Camped out at Bempton Cliffs, England for a rare early sighting, this little beauty turned up after a 4 hour vigil. Slight adjust to Shadow Contrast, Saturation & Vibrance on the RAW image plus cropped and add a black border.
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You got yourself a shot of a cool looking bird here. There are a couple of things that it is lacking though to give it a higher score. The shot overall is a bit blurry. The lines on the bird arent crisp and the detail overall is lacking. A sharper focus would have helped out. I think tweaking some of the colors and saturating them a bit more would also do well to make the little birdie stand out a bit better. Maybe even desaturating the green on the rocks might have helped out some.
Your crop is also a bit off. Its not quite centered but at the same time it is not offcentered enough to have a positive impact. I probably would have gone with a true square crop with him in the center. This also would have gotten rid of some of the (what I believe is) water inthe upper corner. The waters color and noise doesnt do much for this shot.
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Bad quality ... you could have used some filters to make the photo more clear and even a litle sharpening would have done a lot. Not the best puffin shoot I have seen but thats just my 2 cents.
This is a nice shot--certainly worth the wait. It's too bad that that the bird was not further out on the rock ledge so you could avoid the cluttered background of the rocks.
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