Chicks Feeding Time

     What a clever shot, the thing that really makes this pic is the timing, a bird caught in flight and nicely frozen, and the chicks with open mouths at the right moment, deep down it's the back / side lighting, isn't that just so wonderful?, look at the leaves, how they're lit from behind, the well out of focus background which gives real depth, and for once red-eye ends up a good thing!.

Puffin / Take Off

     This is a really great shot, there's a lovely sharpness about the whole thing, plus a great relationship between the bird, and the rock it has to live on for survival, the bird has some wonderful bright reds in it, plus some nice shadows which highlight the sunshine, the rock isn't a plain lump, but full of interesting crevices, and lichen which gives colour, the well out of focus background beach? and sea are strong, giving the bird / rock greater focus and perspective, ultimately it's the 'take off' that is interesting, a bird spreading it's wings and jumping into the void.