Puffins and my first encounter with them, five wildlife photos

[lightcaptured]

When I think about the bird that impressed me the most, from the top of my head, the stunning puffins are my top and most colorful memory :)

I first saw few of them at a photo travel to Iceland, at the Southern part of the island near the lighthouse of the town of Vik and a day later, exactly on my birthday, I managed to observe few more at the Reynisfjara Beach. That was one of the few moments I was happy to have brought my 100-400 mm telephoto lens that weights almost two kilograms! My backpack was about ten kilograms so imagine the efforts and the pain to carry it everywhere I went for more than a week :) Puffins appeared to be extremely shy so I needed a proper "zoom" to capture some nice moments from their life. I was also quite impressed by their fishing skills. In a period of one-two minutes they were flying away and then returning back with beaks full of small fish. Their nests were always well hidden, at the steepest parts of the cliffs near the ocean shore. Far above all the people!

I hope you like my photos! :)

Stay safe!

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Comments

[trayan]

Снимките са наистина много добри! За което благодаря, защото не помня да съм виждал такава птица :) ...дори и по някое предаване или във филм...
Един вид близка среща ;)

[lightcaptured]

Благодарско! Първата беше на моста на НДК в една изложба. Наистина много красиви създания. Мисля, че ги има само нагоре по Атлантика. Неочаквана среща за мен там и много трудни за снимане, а какъв вятър брулеше тогава също...

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Thanks :)

[ewkaw]

I absolutely adore puffins!
One day I will catch them myself :) One day...

[lightcaptured]

They are absolutely adorable, yes! :) Let that day be sooner! :)

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[soulsdetour]

Such amazing birds 🐦! And again, very beautiful pictures, as always 😊😍 Thank you!

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:)
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[crazy-andy]

Wow, awesome!
I know how much this community adore puffins :)

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[lightcaptured]

I think this was my first post here. I love to photograph birds but where I live they are also very shy :)
Thank you so much :)

!tan !xmas

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[passerine]

These photos are great! It can definitely be a pain to carry around such a big lens, but the photos are so worth it! I have only seen one a puffin once, a few months ago and from a distance. Maybe one day I can do a trip like yours to see them up close. They are so cute! Thanks for sharing these :)

[lightcaptured]

Thanks so much :) I was stunned when I saw them for the very first time, indeed, such wonderful creatures :)

[priyanarc]

OMG!!! These pictures are just made my day, so beautiful detailed pictures... Great photography I must say...

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Thank you :)
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[andy4475]

Puffins have such beautiful red beaks ~ Truly stunning photos √√√
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