Mother Coot feeding chick

It was a joy watching the chick dart about, eating anything that the coot would offer.The Coot would open its beak and spit out the food, with the chick quickly grabbing it.

This is a full frame shot.I also left the green leaves in, to show some vegetation and aid the comp.

20D
500f4
Gitzo 1548 legs/Wimberley Gimble
ISO 100
1/640 @ f4
EV -1/3

C & C welcome

Thanks for looking

Alan,

That red eye is great and veg is not a problem for me. My only comment would be nice to see the chicks head roated about 90deg.

cheers

John

Hi Alan

Nice shot. I know what John means re the chick, but from this angle you do get a really good view of that fantastic hair cut!

David

nice shot, you've done well to keep most of the black but not blow too much of the white

do think a slightly greater depth of field would have been better too with the chicks back in focus

aside from that great low angle and overall composition

I quite like its bald head

Nice close-up of this seasonal behavior.

Rob

Another nice image Alan - super subject

Producing a coot shot is always worth a pat on the back at least - it's got to be one of the hardest birds on the planet to capture on DSLR anywhere near properly.
Even on an overcast day a coot can have a subject brightness range of 6 stops which is workable on an F6 with Provia, but on digital, well somethings got to give because 6 stops just won't fit

Well done Alan

Regards

Andy

That white head shield looks prehistoric, wierd thing. I like the 3D effect, nice one.



Tim

Nice intimate shot Alan.
John
Aberdeen