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Focused
Focused

This picture comes with a story, and no shortage of luck.

We were waiting for the boat back to the mainland, and had all but packed up for the day. There were a few puffins still around, but mostly flying past on the way to burrows slightly further afield.

This guy however appeared rapidly (as they do), heading for a burrow not far below our position. There was no time to raise my camera to my eye, but, as I still had everything set to try and take picture of puffins in flight, I figured it was worth a go.

So, with one hand, I lifted the lens, pointed it at the incoming puffing (or at least tried to!), and with my thumb on the focus (I use back-button focus) I pressed the shutter button to take the shot. The camera was at about waist height at this stage.

Miraculously the image was in focus with the puffin right in the centre of the frame. I won't claim it is an award winning shot, but it amuses me thinking of how lucky I was to get it at all. I do like to think there was at least some element of skill involved to have got it in frame at all, but I might just be kidding myself!

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Taken on: June 13, 2023
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