I Want More!

Gallery: AvianPosted January 24, 2015209 views12 comments

I finally got some pictures of the Eastern Kingbirds that were hanging around our property this summer. One day Jenaya and I looked out and saw a whole family flying around looking for bugs to eat.

I think the bird that is perched is a juvenile and the bird flying in with a moth is its mom, but they all looked a lot alike! I know one thing, the bird asking for a meal kept eating whatever was brought and asking for more!

These guys are fun to photograph but they sure are tough to get pictures of sometimes! I was really happy to finally get a few. I can't wait for them to come back this summer!

Nikon D7100
Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4D IF-ED with 1.4x TC
ISO 160
1/500sec @ f/7.1
handheld
Cropped to app. 65% of original

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 25, 2015 at 12:34 AM

A truly delightful image, Josiah - nicely done!

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on January 25, 2015 at 4:17 AM

When I first opened this was not sure about the oof bird ,the longer I look the more I like it, the gape on the perched bird really draws you in to the image, lovely piece of work.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 25, 2015 at 10:38 AM

Excellent action shot Josiah ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 25, 2015 at 8:35 PM

Killer action - these birds nest in the parking lot at my job and they are a lot of fun to watch (and certainly aggressive). Awesome that you got all of this in the frame

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 25, 2015 at 10:23 PM

Love the story this tells Josiah. Nice work...I like where the OOF bird ends and the BG bird picks up...any less visible areas in the BG bird and this would have been a very different image. Your timing was spectacular.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 25, 2015 at 10:26 PM

neat! while I'd obviously like to have both birds in focus, that's awfully tough with 2 birds that aren't in the same plane. I'd definitely consider boosting that ISO quite a bit, whether to get a faster shutter speed and/or more DOF for the second bird. all that said, I love the open bill of the juvenile, and the story that the image tells.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on January 26, 2015 at 2:17 PM

What a great action event you have captured Josiah. It definitely tells the story. Well done!

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 26, 2015 at 7:47 PM

Hi Josh,

Pretty awesome. A baby bird's gape provides the target so that mom knows where to stuff that morsel of food. You pulled the trigger at the right time

........................Jim

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on January 26, 2015 at 7:56 PM

Great image, Josiah.
I like the moment you've captured here.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on January 26, 2015 at 8:56 PM

I love this one, Josiah. Good comp and great detail. You nailed it!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on February 1, 2015 at 8:27 AM

Great action shot, nicely done!

Ray

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Comment posted by Josiah Launstein on February 9, 2015 at 2:23 AM

Thank you everyone for commenting on my picture.

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