Atlantic Puffin flying directly toward the camera with fish in its bill, photographed full frame at 1200mm by Christopher Dodds on Île aux Perroquets, Quebec. — **Atlantic Puffin in Flight with Fish at 1200mm** **— Île aux Perroquets, Québec** (*Fratercula arctica,* Macareux moine, Frailecillo atlántico, ATPU) from my Deluxe Puffins Galore Workshop , Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, Quebec, Canada. Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds. Sony a9 Mark III Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens and Sony 2X Teleconverter @1,200mm. ISO 8,000, f/4 @ 1/5,000s, manual exposure. Full-frame image.

How to Photograph Atlantic Puffins in Flight — Especially When They're Flying Straight at You

Christopher Dodds August 21, 2026

Photographing an Atlantic Puffin flying directly toward the camera is one of the toughest challenges in bird photography. Christopher Dodds explains the autofocus technology, tracking technique and 1/5,000-second shutter speed behind this full-frame image made at 1200mm.

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