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Puffin black out

Puffin black out

For the first time since starting photography I have completed and intentional set of images. This is the final of three wildlife portraits highlighting British...
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For the first time since starting photography I have completed and intentional set of images. This is the final of three wildlife portraits highlighting British wildlife.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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settings

Aperture f/9 ISO 500 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 400/1

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Jun, 2017

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This is by far the most intimidating puffin I've ever seen.

I love this! Pure art!

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This is an owl that i hadnt seen before until last week at the canon training day i went to when the falconers bought this little guy out. This rather

This is another photograph from the day I spent with Canon being taught about their new Canon 5D mark 4. A brilliant day spent photographing raptors b

This is a captive red fox that I photographed on a photography day at the British wildlife center in Surrey. A great day, well recommended.

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Taken on an RSPB reserve I couldn't resist getting the over the top cute photo of it eating a daisy.

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So, the other day i was asked to take some photographs to put on sale in a cycling shop. I instantly had one idea in mind (being a keen cyclist myself

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After finally joining my mum on a dog walk to a beach near us called Elmer I found that it was covered in wadding birds. Apparently this was something

This is one of my best friends, who is also an amateur triathlete and extremely good at it. I was trying to get into portraiture a bit more and asked

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