Limpkin with Chick

Gallery: AvianPosted September 16, 2010110 views11 comments

This is not a great photo; I had to do a lot more processing that I usually do; the lighting was terrible and it was nearly impossible to get a clear view of the two birds. I still like it for the interaction of mother and chick, and it's the first limpkin I ever saw or photographed. The chick was very interested in everything the mother did and she was feeding it some kind of slimy black ball that I couldn't recognize.
50D, 500mm, Iso 640(a mistake!), F4, 1/320

Larger version also posted.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on September 17, 2010 at 10:18 AM

Hi Sharon,
I can see where the difficult lighting forced you to do some heavy processing. However I do like the interaction between the mother and chick.

Ronnie

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on September 17, 2010 at 10:46 AM

Terrific catch with parent and chick, nice poses from the two birds. Agree it does have a bit of a 'processed' look to it...not quite natural.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 17, 2010 at 11:32 AM

I like the low angle of this a lot Sharon. I also like the behavior of mother teaching her young. Considering all the ehavy processing you had to do, I think you did a very nice job.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on September 17, 2010 at 12:03 PM

Sharon-A lovely and intimate pose of mother and chick. With moments as these the emotion supersedes the technical, IMO. Very nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 17, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Lovely shot, Sharon !
Mauro

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on September 17, 2010 at 4:44 PM

Nothing wrong with pp when the image tells a story like this. Good one, Sharon.

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Comment posted by Doug Gilham on September 17, 2010 at 5:49 PM

Very cool behavorial shot Sharon. I love how the chick is intently watching the adult. I see a bit of a halo around the adults back, probably from a step in your processing, but still a nice image.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 17, 2010 at 10:05 PM

Always neat to get mother and daughter together, nice shot Sharon

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 18, 2010 at 12:35 PM

Sharon,
very nice behavioural shot. I like the interaction you captured here.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 19, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Sharon,

Limpkins eat snail, so you may have been seeing the adult feeding the chick small snails. The adults eat huge apple snails and it is fun to watch them do that.

I love the interaction and the intimacy of this image.

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 23, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Cool shot Sharon.
May

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