Puffins from Skomer

Earlier in the month I was lucky enough to go on my first trip to Skomer. It was almost too perfect, it was hot (in Wales!), the sea was like a mill pond, the puffins were at their best and to top it off, before we left to come home we also watched Andy Murray win Wimbledon!

Here are a few of my favourites from the weekend with a full gallery of puffins on my website here.

Puffin 3:

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Puffin 4:

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Puffin 5:

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Puffin 8:

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Puffin 9:

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Puffin 11:

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A cracking set Danny, there all great but I love Puffin 5 in the burrow.

I agree #5 is my pick too

Thanks guys, was my first time shooting puffins, didn't appreciate how small they were!

Don't forget to check out the full set here!

What a terrific set

Great set Dan, I was there last year and had a great day. I only had the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 at the time so no real length but still managed to get some shots I was happy with (check my Flickr). Because the puffins are so used to people wandering around they walk right past you.
I managed a few in flight but really needed the length then and it shows. Did you take the monster lens with you and if not what did you use for these?

Fantastic definition in all of them! I go for no. 5 too, for being that bit different.

All really excellent shots, well done!

Regards
David

All excellent shots, I like them all.

Regards

Jeff

Fabulous shots

Thanks for all the feedback everyone, greatly appreciated.

@Steve, yes, I did take the monster with me for both days, definately helped the pics but my thighs had to take Monday off!

All first class.

Superb images, all of them, Danny. My favorite is the first.

Philip

Thanks Stan & Philip, that first shot is one of my favourites too, partly because of how long it took to get it and also that I ended up having to use manual focus!

Can't wait for a far better focussing K-5 replacement!