Roseate Spoonbills

Gallery: AvianPosted June 10, 2012220 views9 comments

Canon EOS 7D
EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS @250mm
6/10/2012 – 9:10:14 AM
1/400 sec
Manual
f/5.6
ISO 400
Handheld
Rookery at St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Raw, LR3, CS5, 58% of FF

The smaller of these two seemed to look to the larger as a parent figure, and the larger seemed to respond to that and also to be doing housekeeping on the nest (as opposed to just biting the twigs). Hopefully one of their parents is still around, though some parents have seemingly disappeared and abandoned nestlings with all the storm and then rain we have had. Are there too many OOF twigs in the front and right of this image, though?

Comments, opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on June 10, 2012 at 8:20 PM

It is a nice sharp image you have posted, but IMHO the light branch crossing the front is a distraction. I would suggest croping tighter to reduce the impact of this branch. The photo does tell a story. Hope the parents returned. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 11, 2012 at 11:55 AM

Nice image of the two chicks. The detail, color and dof are right on. As far as the stick in the foreground, it is a minor distraction, but that is the environment, so it really doesn't really bother me.

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

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on June 11, 2012 at 3:11 PM

Very nice interaction you have caught between these siblings and I hope mom and pop return. You might have been able to minimize the sticks and twigs by shifting your position if that was possible but I really have no problem with it the way it is.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on June 11, 2012 at 6:55 PM

Great capture of the interaction between these siblings! Nice color and detail. The OOF twigs don't bother me. They give me a feeling of seeing what it was like to be there looking at the birds in their habitat.

Registered on January 14, 2009, 316 Posts, 2724 Comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 12, 2012 at 9:24 AM

Barbara, I find that my gaze goes right towards the subjects and I don't find the twigs a problem at all. A very neat interaction-great post.

Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on June 12, 2012 at 12:59 PM

Very nice intereaction. Interesting image.
May

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 12, 2012 at 4:03 PM

Very nice, Barbara. You're really getting some good stuff from these these birds. The twigs don't bother me at all. I like the interaction

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 13, 2012 at 8:40 AM

Touching moment of parent chick interaction. I might increase the overall brightness of the image some.

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Comment posted by Eric Stogner on June 14, 2012 at 12:32 AM

Barbara, nice capture, I have seen Great blue herons chicks taking the same actions.

Registered on January 19, 2011, 18 Posts, 40 Comments