Puffincoming!
Looking back at some of this summer’s Puffin photographs I find a sequence I really enjoy which I haven’t developed. How entertaining is this bird?
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-2547-725x483.jpg)
This one is adding its paddle-like feet to the stiff spread tail to attempt to brake without stalling:
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-2554-725x483.jpg)
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-2562-725x483.jpg)
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-2568-725x483.jpg)
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-2569-725x483.jpg)
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-2570-725x483.jpg)
I enjoy playing with the camera’s shutter speed as I much prefer a little movement in the wings, with a blur suggesting the real-life frantic beating of their wings.
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-2572-725x725.jpg)
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-2578-725x408.jpg)
And their acrobatics are worthy of a circus.