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Puffin with sand eels
I was going through my photos from summer 2006 and found this image of a puffin with sand eels in it's beak.
It was taken on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland.
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11-12-2007, 10:27 AM
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Thats awesome! Hes so cute 
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11-12-2007, 10:55 AM
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Aw! That is so cute, what a great catch (for you and the puffin)
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Thank you Amber and Karen.
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Sweeeet shot. When I was in Alaska, I really wanted a picture of one. Problem was, every puffin I saw was buzzing by 90 mph. I really like this photo.
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Thank you Knight and Mike. It was amazing how close we could get to them, you could go out to the Farne Islands on a boat trip which ran during the breeding season.
The Farne Islands have about 22 species of breeding seabirds including Guillemots, Razor Bills, Eider Ducks, 4 species of Terns and a staggering 70,000 Puffins.
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11-13-2007, 02:54 AM
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Cassie,
Lovely shot. I tried to take one of these down in Torquay and failed miserably last year. Part of the reason why I now have a full blown DSLR.
Farne island is a must visit, on my to do list.
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Love those guys and love your image!
I must add that island to my to-go list. I've always wondered how they can keep adding to their stash without losing fish already in their beak.
Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you Roger and Loupey. You will love the Farne Islands, there are so many seabirds sometimes you don't know which to shoot first.
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Very nice shot Cassie. What an interesting and colourful bird, very cool.
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11-13-2007, 06:06 AM
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I was going through my photos from summer 2006 and found this image of a puffin with sand eels in it's beak.
It was taken on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland.
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11-13-2007, 12:03 PM
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11-13-2007, 01:40 PM
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Thank you Scott. They are really comical little birds.
Speed. At the time I was using a Canon 20D, 70-200mm F2.8 IS USM and a Manfrotto 055 tripod. You can get so close to the puffins it's amazing, so that lens was perfect for me.
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11-18-2007, 05:45 PM
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Most puffin images are shot with that very setup due to them having very little fear so I hear.
This image is amazing because that is one of the hardest birds to get proper exposure on. Sweet image, great exposure!
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11-19-2007, 03:28 AM
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
enjoyed it.thank u for sharing.
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11-19-2007, 08:31 AM
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Thank you Paulnj and Tonny for your comments. I had to take quite a few before I was happy with the exposure.
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11-19-2007, 10:09 AM
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Cassie, nice shot. I like the added feature of the eels and your background includes similar birds. Must have been a wonderful trip.
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Thank you Mule. Yes it was a wonderful trip, we were so lucky with the weather that day.I must go back again sometime.
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Congrats on the FP Cassie Well Deserved
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Congrats on FP Cassie!!
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Thank you Knight and Amber.
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Re: Puffin with sand eels
Cassie - your shot deserved more time than it received last week due to technical difficulties. So PaulNJ and I agree that it would remain up for this week
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It wasn't easy to get him to agree.... we thumb wrestled for hours and he finally gave in 
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Thanks guys, I really appreciate it.
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