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We’d taken lots of classic puffin shots all day and I was really pleased with the ones I’d got, but I was still hunting for a shot that really showed off the character of these charismatic little birds – they’re so much fun to watch! This one wandered into my frame in the early afternoon and posed for a while before suddenly turning head-on and puffing out his chest for us. I got down really low to frame him with some blurred sea campion in the foreground, which leads you into the shot. Diffused light through some cloud that had gathered helped with my exposure, and there’s a lot of detail in the plumage on his wings.