Atlantic Puffin 07Posted by Jon Cornforth on July 13, 2010 in Atlantic Puffin,Birds,Iceland,Latrabjarg,Wildlife
I want to share another one of my favorite Atlantic puffin images from the bird cliffs at Latrabjarg in the Northwestern Fjords of Iceland. It took me 9 years to return to this fantastic location so that I could photograph these cute birds. I was fortunate that the clouds parted late in the evening allowing the sun to bathe the cliffs in golden light. I like this puffins open beak with the fantastic bokeh background of the cliffs behind it.
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Atlantic Puffin 18Posted by Jon Cornforth on July 6, 2010 in Atlantic Puffin,Birds,Iceland,Latrabjarg,Wildlife
Yesterday, I spent 6 hours editing, processing, keywording, and sizing my Atlantic puffin photographs for the web. As busy as my summer is, I am not going to finish processing the rest of my Iceland trip any time soon. This is one of my favorites. I like how the puffin’s breast is pointing forward with the orange bokeh from the sunset illuminating the cliff. I always preach that the most important part of a great wildlife image is not the subject, but what is going on behind it. Clean, simple background like cliffs and mountains in the distance yield the best results. I created this image with my Canon 7D and 400mm f4 DO IS lens on a Gitzo GT2931 tripod with an Acratech Ultimate ballhead and Wimberley Sidekick.
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Atlantic Puffin 01Posted by Jon Cornforth on June 21, 2010 in Atlantic Puffin,Birds,Iceland,Latrabjarg,Wildlife
This is my favorite Atlantic puffin image from my Iceland trip. I had wanted to do-over the puffins I shot on my first visit to Iceland 9 years ago. I was glad they were still around, though not in the same numbers I remembered. I only spent 1 night photographing them on the cliffs at Latrabjarg, but was fortunate the sky was clear at sunset which bathed the puffins in golden light. Just when I thought I would have the cliffs to myself, a tour group showed up. I can’t complain because I moved around enough to avoid the puffin-jams and still photographed some beautiful poses. The cliffs are between 50-100m high, so I got as close to the edge as I was comfortable, but people have fallen to their deaths by getting too close, including an unfortunate German tourist a week after my visit. My heart went out to his family when I heard the news. I’ve got many more puffin & Iceland images to share in the weeks ahead.
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