Puffins Showing Affection

by Todd Kwiczak

This shot was taken at the cliffs of Hermaness in the Shetland Islands. You can hear the repeated tapping of beaks of mates showing affection.

Equipment: Canon XT 400mm f5.6

Todd Kwiczak

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Puffins Showing Affection by Todd Kwiczak was photo of the day on Sunday, 6th January 2008. It is tagged Birds, Puffins. You can leave a comment below.

20 Comments

Pieter -sAner- van der Horst

6th January 2008 at 1:05 am

Very nice. Very close, very colorful and the scene is just lovely. I do think the left bird’s chest is a wee bit burnt and also you overdid the sharpening just a little. Anyway, other than that it’s a great picture!

6th January 2008 at 1:14 am

Great shot! I love how bright and colourful their beaks and eyes are. The blue sky behind the puffins is fantastically magical. Keep up the good work Todd!

Jim Cornish

6th January 2008 at 4:40 am

The Atlantic Puffin is the official bird of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada- my home. About 95% of all North America’s puffins breed here. The largest puffin colony in the western Atlantic (225,000 pairs) can be found at the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. Nice shot of these great birds from the Atlantic’s eastern shores. Puffins also called sea parrots (look at the beaks) and clowns of the sea (look at the plumage and beak colours.)

Eli Shams

6th January 2008 at 9:51 am

How funny ! I’d like to see and hear that.

Pauline Jones

6th January 2008 at 10:20 am

Beautiful.

Richard D, Cox

6th January 2008 at 11:27 am

Outstanding!

Terry Everson

6th January 2008 at 12:04 pm

Great photo, you have filled the frame well.

laurens

6th January 2008 at 3:10 pm

nice

Andreea Teodorescu

6th January 2008 at 6:14 pm

Beautiful, fantastic capture !

jimmy roussel

6th January 2008 at 8:34 pm

love birds or trying to makeup bird? Even birds can show affection. love the picture.

Lori

7th January 2008 at 2:15 am

Very nicely done, Todd! It is so good to see the beauty of the natural world portrayed through new photographer’s eyes! The contrasts and colours are fabulous… Congrats on POTD!