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The Streak Continues: 218<\/h3>\n

It is just before 5:00am here in Bamburgh (say BUM-bu-Ruh) as I finish today’s blog post. What was supposed to be our third full day on the puffin boat was cut short as the researchers closed the island to protect the very cold and wet Arctic Tern chicks. Our morning landing was delayed by the bad weather but when we did land we were again blessed with cloudy bright conditions. We did enjoy a late-in-the-day castle photography session in gorgeous light. Pictures to follow. <\/p>\n

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This braking puffin image was created on the third puffin boat morning landing with the hand held Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +3 stops off a dreary sky: 1\/2500 sec. at f\/4 in Manual mode.<\/p>\n

Central sensor\/AI Servo\/Surround Rear Focus AF on the base of the bird’s left leg (as originally framed) was 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