Puffin heading for the burrow

[John Liddle]

I have been tidying up some of my folders of images and chanced upon this from our first visit to the Farnes. I thought it worth sharing.

5DJL2070-1 by John Liddle, on Flickr

[Nathaniel]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Nice one John. Quite sharp.

[tesarver]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Well taken John

Tom

[Lepus]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Glad you shared it with us , don`t feel like I will ever catch up on my old photos .

[Stan]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Good composition and always good if you can get the mouthful of sandeels

[Dawesy]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Cracker John , nice and detailed and classic Puffin sandeel shot

[John27]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Very nice composition and well captured

John

[John Liddle]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Thank you to all who have looked and commented

[ST-EOS]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Well worth the effort to share, it has plenty of detail and as others have said the sand eels add to the image. Well captured John[emoji106]


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[antoeknee]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Farne Islands are great for bird photography. Often its hard to decide which bird to focus on.

Nice image with good detail and exposure.

[John Liddle]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Peter & Anthony - thanks for looking and commenting

[Brian Sugden]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Definitely worth sharing. An excellent image. Looking forward to going back to the Farnes next year. Just hope the other visitors behave a bit better than they did the last time I was there.

[John Liddle]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Thanks for looking and for your encouragement Brian.

... Just hope the other visitors behave a bit better than they did the last time I was there.

What was the problem?

[Brian Sugden]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

Thanks for looking and for your encouragement Brian.



What was the problem?

No respect for the birds or photographers. There was one photographer who was so determined to get a shot of an arctic tern on Inner Farne when he laid down on the boardwalk he almost crushed a chick. A group of school children along with their teacher were severely reprimanded by one of the wardens for running around like idiots. Yes, the teacher as well!

[John Liddle]

Re: Puffin heading for the burrow

No respect for the birds or photographers. There was one photographer who was so determined to get a shot of an arctic tern on Inner Farne when he laid down on the boardwalk he almost crushed a chick. A group of school children along with their teacher were severely reprimanded by one of the wardens for running around like idiots. Yes, the teacher as well!

That doesn't sound good - the trouble is that if you want people to see and (hopefully) appreciate the wildlife, you have to put up with "the people" and they will vary in quality - a difficult equation to balance!