A beautiful portrait of a Puffin. These beautiful birds breed in large numbers on the bird island Runde off the coast of Norway. Their distinctive and colourful beak, white and black plumage and endearing eyes make this one of the most photogenic bird species.
This bird strikes a beautiful pose before flying back to the open sea to get food for her young.
Using a wide aperture combined with a blank background creates a nice blurry background that makes the puffin stand out especially sharply.
Bas Meelker is a leading Dutch landscape photographer. Born in Groningen, The Netherlands in 1972, Bas spent most of his life in the north of Holland. Living in this flat, open country, surrounded by some of the most beautiful nature reserves in the Netherlands, laid.. Read more…