pose as nicely as yours, and I didn't get that close to the edge myself.
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: bobfriedman on May 30, 2020, 06:38:04 pm
my favorite is the first one!
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: francois on May 31, 2020, 07:10:36 am
What a superb light for this little guy…
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: kers on May 31, 2020, 07:44:23 am
Beautiful portrait of a remarkable bird! The close up is wonderful.
Title: Re: Portrait of a Puffin
Post by: Kevin Gallagher on May 31, 2020, 04:34:00 pm
 Rajan, they are all lovely but that first one just marvelous. This probably sounds silly as I routinely eat many types of meat but I could not knowingly eat one of those.