{"id":21171,"date":"2014-07-05T02:42:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T06:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=21171"},"modified":"2014-07-07T02:30:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T06:30:13","slug":"the-300-ii-in-scotlandpart-iv-of-a-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/07\/05\/the-300-ii-in-scotlandpart-iv-of-a-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The 300 II in England\/Part IV of a Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Streak Continues: 217<\/h3>\n

It is just before 7:45am here in Bamburgh (say BUM-bu-Ruh) as I finish today’s blog post. Our second day on the puffin boat was as incredible as the first. We were blessed with cloudy bright conditions for the whole day. Everyone got to photograph puffins in flight, Arctic Terns with chicks of all ages, Sandwich Terns carrying fish back to their nests, Razorbills, Common Guillemots (Common Murres to us) with chicks, and just-fledged Black-headed Gulls. Though we are well less than halfway through the trip everyone is exhausted from the intensity of the photo sessions. <\/p>\n

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This image was created on our second puffin boat morning landing with the hand held Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a> and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops off light sky: 1\/3200 sec. at f\/5 in Manual mode.<\/p>\n

Central sensor Surround\/AI Servo Rear Focus AF may have just caught the bird’s bill and active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n