Farne Islands

colincarter

just a few shots taken on the Farne Islands just off the North East coast of the UK.

Nikon D300 and D3, Nikon 70-200 F2.8VR and 500 F4VR

R.Jay

Hi Colin, I like all of these - especially the Puffin shots.
Cheers, Richard.

dlplumer

R.Jay wrote:

Hi Colin, I like all of these - especially the Puffin shots.
Cheers, Richard.

Love those puffins

colincarter

R.Jay wrote:

Hi Colin, I like all of these - especially the Puffin shots.
Cheers, Richard.

thanks Richard

dlplumer

Colin, what kind of glass were you using for those puffins?

colincarter

dlplumer wrote:

Colin, what kind of glass were you using for those puffins?

hi dan

i was mainly handholding my Nikon 500 F4VR. I occasionally switched to the 70-200 with the 1.7x teleconverter.

best wishes

Colin.

dlplumer

All these 500 mm shots on Dgrin are going to cost me big bucks

Thanks:D

Maestro

The terns are cool but the puffins are great! Nice action in all of the shots!

colincarter

dlplumer wrote:

All these 500 mm shots on Dgrin are going to cost me big bucks

Thanks:D

hi dan, you know you want one -

if you need any more photos to convince you, just let me know, you will sucumb eventually.

dlplumer

colincarter wrote:

hi dan, you know you want one -

if you need any more photos to convince you, just let me know, you will sucumb eventually.

No doubt. I also want the 5DII

Two birds that I covet are loons and puffins. Your shots are fabulous.

colincarter

Maestro wrote:

The terns are cool but the puffins are great! Nice action in all of the shots!

thanks Stephen

raptorcaptor

Great set Collin! It looks like you had a lot of fun! Love those Puffin shots!

colincarter

raptorcaptor wrote:

Great set Collin! It looks like you had a lot of fun! Love those Puffin shots!

thanks Glenn, its always great to be out shooting Puffins on the Farne Islands. From May to the end of July they bread here in a colony of about 45,000 to 70,000 strong.

loved yout tern shot by the way, superb.

best wishes

Colin