Sumburgh Puffins

I keep saying that i have enough Puffin photos but then head up to Sumburgh for more.

Incoming Puffins are the hardest to get, coming at you at a very fast speed. With my system, the A1 the auto focus is fast even with a 1.4x converter on a 200-600mm lens

All these were taken at ISO12800 on a dull day, the i have used Topaz AL noise reduction.

Speed was at 1/5000 second at F9

 

Sumburgh Head birds- Shetland

There is always something to see at Sumburgh Head no matter the season

Most people go in the breeding season to see the Puffins, but there is much more along the cliffs

Not many Kittiwakes but they are still noisy

Bridled Guillemot

Common Guillemot from above

a lot less guillemots now than 5 years ago

 Shag passing the cliffs

Shetland Puffin fix

Must be trying to build a house now that he has been coming back a few years

 

Puffins at Sumburgh, Shetland

Very few Puffins about so far, i was lucky with a few after 45 mins with only seeing one about 50 appeared flying in to their nest holes

It was a windy day so difficult photographing the flying birds. Others have seen none or few birds, just hope this is not a bad year for them. Only one Gt Skua patrolling cliffs