Singing Puffin

Posted by Tobias Bäckström on Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:46 am

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Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Nikon F100 w Sigma 500mm f/4.5 & Kenko 1.4x tc
Fill flash @-1.7
Sensia 100 @200
PS 7.0 levels, curves, slight crop, USM

One of my puffinshots from the Norvegian island of Runde. Not the most beautiful and the whites are slightly hot on the scan, but I like the blurred tongue on this one. Any suggestions for improvement?

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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:05 am

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Tobias, I like it very much. I agree with you about the hot whites. I'd also crop a bit from the top.

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by Larsen on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:16 am

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I like this shot as well. To me, the whites being on the edge don't detract: If we were outside in the sun looking at this bird with our eyeballs, the whites would look about as they do in this photo.

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by Anthony Medici on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:20 am

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I agree with Sandy. This would work better as a 5:4 for me. I love the tongue action here. Great catch.

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by Heather Forcier on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:26 am

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I am quickly becoming a big fan of Puffins!

I like the bird facing mostly towards the camera, the rock ledges, and of course the open mouth! A bit off the top would work for me as well.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:27 am

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Tobias,
Very nice shot with good action. If the background was not so dark then I would not crop it, but its a lot of dark space competing with the subject. The dark areas of the bird somewhat blend into the background a bit. A difficult exposure to conquer and you did a great job.

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by matt kuchta on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:56 am

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If I was going to put it on a magazine cover, I'd leave it alone, but otherwise the top is a bit overpowering. I love that tongue.
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by AlexC on Thu Aug 21, 2003 12:26 pm

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Lovely bird, lovely bird , a tad over exposure wise, but not by much, Would like the bird a little more in profile, love the blurred tongue !!!
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by Tobias Bäckström on Thu Aug 21, 2003 12:50 pm

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Thanks for the critique and the tips. I will definetely try a 5:4 crop. i have a tendency to only use 3:2 crops and have to start being a bit creative.

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by Wil Hershberger on Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:39 pm

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Great shot. I too agree with the suggestion to crop some of the top off.

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by Paula G on Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:46 pm

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Nice puffin, I love its tongue. Agree about the crop suggestions.

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by Karen S on Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:49 pm

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This is really cute. I love the action with his tonque.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:58 pm

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I need to get some shots of Atlantic Puffins

Love the photo!

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by Juli Wilcox on Thu Aug 21, 2003 7:27 pm

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Well, I like the whole thing except I would consider blurring the grain in the BG. On both my Mac and PC monitors, the exposure is perfect and I like all that space.

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by LHays on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:18 pm

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Good suggestions have been made. However, I'm a sucker for puffin shots and I very much like the action.....and that you were able to get so close. Very nice.....definitely try the crop suggestion.

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by Greg Downing on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:36 pm

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Welcome to our site!

I too am a sucker for the clown-faced birds! This is sweet, though I agree on the suggestions for cropping and perhaps it has a slight magenta cast as well. Easily fixed.

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