Feeding time

Gallery: AvianPosted June 19, 2017342 views4 comments

A brood of three Shag chicks clamoring to be fed, as the parent arrives back, after fishing far out at sea.

Steve
Subject: Shag chicks (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) awaiting feeding
Location: UK
Camera: Canon 1DX MKII
Lens: 200-400f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/2000s at f/11 ISO2500
Original format: Landscape, very slight crop, almost FF
Processed via: LRCC & PSCC2017

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on June 19, 2017 at 2:31 PM

Hi Stephen
Nice action and detail. I just wish the parent was out of the frame or in more of the frame.
Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on June 19, 2017 at 2:43 PM

Cheers Peter, I wanted the emphasis on the chicks with just a hint of the parents bill. However I think I will be able to address your concerns with a frame later on. BTW no way of changing position, the location will not allow for this.

Thanks.

Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 20, 2017 at 5:28 PM

A different kind of image, Steve, and I like it. I'm sure your angle was quite constrained, but I think this could be even more effective if the body and feet of the adult didn't show at all-just a beak from nowhere.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on June 22, 2017 at 9:53 AM

Like your thinking here Dennis. crying

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments