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My best picture this week

Challenge #71 in the variable subjects II series. Hosted by Lext123.

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Great new shot? No suitable Challenge available? No patience to wait for the right one to come by? For those unlucky members I have created this opportunity.

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Announced:

Saturday, 29th June, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 6th July, 2013 – Friday, 12th July, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 13th July, 2013 – Friday, 19th July, 2013 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Only basic post-processing.
Color and B&W are accepted.
Digital reproduction of existing material, is not allowed.

Capture date rules:

Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge.

Additional rules:

During the submission phase of this challenge, pictures present here may not be present in any other challenge.
Pictures must contain a full Exif, IPTC or XMP metadata record, that must match any manually provided information.
No borders or text

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Cleared to land

by cjf2

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Atlantic Puffin landing with sandeels on Inner Farne, UK. The Puffins nesting in burrows on this island 2 miles of the coast of England have to run the gauntlet of Gulls who attack them in the air to try to get the sandeels out of their bills. This one made it into its burrow with a full load.

Camera:	Canon EOS 50D
Lens:	Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Submitted:	Saturday, 6th July, 2013 05:42 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 29th June, 2013
Focal length:	400 mm
Shutter speed:	1/2500 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	800
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Galleries:	View this photo in cjf2's gallery

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Nikonworks

Caught my eye - Thanks!

Jul 23, 2013permalink

photo nuts

Fantastic timing. Great photograph!

Jul 21, 2013permalink

noiseless

Great Stop Action. Well Done and Deserving.

Jul 20, 2013permalink

cjf2

Thanks everyone. Puffins are great subjects. I had a lot of trouble with my 4.5 year old and very well used camera not being able to focus properly. Oh we'll it's a good excuse to buy a new camera if only I could decide which one!
It's nice to win but that second place shot is very good.

Jul 20, 2013permalink

cmantx

Great BIF capture.

Jul 20, 2013permalink

PERCY2

5 stars...

Jul 18, 2013permalink

ed rader

superb capture

Jul 7, 2013permalink

Amateur Sony Shooter

This is easily the best picture in the contest. Well done!

Jul 7, 2013permalink

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