This Is How We Do It

Gallery: AvianPosted June 5, 2012323 views28 comments

I love capturing the close interaction between parent and child in all wildlife. Just watching it is always such a pleasure and this was a very fun and successful shoot for me. This started out as full body shots but they got too close to me and I didnt want to move to spook them. About a 35% crop
St Pete beach FL
Canon 40D 300 mm 2.8 L IS lens w1.4x
ISO 400 f8@1/1600

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28 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on June 5, 2012 at 10:44 AM

Nice intimate shot of parent and chick. Great detail and color in the parent's eye.

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Comment posted by Bob Karcz on June 5, 2012 at 11:59 AM

Good Capture- nice detail!

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Comment posted by Geoff Powell on June 5, 2012 at 12:01 PM

Very sweet. Great detail. I too love these interactions.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 5, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Love the interplay and sharp focus at the eyes. Especially the parent's eye looking attentively down on the baby...
It translates into priceless Cheryl

Nice work!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 5, 2012 at 12:16 PM

Really sweet - I've never seen an oystercatcher chick - funny little things!
Wonderful, intimate interaction, wxcellent detail, and lovely BG.
Beautiful image -

Sandy

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 5, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Thank you

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on June 5, 2012 at 3:10 PM

Fantastic.Very intimate shot and great intuition not to move
Stay with the 40D

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 5, 2012 at 3:11 PM

What a wonderful shot. Love the color, and the interaction. Great capture.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on June 5, 2012 at 3:30 PM

Lovely shot. TFS.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on June 5, 2012 at 4:12 PM

Don't you just love it when animals become so comfortable with your presence that it doesn't bother them to be close. And you did the right thing by being still too when they did approach. A wonderful close-up of this photogenic pair Cheryl

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on June 5, 2012 at 8:00 PM

Nice to see the difference in plumage between the adult and juvenile. They're framed quite nicely against the background too.

Max

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 5, 2012 at 8:08 PM

Just beautiful - nothing to complain about

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on June 5, 2012 at 8:23 PM

DAMN that's good!

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 5, 2012 at 8:44 PM

Sweet!

Peter

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on June 5, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Fantastic! Love it !!!!

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on June 6, 2012 at 6:41 AM

Stunning composition & color in a great nature story. The detail is superb.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on June 7, 2012 at 12:29 AM

What a beautiful and tender moment captured here. Very nice work!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 7, 2012 at 6:22 AM

Outstanding! wonderful to catch this.

Ray

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 7, 2012 at 3:01 PM

Excellent!

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Comment posted by KC Choo on June 8, 2012 at 7:30 AM

Beautifully done!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 8, 2012 at 11:28 AM

Very tender moment captured Cheryl. Another nice one from this series.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 9, 2012 at 12:03 AM

Another wonderful closeup Cheryl, great comp and the food in the youngster's beak tells the story

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 10, 2012 at 7:40 AM

How marvelous! Very clearly a teaching moment and lesson learned. It's a heart-warming image, Cheryl. Congratulations on such a fine capture!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 10, 2012 at 2:35 PM

Thanks so much everyone.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 12, 2012 at 1:20 PM

Wonderful interaction beautifully captured. The perspective is perfect.
May

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 13, 2012 at 3:51 PM

Another excellent WP - way to go!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 13, 2012 at 8:51 PM

Wow no way!! Very cool Thanks NPN!!

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 15, 2012 at 7:48 AM

Congrats on the WP Cheryl, great image!

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