Dinner is served

Gallery: AvianPosted September 14, 2014163 views4 comments

Nikon D700 with Nikon 200-400 F8 1/160 ISO 1600

Working on a few images for a contest. Slight reduction of the green background as I felt it was too bright and a light usage of Topaz Denoise. Does the crop work ?

Of all the images of the nest this was the one that the young bluebird poked it's head out the farthest. When you shoot a lot at the same nest it is amazing to see the variety of blackberries, bugs, etc. that is served up.

Comments and critiques please.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on September 14, 2014 at 8:31 PM

I love it. So cute only seeing the wide mouth of the babe

I'd crop all of the OOF tree - a little more than half on right side. Then, I'd balance out the photo by taking a bit off the top. I know, that a Half and half photo can work, but I'd prefer a 1 to 3 ratio.

Great shot...your patience paid off

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on September 15, 2014 at 12:49 AM

Very nice capture ! The feeding to the open-mouthed chick is quite dramatic. I too will crop the right hand trunk about half.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on September 15, 2014 at 1:48 AM

Very nice behavior capture; always a treat to find an active nest. I assume you didn't have room to the left to see further into the cavity? The OOF trunk isn't a terrible distraction for me. Looks like the light was tight, preventing you from get more depth of field. If you do crop half the tree, I think you'll have to add canvas on the left.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 15, 2014 at 2:13 PM

Nice pose and moment captured. A little less tree could maybe bring more attention to the bird(s). Cheers, Hans

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