New Life

Gallery: AvianPosted November 29, 200948 views6 comments

Camera: Nikon F100
Lens: Tokina 400 F5.6
Aperture: F8

The shot of this little beauty was taken from about 7-8 feet away while on the boardwalk at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. I really like Tokina lenses and still use the 400 F5.6 today on my digital.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 30, 2009 at 8:10 AM

An intimate look at the family life of these birds Steve. The image seems a little dark to me.

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Comment posted by Sally King on November 30, 2009 at 10:42 AM

Your focus is perfect on the chicks eye. Does mom have food in her mouth? I think the details are quite good. I get the comment that I need to brighten my images a lot too. To my dark loving eyes this does look just a smidge dark but not much. Actually the chicks face looks perfect to me but the darker surrounds are giving the image an overall slightly too dark appearance.

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Comment posted by Carrie O'Brien-Sib on November 30, 2009 at 11:17 AM

What a sweet image!

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Comment posted by Steve Neff on November 30, 2009 at 11:26 AM

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Actually Sally, mom has a pom fron [did I spell that right?] in her mouth. There are quite a number of these opportunities at the gator farm during this time of year [when photo was taken].

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 30, 2009 at 12:27 PM

Great shot, but a bit too dark. What a great moment captured.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 1, 2009 at 6:06 AM

Jeff,

I like the intimacy of your image, the nice look at the chick and the palm frond in the adult bird's bill.

Over all the image does appear a smidge dark to my eye and the chick slightly oversharpened, with a little work this could be a stronger image.

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