{"id":12548,"date":"2017-07-20T04:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=12548"},"modified":"2023-04-06T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T19:51:49","slug":"puffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Puffin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great memories of visiting Skellig Michael during my recent trip to Ireland was the incredibly large Puffin colony. These tiny colorful birds were not afraid of humans and were so plentiful it was easy to photograph them in their natural habitat. Most of the birds I photographed were within six feet and did not shy away from being photographed. This is one of my favorite Puffin photos.<\/p>\n<p>Puffins spend their summers on the island, breeding and fattening their chicks before departing, almost in unison, at the end of August for parts unknown. Researchers have tracked their migration to North America by using tiny transmitters to track their movements. The birds weigh less than a pound but can travel across the entire Atlantic Ocean. Their colorful beaks are only present during the mating season. Once the season has ended they shed their colorful exterior in favor of a more dull appearance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12544\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12544\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/puffin-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7R&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Puffin&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1499345392&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2017&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Puffin sitting among dasies on the Skellig Michael island in County Kerry, Ireland. Photographed in the summer of 2017.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Puffin\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A Puffin sitting among dasies on the Skellig Michael island in County Kerry, Ireland. Photographed in the summer of 2017.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Puffin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit-750x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit-1500x1000.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12544\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg\" alt=\"Puffin\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Puffin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/sony-alpha-a7r-ii\/\">Sony A7R II<\/a>\u00a0using my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/sony-fe-70-200mm-f4-0-g-oss-lens\/\">Sony FE 70-200mm f\/4 Lens<\/a>\u00a0set on 200mm. The camera was set on\u00a0Aperture Priority mode with the aperture set at f\/8, shutter speed at 1\/2000th of a second and the ISO set at 1600. I hand-held the camera. This is a single image processed in Lightroom and finalized in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex Pro.<\/p>\n<p>You can access my Ireland Gallery\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/ireland\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/spider-spider-on-the-flower\/t-kahler-logo-white-no-c-mini\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-orig-size=\"177,49\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T Kahler Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T. Kahler Photography\" width=\"177\" height=\"49\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>T. Kahler Photography<br \/>\n\u00a9 2017 T. Kahler Photography<\/p>\n<p>You can also follow my work on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+TerryKahler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google+<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tkahlerphotography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>PS: Please don\u2019t respond to this message as it will not reach me. Either post a comment or forward your response to my email address (terry@tkahler.com).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great memories of visiting Skellig Michael during my recent trip to Ireland was the incredibly large Puffin colony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[658,1227,1225],"class_list":["post-12548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-birds","tag-irelands","tag-skellig-michael","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Puffin - T. Kahler Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the great memories of visiting Skellig Michael during my recent trip to Ireland was the incredibly large Puffin colony.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TK\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TK\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f762865012b61aeb324bae72368bf31\"},\"headline\":\"Puffin\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T09:00:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-06T19:51:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/\"},\"wordCount\":294,\"commentCount\":3,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Birds\",\"Irelands\",\"Skellig Michael\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Wildlife\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/\",\"name\":\"Puffin - T. Kahler Photography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T09:00:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-06T19:51:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f762865012b61aeb324bae72368bf31\"},\"description\":\"One of the great memories of visiting Skellig Michael during my recent trip to Ireland was the incredibly large Puffin colony.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Puffin\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Puffin\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"T. Kahler Photography\",\"description\":\"Exploring the world one photograph at a time.\",\"alternateName\":\"Terry Kahler Photography\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f762865012b61aeb324bae72368bf31\",\"name\":\"TK\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cab8373ed1efd0ecfc3e63a6b6d66bdbad3307bc54ff2e1d7a90298618b95716?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cab8373ed1efd0ecfc3e63a6b6d66bdbad3307bc54ff2e1d7a90298618b95716?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TK\"},\"description\":\"A photographer with an interest in landscape, black &amp; white, macro, wildflower and bird photography.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Puffin - T. Kahler Photography","description":"One of the great memories of visiting Skellig Michael during my recent trip to Ireland was the incredibly large Puffin colony.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TK","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/"},"author":{"name":"TK","@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f762865012b61aeb324bae72368bf31"},"headline":"Puffin","datePublished":"2017-07-20T09:00:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-06T19:51:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/"},"wordCount":294,"commentCount":3,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg","keywords":["Birds","Irelands","Skellig Michael"],"articleSection":["Wildlife"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/","url":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/","name":"Puffin - T. Kahler Photography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg","datePublished":"2017-07-20T09:00:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-06T19:51:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f762865012b61aeb324bae72368bf31"},"description":"One of the great memories of visiting Skellig Michael during my recent trip to Ireland was the incredibly large Puffin colony.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000,"caption":"Puffin"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/puffin\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Puffin"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/","name":"T. Kahler Photography","description":"Exploring the world one photograph at a time.","alternateName":"Terry Kahler Photography","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f762865012b61aeb324bae72368bf31","name":"TK","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cab8373ed1efd0ecfc3e63a6b6d66bdbad3307bc54ff2e1d7a90298618b95716?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cab8373ed1efd0ecfc3e63a6b6d66bdbad3307bc54ff2e1d7a90298618b95716?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TK"},"description":"A photographer with an interest in landscape, black &amp; white, macro, wildflower and bird photography."}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170706-skellig-michael-203-edit.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6prL2-puffin","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12548"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12607,"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12548\/revisions\/12607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}