Escorting danger away

Gallery: AvianPosted September 15, 2010101 views3 comments

This photo was taken 6 seconds after the last photo I posted in this gallery (rearing loon). The loon surfaced next to a family of ducks and the two adult ducks "escorted" it away from their young.

The photo is taken with a Canon EOS Rebel XTi, 1/1000s, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length 300mm.

I am open to any suggestions people have for cropping, technique, etc.

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 16, 2010 at 12:23 AM

Very cool action, Jan and I like the light on the loon. I might be tempted to crop a bit off the bottom and just a touch off the right. Very nice catch.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on September 16, 2010 at 8:34 AM

Good story here, Jan, both visually and in text. You might do something with the hotspots under the wing, though.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 16, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Neat action here Jan. The bird in the BG really does not add much for me and the low angle of the loon makes me think a pano type crop would work well for this. The main issue I see is dealing with the over bright whites under the wing and on the flanks of the loon. I would work on bringing those down if this were my image.

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