David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________Birds 125 – Atlantic Puffins
ATLANTIC PUFFIN Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC
PUFFIN Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC PUFFIN Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC PUFFIN Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC PUFFINS Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC PUFFINS Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC PUFFINS Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC PUFFINS Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC PUFFINS Fratercula arctica
ATLANTIC PUFFIN Fratercula arctica
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Seeing a breeding colony of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica had been a long-held
ambition, as the photographer had only ever seen these enchanting auks from a
distance, so an opportunity to photograph these and other birds inhabiting the
Scottish island of Lunga for a couple of hours was gratefully accepted. The
Puffins seemed to be remarkably unconcerned by the presence of humans, although
after numerous boat-visits they must have become very accustomed to their
visitors. Photographing them proved to be very straightforward - other than
when they were in flight, as they are fast and have unpredictable flight-paths
– or at least it appears that way when they are coming at you from all
directions at once! Their approachability will be evident from the closeness of
these (uncropped) portraits and even more so from David’s film of
Atlantic Puffins in action: https://youtu.be/ZeSoXkrxIFM. The in-flight image was
one of the few attempts that was in focus and it has been cropped as the bird
was off-centre in the frame.
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