Common Loon

Gallery: AvianPosted October 7, 2010293 views14 comments

Every year the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain holds an International Projected Image Exhibition competition. Whilst this image did not medal, it was selected to be a part of their Road Show, which tours all over Britain beginning at the end of this month and ending in early April, 2011.

This was very early in the morning in June and the two young had just finished feeding. She's got them under her wing - I suppose if one of them had shown its head, this might have medalled!

1D MkIV, 500mm, 1/320 @ f5.6, ISO1000, handheld resting on boat transom, overcast early morning - no flash.

Thanks for looking; comments welcome .

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on October 7, 2010 at 3:30 PM

KC,
considering the combo 500+2TC and HH on the boat you got an extraordinary shot. Congrats!

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on October 7, 2010 at 5:47 PM

Nice shot KC. Excellent light and eye level presentation. Amaziny how having just the head of a single chick showing probably could have made such a difference. Maybe next time and congrats on your award.
Ronnie

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 7, 2010 at 8:38 PM

Sweet photo Kwan!!! Perhaps next time the chick will make an appearence for you.

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 7, 2010 at 9:39 PM

Very nice loon. One of my favorite birds. What an honor to be selected for any thing in the Royal Photographic Society Show.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on October 7, 2010 at 9:45 PM

Hi Kwan - an honour indeed and many congratulations. That must have been a low boat to get such a fantastic angle. Beautifully done!

Registered on December 14, 2005, 399 Posts, 2305 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on October 7, 2010 at 10:06 PM

Sorry, but I made an error looking at the EXIF data! It was shot without any TC. It was the ISO that read 1000, not the lens! My apologies......I've updated the information above.

Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 7, 2010 at 11:04 PM

Killer exposure and I like the angle of the wing concealing the youngster. I wish there were some more room all the way around though.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 8, 2010 at 10:22 AM

Wonderful and endearing image KC, even if none of the chicks showed its head. Great angle, comp, colors and eye cotnact.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on October 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM

An amazing shot KC. Love the nice low angle. The birds 'pose' is outstanding.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 8, 2010 at 11:44 PM

Lovely, congrats on the honor Kwan

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on October 9, 2010 at 6:04 AM

Beautifully intimate shot KC, congratulations

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 9, 2010 at 8:36 AM

Congrats!
Wonderful image, will see the chicks next time.

Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Nicola Destefano on October 9, 2010 at 1:56 PM

perfect low angle and beautiful bird. congrats!

Registered on May 3, 2010, 7 Posts, 47 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on December 23, 2010 at 2:18 AM

Stunning picture, great expression and details of the bird, and fabulous background- Bravo, fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments