Weekly Photo Challenge: Two Subjects

Well, this was an easy choice for me.  One of my favourite wildlife photos sums this week’s challenge up nicely I think.

Proud Puffin

This was taken in north-east Iceland, at a puffin colony near Bakkagerdi.  I LOVE Iceland (yeah, I say that a lot) and these gorgeous creatures are one of the many reasons.  There were so many of them and I was lucky that it was mating season, so the males were glorious with their brightly coloured beaks.  I battled the freezing wind straight off the Artic to stay out and get as many photos as I could, so of course I have a typical puffin shot, somewhat scuppered by my inability to hold a camera straight, and I also captured a puffin face-off (both of which I’m sharing here cause these guys are too damn cute).  I really wanted to capture a puffin landing, as they’re bumbling adorably poor at it, but numb fingers beat my ability to focus and they’re all just that bit too blurry, and eventually I had to retreat to the car before I lost a digit to frostbite.  Guess I’ll just have to go back one day, oh noes…

Wonky Puffin Portrait

Puffin Stand-Off!