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I will be going to Northern Ireland this Saturday for ten days. My question, will I be able to get any good shoots of the puffins on Rathlin Is with a 400mm lens?

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Even though I've lived in Northern Ireland for 34 years I've never been to Rathlin Island so I'll have to make the trip some day.

I done a quick search on Flickr for Rathlin Puffin to view the exif data to try to answer your question. There's a few good shots and the exif says 250mm so I would say 400mm would be fine.

Paul
 
Thanks Paul & Liam. Paul that is great that some people are getting shots with 250mm lens's there is hope for me.
Liam I will be asking the locals a lot of questions in fact I will probably be a pain in the ... with all my questions. The link you gave was help-full.

Thank you for the help
 
You're welcome. I hope you get a chance to see more of NI than just Rathlin? The crossing will be fun if the weather stays the way it has been all this week!
 
khitomer said:
You're welcome. I hope you get a chance to see more of NI than just Rathlin? The crossing will be fun if the weather stays the way it has been all this week!
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Hi Liam yes we will be doing more. On the to do list, The whole Antrim coast rd with a lot of time at Giants Causeway to do the full walk along the cliffs, Dunluce Castle I want to photograph the cave, Carrick a reed rope bridge, Torr Head. Belfast to do the Ulster museum then on to the Ards peninsular starting at the Folk/Transport museum and then a crossing at Portaferry. We would also like to do the Mourns.
Providing we can stay awake after 8pm we would also like to get to the theaters in BF.
I have been thinking about the mural tour but I am not sure, I talk funny and have spent a lot of time in NI if you know what I mean.
My wife has never been so it is all new to her, me I love the place and I am looking forward to visiting again, it has been over twenty years since my last visit.

All the best
David
 
I'm from Northern Ireland and have never even been to Rathlin Island. I'll have to go sometime.
 
Its my understanding that its a great place for wild life photography. Maybe you guys are not into wild life, if not I don't see that there is a great deal to do on the Is.
 
cdiver2 said:
Its my understanding that its a great place for wild life photography. Maybe you guys are not into wild life, if not I don't see that there is a great deal to do on the Is.
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Hi David,
I've only been doing wildlife photogarahy for about a year so that's probably why I've never been. In the past year I've mainly been photographing kingfishers and in January I was granted a license to photograph them.

Seeing this thread has made me want to go to Rathlin, so me and a buddy are planning on going in a week or two :thumbs:

Paul
 
Redpaul said:
Hi David,
I've only been doing wildlife photogarahy for about a year so that's probably why I've never been. In the past year I've mainly been photographing kingfishers and in January I was granted a license to photograph them.

Seeing this thread has made me want to go to Rathlin, so me and a buddy are planning on going in a week or two :thumbs:

Paul
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A license to photograph Kingfishers !, do you mean a license to go to a specific area to photograph them?.

A week that puts you into my time frame.
We arrive on the 22nd and I plan on doing Rathlin on the first day that its not raining. I have been watching the weather and it seems like its raining every day.
In the past I have always done my hols last week of May-first week June and never been disapointed
 
cdiver2 said:
A license to photograph Kingfishers !, do you mean a license to go to a specific area to photograph them?.
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Yeah, to photograph them near the nest

A week that puts you into my time frame.
We arrive on the 22nd and I plan on doing Rathlin on the first day that its not raining. I have been watching the weather and it seems like its raining every day.
In the past I have always done my hols last week of May-first week June and never been disapointed
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We had about 2 weeks straight sunshine a few weeks back so now it's payback time :lol:

Just done a 10 day weather forecast and the 25th or 26th look your best bet. You can never trust these 10 day forecasts though.

Paul
 
Are you constrained in your days to go or can you do the same thing and shoot for the first good day?
 
cdiver2 said:
Are you constrained in your days to go or can you do the same thing and shoot for the first good day?
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I'm relying on a mate for a lift from Craigavon so it depends when he wants to go.
 
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